5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it
Never Read
Bracket #9: Hearts in Atlantis (1999)
Hearts in Atlantis, 1999
Please vote for Hearts in Atlantis using the following scale:
5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it
If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.
I gave this a three. I just recently reread it, and yeah...average.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Same from bears.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If it was just Low Men in Yellow Coats I'd give it 5. As is, four. An oddly structured book.
Three for me as well. It was very good in parts, worthy of a four, but in other parts in just dragged.
Definitely. Unique among King's work. I love the whole, absolutely. 5!Originally Posted by Kronz
Gave it a 3.
Sloth Love Chunk
I would give the title story and Low Men In Yellow Coats a 5, but the highest grade any of the other stories deserve is a 2, and even that's a stretch.
Yeah, I kind of took an average there.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Well, I know other people than me liked "Hearts In Atlantis." Maybe none on this website, tho.
I really hope that he'll publish The House on Benefit Street.
Not quite a 5, but I give it a hard 4.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
A 5 from me. I liked all the stories.
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
Very close to a 5 from me. I just re-read it a few months ago. Low Men in Yellow Coats is terrific and the others are "pretty good." Works out to a 4 overall.
4 from me, really liked it. Yes, it was oddly structured, but it all worked beautifully together. Too bad the same can't be said of the movie adaptation.
I'm sure if there is intelligent life somewhere out there in the universe, they are wise enough to stay away from us.
And the people bowed and prayed, to the cell phone god they made...
3. Average. Loved Low Men in Yellow Coats, and Hearts in Atlantis, but the others almost seemed...rushed, like they were put in as afterthought. The meat was definitely in the beginning.
The story Hearts in Atlantis is probably my favorite story by him.
Heartfelt, personal and such an honest story.
This is when I started to really enjoy reading him again.
Low men was pretty good. (William Hurt is a great narrator on the audio version, he sounds so sad the whole time)
The first time I read this I read the first 2 and skipped the others to find out if Bobby comes back. When I listened to it again, I found the story about the guy in traffic to be awesome, cool stuff.
5.
Same here. I gave it a 3 as a whole. I don't know what it was about the other stories that I couldn't get into, nothing I can put my finger on.
One of my faves. Just a beautiful book. I love how the stories interconnect with one another.
A hound will die for you, but never lie to you. And he'll look you straight in the face.
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The poll has closed. Hearts in Atlantis has earned a FAS (final average score) of 4.030303030 or 80.61%, placing 1st (winner) in this bracket. It will be moving on to Round 2. In 2009, Hearts in Atlantis also placed 1st with a FAS of 4.067567568, so it lost 0.037264538 (-0.92%) this time.
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