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exorcismemily's review against another edition
3.0
I have very mixed feelings on this book. Different parts of the book range from 3⭐ to 5⭐. I think I wanted more out of it, but I don't know what that would be. I did like it, but I feel a little let down. I can't really put my finger on why.
The strengths of this book are in the women. I really loved reading about many of them. I feel like there definitely could have been more information on them, and less on some other stuff. However, there are SO MANY characters in this book, and only a few are really standouts.
As with most of the long King books, I would probably love it more if it was 100-200 pages shorter 😂.
Overall, it was pretty good; unfortunately, it's not one of my favorites.
The strengths of this book are in the women. I really loved reading about many of them. I feel like there definitely could have been more information on them, and less on some other stuff. However, there are SO MANY characters in this book, and only a few are really standouts.
As with most of the long King books, I would probably love it more if it was 100-200 pages shorter 😂.
Overall, it was pretty good; unfortunately, it's not one of my favorites.
alineh's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
divinereader's review
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
amymarchlawrence's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Death, and Child death
branwynnemay's review against another edition
4.75
Adore the story, adore the narrator, fell head over heels in love with Van.
birdfeet0129's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
sophieguillas's review against another edition
4.0
What would happen when all the women in the world fell asleep and the men were forced to fend for themselves?
I loved the action (the attack at the prison???), I loved the characters. Even the nastiest characters felt like heroes from their own perspectives, which Stephen King always does so well. This felt a bit like a knock off of "The Stand", but I'm not that mad about it.
I know they didn't try to make "Our Place" out to be an all woman utopia, but there were moments where this book explored sexism and gender relations that felt kind of naive.
Also where were the trans people? In a book about gender, it felt weird that they weren't mentioned at all considering it came out in 2017.
I loved the action (the attack at the prison???), I loved the characters. Even the nastiest characters felt like heroes from their own perspectives, which Stephen King always does so well. This felt a bit like a knock off of "The Stand", but I'm not that mad about it.
I know they didn't try to make "Our Place" out to be an all woman utopia, but there were moments where this book explored sexism and gender relations that felt kind of naive.
Also where were the trans people? In a book about gender, it felt weird that they weren't mentioned at all considering it came out in 2017.
justkenedi's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
alisonstar87's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jimbowen0306's review against another edition
4.0
This book is genuinely pretty good. It sees women go to sleep, and get covered in webbing (a la the victims in Invasion of the Body Snatchers). Once covered, you can't rouse them, and if you try, they come over all psychopathic, before going back to sleep.
Once the women are asleep, society promptly falls apart (in less than a week if you can credit it), because men, of course, can't cope without women. The men realise there's something about one of the women that makes them suspicious, so of course they decide to act in a typically "man" way to get her to tell them what's what. Carnage ensues.
The women's mind are transported to a parallel world run by women. They create their society, and find out how life can be without men. I can't work out which stereotype irritates me more, the soft gentle women building a society from the get go, or the rapid disintegration of the men's world, once the women are gone.
This is a strange book. I've read The Fireman by Joe Hill (by one of King's other children), and the similarities between this book and that one has to make you think "Didn't they talk to one another before they wrote?" It's not only that book to which there are similarities. I've mentioned The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. But I was also reminded of elements of The Stand and Duma Key, which are both by King, and The Day the Earth Stood Still too. If you can get over the similarities, you'll enjoy the book. If you can't maybe not so much.
Once the women are asleep, society promptly falls apart (in less than a week if you can credit it), because men, of course, can't cope without women. The men realise there's something about one of the women that makes them suspicious, so of course they decide to act in a typically "man" way to get her to tell them what's what. Carnage ensues.
The women's mind are transported to a parallel world run by women. They create their society, and find out how life can be without men. I can't work out which stereotype irritates me more, the soft gentle women building a society from the get go, or the rapid disintegration of the men's world, once the women are gone.
This is a strange book. I've read The Fireman by Joe Hill (by one of King's other children), and the similarities between this book and that one has to make you think "Didn't they talk to one another before they wrote?" It's not only that book to which there are similarities. I've mentioned The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. But I was also reminded of elements of The Stand and Duma Key, which are both by King, and The Day the Earth Stood Still too. If you can get over the similarities, you'll enjoy the book. If you can't maybe not so much.