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A review by jessica42980
Later by Stephen King
3.0
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This review will appear on my site on May 12, 2021.
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Jamie Conklin is our narrator who starts from 4 years old to now being 22 years old. He has a unique ability: He can see and communicate with recently deceased people. They appear to him how they died; wearing what they were or were not wearing, and the cause of death still apparent. Also, if Jamie asks them a question then they must tell him the truth."
This is an interesting premise and Later shows what happens when Jamie’s abilities are used by various people for a variety of means. But what happens if Jamie interacts with the wrong newly deceased person who decides to not go away? This is where King’s story happens.
Jamie lives with his single mom and her girl friend who is also a detective. This detective is important in many ways to the story, as much as the dead who make appearances.
This is not one of King’s best works, leave that to 11/22/63, The Green Mile and The Stand (which one day I WILL read!). The reason I picked Later up is because it was written by King and I inhaled his books as an older teenager. Later is just average for me. I was expecting a horror novel, Jamie himself even states throughout the novel that “Remember this is a horror novel” but in actuality it is far from that as it is not scary. When I got to the tipping point about halfway through I thought the horror element was going to come in full force, but it did not. And then there is a twist towards the end that I had figured out.
Overall, I would say to read King, but maybe one of his other novels.
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This review will appear on my site on May 12, 2021.
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Jamie Conklin is our narrator who starts from 4 years old to now being 22 years old. He has a unique ability: He can see and communicate with recently deceased people. They appear to him how they died; wearing what they were or were not wearing, and the cause of death still apparent. Also, if Jamie asks them a question then they must tell him the truth."
This is an interesting premise and Later shows what happens when Jamie’s abilities are used by various people for a variety of means. But what happens if Jamie interacts with the wrong newly deceased person who decides to not go away? This is where King’s story happens.
Jamie lives with his single mom and her girl friend who is also a detective. This detective is important in many ways to the story, as much as the dead who make appearances.
This is not one of King’s best works, leave that to 11/22/63, The Green Mile and The Stand (which one day I WILL read!). The reason I picked Later up is because it was written by King and I inhaled his books as an older teenager. Later is just average for me. I was expecting a horror novel, Jamie himself even states throughout the novel that “Remember this is a horror novel” but in actuality it is far from that as it is not scary. When I got to the tipping point about halfway through I thought the horror element was going to come in full force, but it did not. And then there is a twist towards the end that I had figured out.
Overall, I would say to read King, but maybe one of his other novels.