There’s not a lot of meat to this story, but more unusually, there’s not much of the excellent character portrayal and development that Stephen King is known for. Like Stephen King enjoying his fame, publishing because he can, because anything he turns out is going to be a hit even if it’s not a hit. Right away I noticed that Elevation felt a bit gimmicky. “This isn’t just outside my experience, I’d say it’s outside human experience. There’s no telling what will happen to Scott when the scale hits zero, so his time to make amends for a bad first impression is running out. As Scott continues to feel lighter and healthier, he’s also trying to befriend the lesbian couple next door that he’s accidentally gotten into a neighborly feud with. More alarmingly, they don’t go up when he steps on the scale with a pocketful of quarters or heavy dumbbells in his hands. His eating habits haven’t changed if anything, he’s eating more than he used to, but the numbers on the scale keep going down. King’s books usually run so long that a novel of this size from him is a true curiosity.Ībout the book: Scott pays a visit to his old doctor– retired, but still a favorite for medical advice– when he notices a strange trend: though he doesn’t look any different, he’s steadily losing weight. It was a one-sitting book, less than 150 pages, which made it impossible to pass up. I got around to it about halfway through November. Stephen King had a brand new book published at the end of October, and as a long-time fan of his writing I had to pick it up.

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