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[Elevation] by Stephen King (Novella)
4.5★

Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis.

In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade—but escalating—battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face–including his own—he tries to help. Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott’s affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.


The book description is almost longer than the book itself:) it's not a bad story...good... but not great. In 147 pages it doesn't really have the time to have been either one. There's going to be a host of readers that are going to slam and down-rate the book for not being longer...stating on the front cover that it's a novel when in actuality it's a novella...or treading very close on the heels of another of Stephen Kings books... [Thinner]. Overall, in spite of the length, it was a good story. I liked the main character of Scott Carey and his attitude to a situation that would have certainly made most people at least paranoid if not down right out of their minds crazy. Read it if you aren't looking for something on the order of [Salem's Lot] or [It]... you will enjoy it. After all the "King" of Horror" wrote it.