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Nov 03, 2019GreenDog2006 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The only works of King's that I've thought were top-tier in the past couple of decades are his short story collections (Different Seasons, Bazaar of Bad Dreams), but I still usually read his novels because they're well-written with interesting characters, if not scary any more. The Institute isn't scary, either, and it's overlong (basically the first half of the 550 pages consists of plot set-up and character development - I stopped periodically to read other books), but the 2nd half picks up speed and careens toward a blockbuster ending. I'm sure the film version will be coming soon. That's not what made me give it 5 stars, though. Turns out most of that character development paid off - this is the first King novel that's made me cry.