Book: Apt Pupil
Author: Stephen King
Pages: 224
This is my 127th read for the year
This is the story of Todd Bowden and Mr. Dussander. Todd knocks on Mr. Dussander's door one day and tells him he knows his secret. Todd is an excellent student - an apt pupil - and wants to learn all he can about Mr. Dussander's past. Mr. dussander wants to keep that buried but agrees to tell Todd about it. As Todd becomes more and more ingrained in Dussander's life, his grades slip and he becomes seduced to evil ways. In the end it might be hard for Todd to separate who he was with who he is becoming due to his releationship with Mr. Dussander.
This book was pretty good It is quite short, so I finished it in 1 1/2 days. It is well written, but bizaare. Not that this should be shocking with a King book. I liked the concept of the book. I didn't like Todd at all. I wish the ending would have wrapped up his story a bit more. There are scenes of human and animal abuse - the human abuse made the most sense (due to Dussander's past) and needed to be told. The animal abuse bothered me. Just a warning.
Stars: 3.5
No comments:
Post a Comment