As someone with liberal leanings, I had mixed feelings about the way this was done. King blends these two plotlines together pretty seamlessly, adding a bit of heavy handed political / social commentary into the mix as well. A pair of married women move in and open a restaurant, and the average bigotry you’d expect from a small, conservative town ensues. While his body is experiencing these strange changes, changes are also taking place in the tiny conservative town of Castle Rock. He remains physically the same appearance-wise, and involves a local retired doctor friend to try and figure out what’s going on.

As my first one, I wasn’t overly impressed, but I also didn’t struggle to finish it, making my way through the brief 150ish pages in under an hour and a half.ĮLEVATION tells the story of Scott, a big lumberjack-esque man who is losing weight rapidly, but only according to the scale. I’ll preface this review by saying I’ve never purchased a Stephen King book within the first week of it being released before, nor have I ever read one this close to its publication. Perhaps in their time of dying, everyone rises.” “Everyone should have this, he thought, and perhaps, at the end, everyone does. Goodreads | Amazon (Kindle) | Amazon (Physical) Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott’s affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face–including his own-he tries to help. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. One of the women is friendly the other, cold as ice. In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade-but escalating-battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. There are a couple of other odd things, too.

Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight.

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