![]() ![]() ![]() But in the context of a novel with so many interesting things to say about growing up and growing old in the 21st century, the more fantastical elements feel a little silly – when King starts namechecking Dan Brown, it’s fair to say Revival walks a perilously fine line. Which is fine: King devotees might expect a vivid recreation of the afterlife. At this point Revival takes a turn for the ridiculous. But as the faintly hippyish protagonist remains pleasingly cynical about Jacobs’s methods and concerned about their side effects, Revival turns into something of a mystery when he teams up with a young researcher (whom he inevitably beds) to unearth the truth about the elusive man now called Pastor Danny Jacobs. Including curing Jamie of his heroin addiction. The preacher, who has lost his faith when his family was wiped out in a car crash, now styles himself as a healer, using “secret electricity” to perform miracles on the sick. ![]() If only King had stayed in this period instead he skips through the decades, charting Jamie’s battles with drugs and intermittent encounters with Jacobs. ![]()
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