Character Analysis: Devin

Devin is the main protagonist in Joyland. He encounters a murder mystery at an amusement park. I feel as if he worries too much. During the novel, he runs into his ex. From what it seems, through author Stephen King's genius third person storytelling, he's too jittery. You can never tell when he steps in and for a main protagonist, he doesn't get much involvement in the story. I should see him more, or at least the text should give me more indication of seeing him more. He reminds me of a cat. He seems noble and with authority, but he seems to run away from certain situations--big situations.

Plot for "Joyland"

Joyland is a horror novel by Stephen King. It is a story about a boy in his high school years who is working at a theme park, trying to get over an ex-girlfriend. As his summer goes on, however, things at the workplace get fishy. It all piles on top of each other, until it all becomes one big huge catastrophe. It is a chain of events that is advertised to keep you at the edge of your seat and your eyes glued to the pages, but after reading, my thoughts have changed. Hopefully my next King novel would be better, if possible, much better.

Book Choice

I have not possessed a book yet, I don't have the time, but I will keep you posted. Doctor Sleep is at the top of my list right now.

Conclusion for Joyland

I wasn't so impressed. I think I may have expected more from a Stephen King novel. The plot was not as structured as I thought it would be. I liked his other novels,  what happened?  I'm going to read Doctor Sleep next, hopefully it'll be better.

Post Holiday Update

I have read halfway through Joyland by Stephen King as of now. I have read this slowly so I can indulge information it offers, but unfortunately, it does not offer much of that. Based on its description, it seems like a juicy novel, but the climax never seems to appear. This book is more of a snoozefest to me. It just consists of a series of events that just fly by without you noticing. It's like that one class that you have at school, that just has your teacher lecturing to you useful information, but it's so monotone that you can't recognize when the subject is changing. I thought Stephen King could be better, and he is. I don't see a Joyland movie anytime in the future, let's put it that way. So, that's all I have for now, I'll keep you posted once I reach a good point in the novel (If there is one).