This week for the Fiction Friday feature, I am reviewing the science fiction novel, Dreamcatcher by Stephen King. This book was published in February 2001 by Scribner and has a page count of 620 pages. The audiobook is read by Jeffrey DeMunn and is 22 hours & 47 minutes in length. The following overview is provided from the B&N page: Twenty-five years ago, in their haunted hometown of Derry, Maine, four boys bravely stood together and saved a mentally challenged child from vicious local bullies. It was something that fundamentally changed them, in ways they could never being to understand. These lifelong friends—now with separate lives and separate problems—make it a point to reunite every year for a hunting trip deep in the snowy Maine woods. This time, though, chaos erupts when a stranger suddenly stumbles into their camp, freezing, deliriously mumbling about lights in the sky. And all too quickly, the four companions are plunged into a horrifying struggle for survival with an otherworldly threat and the forces that oppose it…where their only chance of survival is locked into their shared past—and the extraordinary element that bonds them all…
This book wasn’t my favorite but worth the read. This book has a similar feel to It in regard to secrets, friendship, and the fog that comes with time. Here are some things I have observed regarding King and the way he writes friendships. The long-lasting friendships are centered on an understanding of trauma. It doesn’t matter if it is shared trauma or one that is only hinted at within the words of the story. Trauma is the ever-present theme in most of King’s books up to this point in my reading. I admire someone who puts pieces of themselves in the things they create, especially when it comes to things of a darker nature. So much of our world has a Disney filter on it yet reading someone of King’s is the exact opposite. It is raw and real at its core while shrouded in science fiction and fantasy outerwear. I highly recommend picking up a Stephen King novel and reading it. There’s enough that I am sure you can find something worth your while.
I give this novel 4 out of 5 stars.
Tomorrow for the Missing Person Saturday feature, I am highlighting the missing person’s case of Melvia Kaye Roarx. Next week for the Fiction Friday feature, I am reviewing the fictional young adult novel, Radio Silence by Alice Oseman. Until then keep reading on; Nerd out!
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