Hearts in Atlantis
Ratings111
Average rating3.8
'Although it's difficult to believe, the sixties are not fictional; they actually happened.'
Stephen King, whose first novel, Carrie, was published in 1974, the year before the last US troops withdrew from Vietnam, is the first hugely popular writer of the TV generation. Images from that war — and the protests against it — flooded America's liGng rooms for a decade. Hearts in Atlantis is composed of five linked stories set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War.
Full of danger, fill of suspense, most of all fill of heart, Stephen King's new book will take some readers to a place they have never been ... and others to a place they have never been able to completely leave.
--back cover
Reviews
Popular Reviews
Reviews with the most likes.
I know Stephen King and I have a love hate relationship but this book was good, as was the payoff of many short stories across many pages. Loved the connections! The backdrop of the Vietnam war was a powerful one and I would recommend.
This has convinced me to go full steam ahead on Dark Tower series now...
The Low Men In Yellow Coats is 50% of this book and it's excellent. King at his best.
The next story was kinda boring but I think King being the narrator just put me to sleep. The third story was I think the shortest and I skipped it because King was again the narrator. The fourth story was incredibly average.
So I'm not sure what an appropriate rating is for this. I'll give it 7/10 because the first half was fantastic.
Top Prompts
Featured Prompt
4,124 books#4,124 in What are your favorite books of all time?
When you think back on every book you've ever read, what are some of your favorites? These can be from any time of your life – books that resonated with you as a kid, ones that shaped your personal...
Characters
See all (15)
