Book: Revival

 Book: Revival

Author: Stephen King

Pages: 416

This is my 221st read for the year

What Amazon Says:

In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers.  Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister.  Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church.  The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs - including Jamie's mother and beloed sister, Claire.  With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession.  When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and us banished from the shocked town.  Jamie has demons of his own.  Wed to his guitar from the age of thirteen, he plays in bands across the country, living the nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock an roll while fleeing from his family's horrific loss.  In his mid-thirties - addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate - Jamie meets Charles Jacobs again, with proound consequences for both men.  Thier  bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie dscovers that rivival has many meanings.

This book was okay.  I had a really hard time getting into it and staying interested in where the story was going.  It felt disconncted and it rambled.  It has a slow and steady start but the climax and ending fell flat for me.  The whole build up of the book was less than 20 pages in the end and I was left wanting more.

Stars: 2.5