Revival
An iconic chiller from the No. 1 bestseller
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4.1 • 106 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A spectacularly dark and electrifying novel about addiction, religion, music and what might exist on the other side of life.
In a small New England town, in the early 60s, 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. Soon they forge a deep bond, based on their fascination with simple experiments in electricity.
Decades later, Jamie is living a nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll. Now an addict, he sees Jacobs again - a showman on stage, creating dazzling 'portraits in lightning' - and their meeting has profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings.
This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It's a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Handsome, troubled pastor Charles Jacob casts a long and dark shadow over the life of Jamie Morton, an all-American boy from a blue-collar family. Revival crackles with tension and proves yet again that King is as masterful a storyteller as he is prolific. Narrated in a friendly conversational tone, this taut novel ratchets up the thrills and horrors by fixating on razor-sharp details and familiar psychological wounds.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This spellbinding supernatural thriller from MWA Grand Master King chronicles one man's efforts to, as narrator Jamie Morton phrases it, "tap into the secrets of the universe." Charles Jacobs, a Methodist minister in rural Harlow, Maine, loses his faith when his wife and child die in a hideous car accident, but not his obsessive interest in electricity. Over the next 50 years, Jamie a devoted congregant of Jacobs's when young, but a wary skeptic as he matures crosses paths with his friend as the constantly experimenting Jacobs graduates from carnival huckster, to faith healer, and finally to mad scientist convinced that he can harness a "secret electricity" to get a glimpse of "some unknown existence beyond our lives." King (Mr. Mercedes) is a master at invoking the supernatural through the powerful emotions of his characters, and his depiction of Jacobs as a man unhinged by grief but driven by insatiable scientific curiosity is as believable as it is frightening. The novel's ending one of King's best stuns like lightning.
Customer Reviews
Great book from King
I love all Stephen King's books and this one is no exception. Stephen King has that talent to make anything interesting similar to the Game of Thrones books by George R. R. Martin.
Stephen King... You are up there with the greats.
Neet
Disappointing book, I get so excited when he brings out a new book, but was really disappointed with this one. I have read and loved all of his books but this one was boring from the start, I persevered with it in the hope that it would get better.....it didn't.
Revival
Hated this book with a passion. Boring beyond belief (my God do we go on about musicians, guitars, riffs, the recording industry) ad nauseum. It dragged on and on and on - a Stephen King book should take two days max to get through not three weeks which I had to force myself to continue all to a predictable and horrible ending (not to mention depressing) cause when you die you go to hell. Dude, maybe it's time to retire or just stick to clowns in the sewer this was woeful. The whole book needed reviving.