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Here's a refreshing and very well done review of Salem's Lot by Ana Faria at cu independent for Flashback Friday.
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Faria writes, "Sometimes readers forget that vampires were the original monsters lurking in the shadows. Stephen King gives vampires their teeth back as they stalk and seduce the townspeople of ‘Salem’s Lot."
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I like that! We've romanticised vampires, de-fanged them. The impotent vampires that clog up Hollywood today are, frankly, boring.
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Her concluding marks hit the nail right on the head. You know, Salem's Lot may not be the best King book to start with. I had trouble getting through it at first, and plan to revisit it now that I know the pace.
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Faria explains:
Although the novel is a horror staple, patience is a key value when approaching “Salem’s Lot” as a first time Stephen King reader. “Salem’s Lot” may leave readers looking for a fever pitch plot line disappointed. The novel’s focus is shady at best within the first few chapters.
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Multiple pages are devoted to describing the people that will eventually succumb to the evil lurking in “the Lot” and can seem unimportant at the start. It’s only at the climax that the detail-heavy introduction chapters begin to make sense.
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If time can be dedicated to the novel, the reader is sure to be charmed by King’s clever lines and the people of ‘the Lot’ that eventually become the classic evil of nightmares.
If time can be dedicated to the novel, the reader is sure to be charmed by King’s clever lines and the people of ‘the Lot’ that eventually become the classic evil of nightmares.
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