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Hearts in Atlantis

Literary suspense from the No. 1 bestseller

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Hearts in Atlantis

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King, William Hurt
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Although it's difficult to believe, the sixties are not fictional; they actually happened' (Author's Afterword)

Stephen King, whose first novel, Carrie, was published in 1974, the year before the last US troops withdrew from Vietnam, is the first hugely popular writer of the TV generation. Images from that war - and the protests against it - had flooded America's living rooms for a decade.

Hearts in Atlantis is composed offive linked stories set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War.

Full of danger, full of suspense, most of all full of heart, Hearts in Atlantis will take some readers to a place they have never been...and others to a place they have never been able to completely leave.


(P)1999 Simon and Schuster Inc.©1999 Stephen King Anthologies & Short Stories Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Psychological Short Stories Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Scary Heartfelt
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The description for this says it's read by Stephen King. It's not! It's written by someone who constantly pauses at odd times as if he's unable to immediately read the next word. It's irritating and completely spoils one of King's better works. +3 stars for the story and -2 for the reading and that's being generous.

Be warned.

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What made the experience of listening to Hearts in Atlantis the most enjoyable?

The content. The writing was among King's best.

What did you like best about this story?

It's sensitivity

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of William Hurt?

Anybody ... absolutely anybody, Stephen should have done the whole thing. Hurt rarely captures the mood or the purpose of a sentence or moment. He also has a gratingly irritating tendency to roll between sentences like he's late for the bus. Very annoying.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh some, smile a lot.

Any additional comments?

The book, as wonderful as it was, was almost ruined as an experience for me due to Hurt's choice of style. I'm sure some people dig it but I can't stand it.

A beautiful piece, ALMOST spoiled by the narrator

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Amazing characters entwined throughout the decades. Storytelling at its best. Didn't want to finish this one. loved it !

King at his best

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I read this I’m the middle of reading the Dark Tower books (after Wolves of the Calla) looking to continue the DT universe but wanting something with a bit of a change of pace. Hearts was spot on - Cosy King (as they call it) at its very best. Don’t view it as short stories that can be read in any order however as they all really make up the same big story so read all five in order and back to back.

Cosy King at its best

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A different Stephen King novel than the others I've listened to. Really enjoyed it for that reason

King does it again. Great listen

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