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First read rating: 4.5 stars
Second read (listen) rating: 3 stars

When I first read this in 2016 it absolutely rocked my world. I still think it’s incredible but this time I listened to it and I cannot stress enough how important it is to read this instead of listen !!! When you read it you become fully immersed in the experience of 9 year old Tricia lost in the woods. When I listened, I was doing things like washing the dishes and it took me away from the full immersion I experienced when actually reading it.
That’s one reason why my rating this time around is lower. The second is that since I first read this book I’ve read hundreds of other books, many of which that I’ve rated 4 stars are simply better stories.

So, though this book completely changed the game for me in 2016 and made me fall in love with King’s writing, I am both sad and glad to say it is no longer my favorite book of his.

Worth the read? 100% yes. Worth the listen? Not to me.

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

It gets repetitive at times and could probably be a novella but this works as a dread filled nightmare. Trisha is a very likable main character and I like how dreamlike and unnerving it gets. The main villain is also pretty cool and I like how it goes down this ambitious direction in a lot of ways. Not one of his strongest works, but a very enjoyable novel.