The book keeps you guessing and wondering what is going on and what is coming next and what does it all mean? Steven King might be a genius. And before you read this book you really should read 'Lord of the Flies' first. You will never look at a 'missing pet' poster the same again. I recommend this book to anyone who grew up in the 60's and even if you didn't I bet you would enjoy the story and maybe be able to understand why our generation is the way it is. The Bob Dylan lyrics and the song titles and just the whole feeling. And Steven King brings that whole era and feeling back in a few pages. The hippies sleeping in ditches trying to get to canada so they didnt get drafted. I could relate to so much in this book and remember the way people thought and the whole atmosphere. Another friend hit the ground every time he heard a loud noise. But he over dosed and died within the first year home. He kept his sense of humor though and even went horse back riding with his wife and I. I had a friend who came back from nam without his right arm and leg and eye. I will read this book again and probably again. And now I wonder why did I want to forget? I cried in some parts and laughed out loud in a lot of others.

I don't know if you had to grow up in the 60's to relate or not but it took me back to a time I had forgotten a lot about. Like it was another story and author all together but then it goes on from there and gets back to the reality of the story. It seems that didn't relate to the story at all. I still don't understand why he put the whole section in about cars that were alive and had tenticles. You never really figure out what is going on here. If I can tell how the story is going to go right from the start then it's a waste of time. I won't waste time reading anything that is predictable or fits into a category of other books. This book grabbed me right from the beginning and I won't bother to read a book unless it catches me right from the start. Review of Hearts in Atlantis by Steven King

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