Review: Revival by Stephen King, narrated by David Morse
Stephen King is one of the best authors in the world. He has written more than 100 books, short stories, and novellas in almost all genres. I experienced the majority of them in audiobook format and last week I picked up Revival, an older novel that I kept on my wish list for a long, long time.
Revival is another gripping story from one of the most talented and prolific authors out there. Stephen King manages to deliver consistent tales that explore the human condition in all its complicated situations.
The action of Revival follows Jamie Morton from the age of six until his late years. We meet Jamie as a little kid, playing with toy soldiers, and we are part of his journey into adulthood, we learn about his first love, about his passion for music, later we find him struggling with drug addiction and we even see him growing old. At every step, he encounters, again and again, the pastor that will forever change his life.
Mr. King examines the relationship between Jamie and the complicated pastor Charles, a mysterious figure who forsakes God after a dramatic event and touches the lives of hundreds, if not thousands of people, but not in a good or righteous way.
American actor, singer, television director, audiobook narrator and writer David Morse expertly brings to life the characters, places, and events in Revival with talent, emotion, and compassion. He does a stellar job with this audio production, raising the immersion for the listener to the highest level possible and dazzles us with a most riveting and unsettling performance.
Beautifully written and expertly performed, Revival will haunt your dreams and force you to ask uncomfortable questions about what’s beyond this world that we live in now. Although at first look this may seem to be one of the lesser-known works of the great Stephen King, I assure you that it deserves your utmost attention and interest!
Revival is a darkly atmospheric and unapologetically immersive novel that will definitely delight and entertain constant King readers for generations to come.
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