Revival: A Novel

Stephen King

Nov 2014 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Stephen King presents “a fresh adrenaline rush of terror” (People) in this electrifying #1 New York Times bestseller!

The new minister came to Harlow, Maine, when Jamie Morton was a boy doing battle with his toy army men on the front lawn. The young Reverend Charles Jacobs and his beautiful wife brought new life to the local church and captivated their congregation. But with Jamie, he shares a secret obsession—a draw so powerful, it would have profound consequences five decades after the shattering tragedy that turned the preacher against God, and long after his final, scathing sermon. Now Jamie, a nomadic rock guitarist hooked on heroin, meets Charles Jacobs again. And when their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, Jamie discovers that the word revival has many meanings….

Ratings and reviews

Pick another New York Times Best Selling horror author to read. sk uses the "n" word a plethora of times in 98% of his books. What, you just ignore this fact everytime he writes it and you read it? You're not offended? Well, like me, you should be outraged. You should burn everyone of his books that reference this word. His books should be for "RACIST RATED AUDIENCES ONLY', since it's illegal to out-and-out ban them. I'm under the impression he can't write a book w/o refering to Black People as liars, cheaters, thieves, ignorant, disgusting, etc., because that is the definition of this word. Everytime one of you buys one of his books, you're supporting a racist and helping him spread his racist ideologies. Do you then give it to your children and other minors to read? No, no, wait... Don't start making excuses for putting an elaborate lifestyle at the feet of an admitted racist pig akin to david duke. There are no excuses! And, don't find fault with my finding fault with this swine. he's probably a card carrying member of the kkk, the nazi party, the arian nation, john birch society, etc. If there's a hell below, you're all gonna go... STOP BUYING sk's LIERATURE if you're not racist, too. Put your money where your mouth is and STOP BEING A HYPOCRITE. If you are a racist, you're not gonna change, so I'm not wasting my breath on you 'cause I'm gonna need it to die with... It's the rest of you that need to wake-up. Indeed, I hope you do! Never, never buy works by people like this, NEVER!

95% intro / excessive character development / pointless side stories that never go anywhere... 5% anticlimactic conclusion with no answers or closure. Very disatisfying, very difficult to get through, and very disappointing in the end. By the time you get to the end you struggle to remember earlier events that the protagonist references. Really could have cut this book down to a fourth of its current length and given a bit more of a satisfying end.

At the beginning of this school year I read my first Stephen King book, Christein, I found it wonderful, a goofy and scary romp for the ages, I continued to read more books from King, Salem's Lot, The Dark Half, Desperation, and my favorite story, the Regulators, written under Richard Bachman. But recently, I've read this book, and in my personal opinion, it is his worst story. For a long time your wondering, when is something going to happen, and when something does happen, it's over and your left wondering what the hell you just read. A boring mess that led to the biggest, "well, that happened" in the world. Don't read this, read one of the Desperation Duo, or Salem's Lot, they are much more enjoyable than this.

About the author

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.