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Stephen King

The Institute

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It—publishing just as the second part of It, the movie, lands in theaters.
In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis's parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents—telekinesis and telepathy—who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half, “like the roach motel,” Kalisha says. “You check in, but you don't check out.”
In this most sinister of institutions, the director, Mrs….
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  • b8397792306shared an impression3 years ago
    🚀Unputdownable

    This is King. Full stop.

  • Habitante de libroshared an impression5 years ago
    👍Worth reading
    💀Spooky
    🔮Hidden Depths
    💡Learnt A Lot
    🎯Worthwhile
    😄LOLZ

    Long live the king!

  • Alisa Sobolevashared an impression5 years ago
    💤Borrrriiinnng!

    Сюжет местами сильно буксует, персонажи прописаны слишком поверхностно, чтобы за них всерьёз переживать, развязка абсолютно предсказуемая.

Quotes

  • Nurlan Süleymanovhas quoted5 years ago
    But there were no words, and maybe no need of them. Or telepathy.

    Sometimes a hug was telepathy.
  • Aleksandra Pletnevahas quoted5 years ago
    The elderly woman behind the wheel powered down the passenger side window and peered at him through thick glasses. “Although not large, you look well-muscled,” she said. “You are not a rapist or a psychotic, are you?”

    “No, ma’am,” Tim told her, thinking: But what else would I say?
  • Habitante de librohas quoted5 years ago
    revenge is a powerful motivator,

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