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.
I’m . . . not really sure what I just read if I’m being
honest. I don’t really know what the point of this book was. It seems like it
was supposed to be a social commentary. I guess, in a way, it was.
I appreciate King accept LGBTQ folks, so that’s a plus. But
I don’t really understand what Scott’s place in the story was. Unless it was
the typical “man saves the women” trope. We also get absolutely zero answers
about his condition. He just. . . floats off into space after uniting the gays
and the religious people?
I don’t . . . get it? It also wasn’t written with any real
sense of intelligence. I know Stephen King is a very good writer and his books
can have some great depth. So I’m left sitting here confused about this one. It
kinda felt like one of James Patterson’s bookshots.
I don’t know. It was okay. I don’t think I would recommend
it. The cover art is beautiful though!
2/5 Stars
