Thursday, September 26, 2019

it's all connectedd

The Institute by Stephen King: 2019; $30.00; 561 pages; Scribner, New York, NY; 978-1-9821-1056-7; checked out from the Multnomah County Library, Saint Johns; 9/16/19-9/19/19

Children being kidnapped and their parents killed.  Children transported while sedated to a room that looks almost exactly like their own room, except none of the rooms have windows.  Shades of Charlie McGee, from Firestarter, the kids are being used to execute people telepathically around the world.  The star chamber decides whom needs to be terminated to "protect"  the world from what they think will be happen.  Supposed precogs tell them what might happen and the star chamber targets someone for something they might do.  The Institute neglects to think about how powerful some of their charges are and what might happen if the children banded together.  With an ending reminiscent of the ending of Carrie, it all comes crashing down.  As with most of King's books you will find a connection to other books of his. 

10/10

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