The children in this book are put through some horrifying scenarios, although it’s a far stretch to try to call this particular novel horror. For the most part, the book was very fascinating and played off of fears of government conspiracies. Most of those characters felt like one-dimensional country bumpkins with no real purpose other than to occasionally give Tim some dialogue and some country one-liners. The supporting children in this book that you’ll spend time with during Luke's thread were also a much better cast of characters than the supporting adults in Tim’s thread. Luke Ellis was fleshed out more and it was interesting to follow him along. He felt more like a generic good guy archetype that you’d place in a random King story and he’d probably fit in. I didn’t particularly like or dislike him. Despite this, I stuck it out to the end and ultimately am glad that I did. There was a part towards the tail end of the first half that had I not been such a big fan of King, I might not have finished the book.
This is a slow burn for sure, and while that’s mostly a good thing, there was a section of the book that felt a bit tedious. King does an excellent job of taking it easy and crafting the world his latest takes place in. Eventually, for reasons to be discovered, he is kidnapped and taken to a place called The Institute, where other children are held against their will and subjected to all manner of horrible experiments. Luke is a genius who stands out amongst a crowd of other special children. Our other main thread follows Luke Ellis, a boy genius attending a school filled with child prodigies. He eventually makes his way to the small town of Dupray, where things are eventually going to heat up. When we meet him, he’s on a flight to New York, but quickly becomes a drifter, in no real rush to get to his original destination. Tim Jamieson is a man with no particular direction.
The book follows two separate threads, which eventually become intertwined through fate. One in which had its ups and downs, but by the end takes you on a whirlwind of adventure and emotion. The Institute, by Stephen King, is another such world. A man who in recent times has elevated his craft to a point where most of his novels have transcended beyond a genre, and have become living, breathing worlds that feel fleshed out and lived-in. That joyous time twice a year when we are taken into a world crafted by a master storyteller. Andrew & John's Side by Side Review of THE INSTITUTE by Stephen KingĬonstant Readers, it’s here.
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