Stephen King: Revival (2014, Scribner)
416 pages
English language
Published June 29, 2014 by Scribner.
In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt when he looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later he is a man who with his beautiful wife will transform the church and the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls, with the Reverend Jacobs -- including Jamie's sisters and mother. Then tragedy strikes, and this charismatic preacher curses God, and is banished from the shocked town. Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from age 13, he plays in bands across the country, running from his own family tragedies, losing one job after another when his addictions get the better of him. Decades later, sober and living a decent life, he and Reverend Charles Jacobs meet again …
In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt when he looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later he is a man who with his beautiful wife will transform the church and the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls, with the Reverend Jacobs -- including Jamie's sisters and mother. Then tragedy strikes, and this charismatic preacher curses God, and is banished from the shocked town. Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from age 13, he plays in bands across the country, running from his own family tragedies, losing one job after another when his addictions get the better of him. Decades later, sober and living a decent life, he and Reverend Charles Jacobs meet again in a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and the many terrifying meanings of Revival are revealed. King imbues this spectacularly rich and dark novel with everything he knows about music, addiction, and religious fanaticism, and every nightmare we ever had about death.
surprisingly, i didn't like this stephen king... the culmination is bland, impotent, not at all like the king i used to enjoy so much.
La rencontre et l’amitié entre un jeune garçon et un adulte, ça rappelle des choses de chez Stephen King, ça ! La couleur est annoncée, elle promet de l’émotion, de la bouleversification (oui !) et de l’horreur. L’histoire s’étale sur pas loin de cinquante ans, de quoi bien immerger le lecteur dans une presque-saga, en prenant le temps de suivre notre narrateur de l’enfance à l’adulte (bien avancé). Forcément, on s’attache.
Harlow, 1963, Jamie est le dernier d’une famille de cinq, et devient rapidement le préféré du [La suite sur mon blog, merci :)]
Stephan King, always entertaining. Even if his current books aren't as good as some of the books from the beginning of his carreer (and my god, how could they) they are still damn enjoyable. I always get pulled right into the story; I'm always interested to find out "what happens next". I'm one of his constant readers and I will be until the bitter end. And yeah, sometimes the endings are kind of hard to swallow! LOL! Love, you Stevarino.
Ein paar ärgerliche Details, schlechte Dialoge, falsches Latein. Aber sonst solide, ausnahmsweise ohne große Enttäuschung am Schluss und mit einer fantastischen falschen Fährte am Anfang (hier kein Spoiler, aber es hat was mit Genetik zu tun).
