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Stephen King
“Part detective tale, part thriller…touching and genuine.” —The New York Times #1 bestselling author Stephen King returns with a brand-new novel about the secrets we keep buried and the cost of unearthing them. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER SOMETIMES GROWING UP MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine – as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave. LATER is Stephen King at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. With echoes of King’s classic novel It, LATER is a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears.
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Author
Stephen King
Pages
272
Publisher
Titan Books (US, CA)
Published Date
2021-03-02
ISBN
1789096499 9781789096491
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"I am a Constant Reader and this wasn't one of his best. Readers will like it better than Elevation, which the majority seemed to loathe. (For the record, I enjoyed Elevation.) It started slow and weirdly narrated by the protagonist, but by the end I was really into it. The type of ending we've come to expect from our beloved King."
Robin Allen
"If you use Audible, the narration for this is fantastic!"
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Christie Biggers
"This was a perfect fast and creepy read. Couldn’t put it down!"
Olivia Huie
"Interesting idea. Not one of King’s best works, though. Certainly modern."
olivia cain
"Very entertaining audiobook, great story line of course. It won audio awards for the voice actors. "
Dani
"Perhaps a bit of a spoiler alert, but everyone should read my review.
The story itself was interesting but it turns creepy (not in a good way) later on in the book. The protagonist is a young boy, 12 or 13, that sees and talks to dead people. He does good with his "gift" but adults exploit his ability for their personal gains.
Theres mention of p3do sh*t by the protagonist when he was a child followed by, " if that's too much information, deal with it." That's messed up. Closer to the end he explains the fact his "gift" of seeing and talking to the dead is because hes a product of ins3ct. Eluding to physical and mental defects from ins3ct being a myth. Then, he goes on to give details on who his parents really are and the day he was conceived.
As talented (some would say a genius) as Stephen King is, he could of come up with a million other reasons as to how the protagonist got his extraordinary abilities, but he chose to go down the 'underaged inc3st route.' 🤦🏻♂️"
Scorpisces
"Awesome, like me Kings books, dead people showing around making the story as crazy as possible "
Diana Villalba Gonzalez
"I love Stephen King and this is another great book from him. It is a quick read and a real page turner. "
Angela K
"A good quick read."
Shorrie Mishai
"⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 Stars<br/>Overall, I really enjoyed this one and consider it one of my favorites that I’ve read of King’s so far. The narration was very different from anything else I’ve read; I enjoyed Jamie’s dry humor, matter-of-fact telling, and how he managed to sound young but also well-beyond his years at the same time. The premise was intriguing and I like how it had a realistic feel even though it’s clearly fiction. The only part I disliked was the ending. I felt like the climatic part with the “show-down” between certain characters was very lackluster and underwhelming. I also didn’t understand the necessity of the “twist” at the very end; it didn’t add anything and seemed to be a pretty pointless way to wrap up a particular storyline that really didn’t even need an answer in the first place. I look forward to reading King’s other Hard Case Crime books."
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Cailin Zoltak
