Elevation by Stephen King
From legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting story about "an ordinary man in an extraordinary condition rising above hatred" (The Washington Post) and bringing the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine together--a "joyful, uplifting" (Entertainment Weekly) tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences, "the sign of a master elevating his own legendary game yet again" (USA TODAY). Although Scott Carey doesn't look any different, he's been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn't want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis. In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King's most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade--but escalating--battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott's lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face--including his own--he tries to help. Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott's affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.
From legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting story about "an ordinary man in an extraordinary condition rising above hatred" (The Washington Post) and bringing the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine together--a "joyful, uplifting" (Entertainment Weekly) tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences, "the sign of a master elevating his own legendary game yet again" (USA TODAY). Although Scott Carey doesn't look any different, he's been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn't want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis. In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King's most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade--but escalating--battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott's lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face--including his own--he tries to help. Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott's affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.
From legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting story about "an ordinary man in an extraordinary condition rising above hatred" (The Washington Post) and bringing the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine together--a "joyful, uplifting" (Entertainment Weekly) tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences, "the sign of a master elevating his own legendary game yet again" (USA TODAY). Although Scott Carey doesn't look any different, he's been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn't want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis. In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King's most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade--but escalating--battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott's lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face--including his own--he tries to help. Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott's affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.
From legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting story about "an ordinary man in an extraordinary condition rising above hatred" (The Washington Post) and bringing the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine together--a "joyful, uplifting" (Entertainment Weekly) tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences, "the sign of a master elevating his own legendary game yet again" (USA TODAY). Although Scott Carey doesn't look any different, he's been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn't want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis. In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King's most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade--but escalating--battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott's lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face--including his own--he tries to help. Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott's affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.
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The writing was absolutely amazing, and I quickly got into it. It's really short for a King book, at only 146 pages. And the shortness is one of the reasons I wasn't too pleased with it. It seems like parts are glossed over and not given the space they need. The ending is also ambiguous, and seems like it's missing a few chapters. There is also a typo! Bottom of page 72! "I swan"???
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Just enough is explained to keep you reading and reading every page. This is not really a horror but a great supernatural twist of a read. This book has a good plot and I thought it was enjoyable.
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This book seemed like it went fast and didnt really have a lot of details on the concept of the story. I wish there was a little more put in the book on how he got his condition, but I liked how he took it in the end. I wasnt expecting that at all and on how he decided to go. It was a good short read though and read it on my lunch at work only took 2 days so a little over 2 hours for me.
| Imprint | Hodder |
| Pub date | 09 Jan 2020 |
| DEWEY edition | 23 |
| Language | English |
| Spine width | 13mm |
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The writing was absolutely amazing, and I quickly got into it. It's really short for a King book, at only 146 pages. And the shortness is one of the reasons I wasn't too pleased with it. It seems like parts are glossed over and not given the space they need. The ending is also ambiguous, and seems like it's missing a few chapters. There is also a typo! Bottom of page 72! "I swan"???
Just enough is explained to keep you reading and reading every page. This is not really a horror but a great supernatural twist of a read. This book has a good plot and I thought it was enjoyable.
This book seemed like it went fast and didnt really have a lot of details on the concept of the story. I wish there was a little more put in the book on how he got his condition, but I liked how he took it in the end. I wasnt expecting that at all and on how he decided to go. It was a good short read though and read it on my lunch at work only took 2 days so a little over 2 hours for me.
1 star is too many for this book! I’m very shocked that it has Stephen Kings name on it being as it’s such a let down compared to his older books. This was a very quick read, extremely predictable, and very very very boring. I found it in the thriller section on Amazon and that’s definitely the wrong category for it to be in considering there wasn’t any suspense. Highly disappointing.
The awesomeness? Scott is living every metabolism challenged person's dream; he's consistently losing a steady amount of weight while eating whatever the heck he wants to. He can eat breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner/supper and round it all off with a double helping of dessert, and the scales still smile on him. What a dream!The downside? No matter how much weight the scales say he's lost Scott still looks exactly the same, protruding belly and all. All of that weight loss and you don't even get to see the difference? No fair!The downright weird?" 'No one weighs the same naked as they do dressed. It's as much a given as gravity.' "This is a Stephen King novella; nothing is a given.Set in Castle Rock, 'Elevation' was a ... MoreThe awesomeness? Scott is living every metabolism challenged person's dream; he's consistently losing a steady amount of weight while eating whatever the heck he wants to. He can eat breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner/supper and round it all off with a double helping of dessert, and the scales still smile on him. What a dream!The downside? No matter how much weight the scales say he's lost Scott still looks exactly the same, protruding belly and all. All of that weight loss and you don't even get to see the difference? No fair!The downright weird?" 'No one weighs the same naked as they do dressed. It's as much a given as gravity.' "This is a Stephen King novella; nothing is a given.Set in Castle Rock, 'Elevation' was a compulsive read for me. I loved the people I met. I loved the friendships. I loved that the homophobia expressed by some of the townsfolk was challenged. I loved the reminder that one person can make a difference in other peoples' lives and their community as a whole, even in the current political climate and even a town where a fairly considerable amount of bigots reside." 'Sometimes I think this is the world's greatest weight-loss program.''Yes,' Ellis said, 'but where does it end?' "I'll tell you where it ends. In tears! I enjoyed 'Gwendy's Button Box' but I loved 'Elevation'. I didn't expect to feel so much for characters that I only knew for just over 130 pages but I smiled, I laughed and I wanted to have dinner with these people. Then I smiled some more while I ugly cried for the final 10% of the book.I need an entire series of novellas set in Castle Rock. I need to meet more of these weird and wonderful people. I'd give this book 4.5 stars but am rounding up.
Wasn't expecting something so tiny for the price. Though it says "A Novel" on the front, with the larger print and excess paper size, it's more like a short story. I am halfway through it and just read for about 30 minutes. It also seems to lack something else most King novels are riddled with... cursing.
I'm a huge fan of Stephen King and definitely the kind of person to automatically buy anything he comes out with, which is essentially why I bought this book when it came out. The story itself is very good. However, I think it would be better suited in one of his anthologies. The whole book is less than 150 pages long. I paid almost $20 for a hardback copy of a single short story. Wait for it to go on sale on kindle, not worth buying full price.
Put aside all expectations when opening this book. It is not a typical Stephen King book. I read it in one sitting and the end was so moving, I was in tears. Such an unexpected & atypical book from such a well-known writer. I do not normally enjoy his writing. Thus slim volume I can heartily recommend.
Gifted this book to my sister, Diana, because she's Stephen King's greatest fan of all time and this is one of the only books of his she didn't have on her shelf. I forgot to take a picture of it before wrapping it for her birthday, but she was thrilled with it when she opened it because it really is one of only 4 books she didn't have of his. Diana said Elevation is one of his newer highly interesting, if somewhat shorter stories. The book came in great condition and well within time for me to wrap it and have it in her birthday bag. A great book well worth the money and an excellent read!
It's a very short story - about 2 hours read at a reasonable pace. Quite sweet, a few twists, and as you'd expect, nicely written. At eBay prices it's worth adding to your collection, but when originally released at full price... I suspect it was the publishers wanting Mr King to add to their coffers!
| Imprint | Hodder |
| Pub date | 09 Jan 2020 |
| DEWEY edition | 23 |
| Language | English |
| Spine width | 13mm |
