In this one, the writing and the main character kind of goes hand in hand. King’s writing and King’s characters are the very reason to why I need to read all of his books. At the same time, it really gets exciting and you want to know what’s going on from beginning to end. This is one of the typical “coming of age books”. But it still works well, especially because of the genre. More than in the other books I’ve read from him. It’s a bit slow-paced, and it’s more based on reflections than action. I’m not sure if King has a lot of books in the young adult genre, but it was really nice reading King’s version of that genre. And of course, it’s a book about an unsolved crime involving a killer that never got caught It’s a book about friendship and it’s a book about a beautiful, colorful amusement park. It’s a book about love, and how love sometimes can leave you crushed into little peaces. Joyland is a book about being young, and growing up. But there’s a lot of other reasons that you would. Yes, It’s a crime and mystery book, absolutely, but King’s usual terrifying horror-elements is not the reason you pick this one to read. It’s also because he creates universes and characters that feels so real and are so interesting to follow. I’d been reading mostly just King’s older books, so I decided it was time to read some of his newest.įor me, “Joyland” was yet another proof that I don’t read Stephen King’s works just because he’s so good at scaring you and creeping you out in a way that makes the lights in your bedroom stay on for months.

On my quest to read all of King’s book, this was a natural choice when it arrived in the bookstore that I worked in. It was originally published June 4th, 2013 with 213 pages. Containing 906 pages (this being one page at the size of an Iphone 5).

My edition: It was an ebook edition from Shibsted Forlag, 2014. Shoplaw’s Beachside Acommidations in the town of Haven’s bay. For several reasonsįirst line(s) of the book: “I had a car, but most of the days in that fall of 1973 I walked to Joyland from Mrs. Neither does he know that his new summer job in Joyland, a small amusement park, will make the sommer one he’ll remember for ever. He is a student who needs money, and he has a girlfriend who is about to break up with him, although he doesn’t know it yet.

Joyland by Stephen King