By: Stephen King
Publisher: Simon and SchusterAudio
Publication Date:June 4, 2013
Format: Audio CD
Source: publisher
From the pulp crime novel
cover to the creepy tagline, one can tell you are about to step into the mind
of Stephen King. King’s narrator is Devin Jones and he takes the reader back in
time to when he worked at the amusement park, Joyland. Devin meets a great
group of friends that help him past his break up (because in your twenties any
break up seems like it is the end of the world). He also discovers the secret
of the Horror House ride…it’s haunted.
The story goes that Linda
Gray came to the fair with her boyfriend. The boyfriend takes her on the Horror
House ride and halfway through, slits her throat and tosses her out. All he
leaves behind is a bloodied shirt and a pair of gloves. Now it is believed that
Linda Gray haunts the ride waiting for her killer to be found.
This story intrigues Devin
and he decides to dig deeper to see if he can discover the identity of the
killer. This fascination leads Devin on an interesting adventure that ends up
putting him and his new found friends in danger.
King has a way of making two
complete different story lines come together flawlessly in the end. At times
while you are reading you start to wonder what the importance of a scene is,
but as long as you put your trust in King, he won’t let you down. This is
definitely not a hard core horror novel as most are used to from King but it
isn’t intended to be. This is just a story of love, loss, death and a bit of
supernatural. I consider it a nice light mystery to read on a cold rainy day
and hopefully will resonate with the younger readers and introduce them to the
mastery of Stephen King.
The audio version featured a
great narrator, Michael Kelly. His youthful sounding voice was fitting for the
age that Devin was.
PURCHASE JOYLAND
DISCLOSURE: I received this audio CD from the publisher at no charge and in no way influenced my review.
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