
Joyland
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Narrated by:
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Michael Kelly
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By:
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Stephen King
"I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts," says Stephen King, who has combined these elements into a wonderful new story. Joyland is a whodunit noir crime novel and a haunting ghost story set in the world of an amusement park.
It tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a 'carny' in small-town North Carolina and has to confront the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the way both will change his life forever. It is also a wonderful coming-of-age novel about friendship, loss, and your first heartbreak. Who dares enter the funhouse of fear?
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Critic reviews
If you could sum up Joyland in three words, what would they be?
Michael Kelly's narration is amazing. The story is meh, but Micheal Kelly (aka Doug Stamper of House of Cards) made the book.If you’ve listened to books by Stephen King before, how does this one compare?
Story is meh. Go listen to 11.22.63 -that's a better book.Which character – as performed by Michael Kelly – was your favorite?
All of them. Especially when he is Devin Jones.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The fur moment.Doug Stamper of House of Cards reading this book!
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Great Book well read
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King's the best story teller in the world.
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What did you love best about Joyland?
The writing style. The story was also pretty goodWhat other book might you compare Joyland to and why?
None that I can think ofWhich character – as performed by Michael Kelly – was your favorite?
Loved Devon the main character and the CarniesWas this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
ABSOLUTELY!!!!! Could not put it downLoved it couldn't put it down
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What would have made Joyland better?
This must rate as one of SK's worst books - a naive and gullible goodie-goodie main character of the 'o shucks' variety coupled with a storyline that reads like the diary of someone that stayed in bed to avoid anything happening to him and a narrator that sounds as if he is selling sweets to three-year olds - made me gave up half-way.stay with the earlier SK books.
Would you ever listen to anything by Stephen King again?
yes, the old stuffHow did the narrator detract from the book?
see aboveYou didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
noneBORED TO TEARS
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