When I read it: 18th August - 24th August 2015
Rating: 5/5
Rating: 5/5
This novel was certainly better than I expected. Sometimes you have to ignore some reviews and go on your own intuitive.
This was my first Stephen King book, I have longed to read his famous novels for as long as I can remember but I am no good with horror, both movies and novels alike, therefore I was iffy on buying this one. Despite this, I bought it eagerly expecting to have half of wits running off with their tail between it's legs. In reality, I was gripped from beginning to end with small to nothing fear dwelling in my heart. It was the complete opposite to my original expectations.
It was more mystery (and even more about romance) than horror, and maybe it said that somewhere but I didn't bother checking. I wanted a clear mind on this one.
In hind side, Joyland has enough clichés to make you figure out who the killer is and everything that ties to him but I didn't want to find it out while reading I wanted to go with the flow I wanted to discover who it was the same time Dev did (and oh I did, unintentionally.) Nevertheless, I was thrown aback when I did officially find out in the end, I knew it was between two people but either one didn't really add up because I wasn't given the same information, history and maturity of relationships and friendships alike, as the narrator did.
Overall, it was an amazing roller-coaster ride which is what you want from an amazing carny amusement park like Joyland.
This was my first Stephen King book, I have longed to read his famous novels for as long as I can remember but I am no good with horror, both movies and novels alike, therefore I was iffy on buying this one. Despite this, I bought it eagerly expecting to have half of wits running off with their tail between it's legs. In reality, I was gripped from beginning to end with small to nothing fear dwelling in my heart. It was the complete opposite to my original expectations.
It was more mystery (and even more about romance) than horror, and maybe it said that somewhere but I didn't bother checking. I wanted a clear mind on this one.
In hind side, Joyland has enough clichés to make you figure out who the killer is and everything that ties to him but I didn't want to find it out while reading I wanted to go with the flow I wanted to discover who it was the same time Dev did (and oh I did, unintentionally.) Nevertheless, I was thrown aback when I did officially find out in the end, I knew it was between two people but either one didn't really add up because I wasn't given the same information, history and maturity of relationships and friendships alike, as the narrator did.
Overall, it was an amazing roller-coaster ride which is what you want from an amazing carny amusement park like Joyland.
