'Salem's Lot

madmessmango shared a tip "Better than Bram Stoker’s Dracula in that it isn’t secretly about suppressing homosexuality or female autonomy/sexuality - Stephen King just likes spinning yarns about monsters, and who are we to doubt him?"

paola_sotomayor shared a tip "Not my favorite vampire book. More so because it took a long time into the book to get to the spooky stuff … but once it picked up “WOW” not gonna lie I had night mares while I got to the juicy part of the vampires. 🥹"

stanley_smith_3657 shared a tip "The start of this book instantly gripped me. Setting up a mystery for what happened to the town of Jerusalem's Lot. In my opinion the most remarkable part of this novel is the way Stephen King quickly created many interesting characters. And the darkest elements of this book to me were the realistic one's. In particular child abuse and sexual assault. Impressively Stephen King went so deep into everyone's messed up life, I was grateful to see a bunch of fanged freaks running around. #salemslot"

anikrani shared a tip "I read this book a.long time ago and loved it. I recently got the audiobook and it was even better. Stephen King just has that ability to put you in the story and this narrator just adds an extra layer to the whole experience. So good!"

jokers_wifebut_chea shared a tip "This book honestly was supremely boring. And I'm not even saying that as a Gen Z kid reading a classic. In short the plot could've been more developed, because it seems very dragged out. At the 300 mark nothing really drastic happens. The villain (Straker) wasn't exactly as piercing as he could've been. I think his character was supposed to underpass the true villain, but I don't think so...I'm currently on page 512, and I'm hoping that there will be more action. Or else its going to be a DNF"

jokers_wifebut_chea shared a tip "Nope, didn't like it. Hated it actually. It was like being in a toxic relationship. To save yourself some sanity, skip to the end, its a circle ending."

jacob_longini shared a tip ""Alone. Yes, that's the key word, the most awful word in the English tongue. Murder doesn't hold a candle to it and hell is only a poor synonym..." (King, 315).         This was a big step outside my comfort zone, as I am not usually one for scary stuff. Horror movies keep me up at night and haunted houses awaken a childhood dread. However, I knew I needed to give Stephen King a chance, and I figured that "spooky season" was a perfect setting for me to try out the horror genre. I very much enjoyed it! King's writing is nothing like the jump scares you see on the big screen. Instead, he describes the terror being felt by his characters so well that the reader's own spine tingles. You cannot wait to figure out the mystery or see what is lurking in the shadows, and each page (even digressions) feels like it is bringing you closer and closer to the reveal. I found it very hard to put the book down and ended up reading it in large chunks and long sittings. And finishing the novel just before Halloween was very appropriate. I think I will add something scary to my bookshelf every October from now on."

brigitte_stierle shared a tip "This is the first Stephen King book I read..Since then I try to read all of his books...i read it many years ago,and I’m going to read it again....."

loretta_mattos shared a tip "I’m a sucker for classic King. Some of his newer stuff... meh. This is one of my favorites. And I LOVE the parallels back to his Dark Tower masterpiece. Genius."

april_elizabeth_mar shared a tip "I’ve always been a fan of Stephen King, but the way this book is written just draws you in deeper every time you pick it back up."