The Institute

I'm not one of those people who grabs a new King the second it comes out. In fact, I think I've missed quite a few of them. There was something about this one though that caught my attention. First, I forget (I read a lot of literary fiction) what it's like to be in the hands of a truly talented storyteller. Just because someone can smith some words does not mean they can control the story and the plot. Here, the pages- they turn themselves. I was so absorbed in this story. Truly excellent experience. I wish I had read this and Josh Malerman's [b:Inspection 41058632 Inspection Josh Malerman https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1534202983l/41058632.SY75.jpg 64119390] closer together. It would have made a great compare and contrast review. My only problem with it, and the problem is all mine, is that I couldn't get passed the idea of so many adults being okay with hurting children (I'm trying to stay spoiler-free here, but the reader must know that the children are being held against their will from jacket copy). I had a hard time buying into that. Second, I was thrown out of the story a couple of times by Tim's thoughts that Wendy was a bad cop (not bad as in on the wrong side; rather, bad as in not cut out for the job). It is mentioned multiple times, so much so that I started to get offended for her.