“Everyone should have this, he thought, and perhaps, at the end, everyone does. Perhaps in their time of dying, everyone rises.”
From the master storyteller Stephen King comes this compelling tale about finding common ground despite differences, a magical story with deep resonance for our time.
Elevation: A Novel by Stephen King
Published by Scribner; October 30, 2018
Genres: Fiction | Fantasy | Short Story | Mystery
Pages: 146 pages
Format: Hardcover
Source: Library
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T/W: Chronic illness, Death, Fatphobia, Suicide, Terminal illness, Homophobia
Rated: Adult, YA
★★★☆☆ | 3.5 / 5
I haven’t written in a while because of summer break and being busy at home with the kids.
However, I made some time to read a short novel that wouldn’t take me ages to complete.
Enter Elevation, by Stephen King.
It was an interesting short story, with a quiet intrigue and a sense of mystery about it. It is unlike most of Stephen King’s novels (where the majority of them are horror ridden).
It tackles a lot of mental health issues, as our main character is a middle-aged man who is overweight and divorced. However, when he discovers his weight is ticking down the scale (but his physical appearance remains the same), he mentally begins to prepare himself for the inevitable.
I won’t go into the details lest it spoil the story. It is a novel that everyone should try to read at least once in their life.
I don’t want you to expect it to be frighteningly scary because it’s Stephen King.
It’s not.
★★★☆☆ | 3.5 / 5
