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Title | : | The Institute |
Author | : | Stephen King |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 561 pages |
Published | : | September 10th 2019 by Scribner |
Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Science Fiction. Fantasy |
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Hardcover | Pages: 561 pages Rating: 4.21 | 92553 Users | 11162 Reviews
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In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis's parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents—telekinesis and telepathy—who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half, “like the roach motel,” Kalisha says. “You check in, but you don’t check out.” In this most sinister of institutions, the director, Mrs. Sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts. There are no scruples here. If you go along, you get tokens for the vending machines. If you don’t, punishment is brutal. As each new victim disappears to Back Half, Luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. But no one has ever escaped from the Institute. As psychically terrifying as Firestarter, and with the spectacular kid power of It, The Institute is Stephen King’s gut-wrenchingly dramatic story of good vs. evil in a world where the good guys don’t always win.Declare Books Toward The Institute
Original Title: | The Institute |
ISBN: | 1982110562 (ISBN13: 9781982110567) |
Edition Language: | English |
Literary Awards: | Audie Award Nominee for Thrillers/Suspense (2020), Goodreads Choice Award for Horror (2019) |
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Ratings: 4.21 From 92553 Users | 11162 ReviewsCommentary About Books The Institute
First, a disclosure, Im a huge Stephen King fan. I read The Dead Zone when I was 14 and it was a revelation to me. The main characters were high school teachers and I felt like the book let me see into the world of adults what they were thinking, feeling, etc. Then I read Carrie in high school and the story exposed cliques and bullying in a raw way that I hadnt seen it discussed before. In college I read The Stand that post-apocalyptic American fantasy blew me away. Later, I made the journey toGood review Monica.
But whoso shall offend one of these little onesit were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. -- Matthew, Chapter 18 According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, roughly 800,000 children are reported missing each year in the United States. Most are found. Thousands are not.Great events turn on small hinges. Its good to be King. As Stephen King well knows, 2019 is a banner year for him, with written
At the time that I'm writing this the average rating for The Institute is 4.33 out of 5.ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME.I honestly don't even know where to start here. Do I start with this book being the most derivative thing I've read in a long time? (view spoiler)[It's pretty much Minority Report meets Wanted, but at a mean version of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. (hide spoiler)] Do I start with the fact that almost every overdone trope you can think of in relation to the premise is present
Im not positive why but SK does such a great job writing about kids. He seems to remember the tiniest of details; not just what scares them, but how that fear smells, tastes, and breathes down our neck. That all seems to bring the fear that we buried long ago back to the surface. The Institute was a solid 5 ⭐ read for me. Immediately engaged by the night knocker and his backstory, part of the suspense was waiting on his path to cross with our prodigy. Luke and the others in the Institute are
It's been 45 years since Stephen King published his first novel, Carrie, and I'm glad to say the guy's still got it. The Institute thrills unevenly, taking a long time to power up, but once the wheels are in motion it's a rollercoaster ride all the way to the finish. Luke Ellis, 12-year-old brainiac, is the perfect protagonist to showcase the vulnerability and capability of kids. He's the kind of character you root for and fear for. The villains, too, are well-drawn and scary in realistic, human
Stinky wrote: "Good review Monica."Thank you! :)
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