THE INSTITUTE / Stephen King / Book Review / Brian Lee Durfee (spoiler free)

Wherein our hero Durfee reviews the great horror novel The Institute by Stephen King #TheInstitute #StephenKing #BookReview

[stephenmorton]

I could have sworn that you reviewed this previously. I saw it at the thrift and passed it by. These kind of stories just piss me off. The public school I went to was more like an institute. I don't need to revisit that. It was a football institute.

[timmeyer]

Congratulations on the Kingly accomplishment. Still love your reviews.

[toddhill]

Great review Brian. One if my favorite novels from King.

[loudoesreviews]

Not bad - felt like King was on cruise control with this one.

[svartling]

Totally agree. I think it’s one of the best of the “newer” King novels

[Joda]

I Hope you will do ranking of them, that would be amazing!

[beckyteague-]

That's Duprey. South Carolina bro.

[TheJesseGladSaget]

Loved this one. I'd give it a 8.8/10

[Michael_L_Morrison]

I enjoyed that book . . . was a solid read.

[anuparnoacharya]

The font of the paperback is too small

[GlynDwr-dh]

To me, it seemed like he was kind of phoning it in on this one. I read it a few years ago and can't even remember that much about it. It was kind of a somewhat enjoyable time waster, like the kind of thing you read on a long flight just to distract yourself. All I remember about it was that there seemed to be a lot of plot mechanics in the second half, which I think is what King does when he's just padding the page count to get another product out the door. It wasn't the worst thing ever, but I wasn't that impressed with it. He's written better.

[DAGDRUM]

I very much enjoyed the way this genuinely suspenseful story unfolded. Even better, King, often criticized for weak endings, delivered a slam-bang one here.
The situation reminded me of Desperation, where the author throws a group of people in the middle of the damnedest mess, all fighting a common enemy.

[BishopWalters]

5/10 for me, not awful but just forgettable and I'm a little burned out on kids with powers in general.

[tythesoupguy]

I really felt let down by the ending . The guy w/ the lisp is set up to be this really scary guy but ends up being pretty much a big chicken lol the ending also felt kinda quick . 6/10

[seanhalpin]

Currently re-listening to this, and I enjoyed it. Shots for dots

[beckyteague-]

The audiobook doesn't give the ending. Don't waste your time due to stopping story near 5/8th and starting over.

[MovedbyTruth]

Wasn't a fan of this one. I lump it in with generic King.

[angelaholmes]

I didn't enjoy this book it started out good but went downhill quickly one of kings forgettable books

[TheLoanSharkie]

I thought it was weird how King sexualized some of the children in the book. Uncomfortable hearing descriptions of 12 year olds in a sexual manner.