Das hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Und es ist - wie so viele King-Bücher - meiner Ansicht nach kein Horrorroman, auch wenn Jamie uns da etwas anderes erzählt. ( )

I generally start my SK books with a disclaimer: I don't like horror books (they scare me - duh). Later, however, written for a more delicate reader, me, was a lot of fun.

The protagonist is a young boy, Jamie, who lives with his single, struggling to make ends meet mom. Jamie, it turns out, not only sees dead people but can speak with them. Come to find out, at least in Later, the dead cannot tell a lie.

Later takes us through a few deaths, a couple are gruesome, but not in an I'm going to be scarred for life kind of way. SK tells the story superbly, through the eyes of young Jamie, his thoughts, his feelings, his childish ways - I could literally see and hear my own children when they were this age.

There is a zinger at the end that I think I may literally have said, "No way!" when I read it, but it in no way is what the book is about - don't read it waiting for this zinger, you will be disappointed.

Reading this lighter Stephen King novel allowed me to experience Mr. King's incredible style of writing in a way that doesn't leave me sleeping with the lights on; a win for me. ( )

Another fantastic read from the great Stephen King. This is actually the first Hard Case novel I’ve read by him. Not at all what I expected. Definitely a lot more supernatural than I anticipated which was an awesome surprise. Great storyline, great characters, love how he ties up his endings without really closing the book on the whole story. King just proves again how talented his really is. ( )

King's newest has garnered many glowing reviews. If you are expecting anything of the kind then don’t read on. In fact, I may just have to go into hiding after having clicked the button. Well, let’s get to it. Stephen King's newest Later is simple, and not exactly refreshingly so. Coming from King I expected a bit more complexity. Much of his latest work including this here book on review and the one before, The Institute, is much more akin to a young adult novel albeit not being marketed as such. Gone seem to be times when he astonished us with a work of grandeur like The Stand, truly scared us with novels of haunted places like The Shining, or in equal measure perplexed and scared us with baddies like It's clown that could have come straight from hell.
What we are left with in Later is a score of admittedly well-rounded characters, if only moderately interesting as a whole. The protagonist is a teenager with supernatural ability just as in his last novel The Institute; the antagonist is a mere fading echo of the twisted, yet sophisticated souls of former King novels. The plot devoid of true twists and turns is easy to follow - a bit too easy even, one might say. Be that as it may, King is a pro and he knows how to write. Hell, I wished I could write like him.
Perhaps it's just that I have been waiting for some time now for him to deliver a novel that is in the mold of his former work. Looks like I am to wait a bit longer. And so I will. ( )

Wow. I've been reading King for decades and he just gets better with age. I am so glad to be in his world.

Every couple of years I get into a book funk where I can't find anything to satisfy no matter what I try--changing genres, trying new authors--nothing works. This is not the first funk he's drawn me out of and I know it won't be the last.

I also hope to find more books read by the narrator---Seth Numrich. There aren't many male narrators that I've appreciated and it's nice to find another one that isn't British. I know, I know--that's my personal demon to fight, but I can't help it. My ears love that accent.

Stellar job on both accounts makes a happy reader! ( )