Dreamcatcher

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Jeffrey DeMunn

Length: 22 hrs and 47 mins

Publisher's summary

A dark and sweeping adventure, Dreamcatcher is set in the haunted city of Derry - the site of Stephen King's It and Insomnia. In it, four young boys stand together and do a brave, good thing, an act that changes them in ways that they hardly understand.

A quarter-century later, as grown men who have gone their separate ways, these friends come together once a year to hunt in the woods of Maine. This particular year, a stranger stumbles into their campsite, and before long, the friends are plunged into the most remarkable adventure of their lives. They wind up in a life and death struggle, their only hope for survival locked in their shared past... and in the dreamcatcher.

©2001 Stephen King, All Rights Reserved. (P)2001 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Critic reviews

"May be the best alien invasion story since War of the Worlds." ( Booklist)

"A thriller that shows [King] remains a force in fiction." ( Internet Bookwatch)

" The X-Files comes to Maine." ( AudioFile)

mav

Enjoyed the book. struggled with the narrator a bit as he attempted to add a Dery accent but it caused a little bit of disconnect from the story.

Dreamcatcher

I read this when it first came out and hated it.I figured I would try it again. It was not much better.Alien worms get inside you and take over then do bad things. Narration was good.

Gripping

It's a good story well told but it will take some attention to follow all that is going on.

Not King's best work

I have read everything King has written. It's been so long since I read this onei had forgotten just about everything about it, I decided to revisit it via audio. The narrator is very good. Has that New England accent down pat. The story itself was fairly interesting, but the downside was the length of the book. It simply drones on to long. "too many words". Trimming it down 100 pages would have been the way to go IMHO. Lol, like I could ever write even one page of a short story!

One of King’s Best

The movie didn’t do this book justice, this is a great story and well worth the time spent listening. The narrator is excellent!

Not really what expected.

I did not really like this book. Never really engaged as other books like Salem Slot, Mr Mercedes and Outsider.

Great story can't wait for the movie

This was my first King book and I found it difficult to turn off. Since I listen to books while driving, I found myself consistenly below the speed limit just to get more of the book in.

Pretty good, but WAY too long

This was typical King writing here. I liked the story for the most part but it was about 8 hours too long. I loved the characters however. I really grew to love them more as the story got woven together. I cried at a couple of places. Also, there was just too much profanity, and it really wasn't necessary, especially between the friends. It's almost like it was thrown in for no reason at all. It really detracted from the story. I enjoyed the phsychological thriller, sci fi aspect of the story. I hated the rediculous, and typically King, sh*# weasels. That in my opinion was put in just for the gross factor of the story and nothing more...if I hadn't known who wrote the book before I read it, I would have known after reading that part for sure. Worth a listen if you have lots of time to devote to it. Hope your commute to and from work is a long one!

A MUST LISTEN

From the first chapter you will find yourself glued to your earsets. This is classic King and worth every minute of your time. One truly becomes INVOLVED in the story, identifying with each character as if you knew them yourself and chances are, you know someone who is like them.

Nineteen hours of listening pleasure, there is no way Hollywood can do justice to this book. And I'm glad I listened to the book first as I probably would have passed it by had I made the mistake of going to see the movie first. Now, I can happily wait until the movie is put out on video tape before viewing it. Then I'll only be out a few bucks to rent it just to see what they did and what they left out. :)

Could have been shorter

This would have made an awesome short story! I did not mind the length because I travel a lot, so I like the longer the better. However, it does seem like it could have made a tremendous novella. SK has done some amazing work using the very long novel form - IT, The Stand, etc. This did not have the substance for that long of a book. Character development was very good and the reader did great with accent and delivery.