'Salem's Lot by Stephen King

'Salem's Lot

Stephen King with Jerry N. Uelsmann

768 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

fiction horror dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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 'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets, and solid church steeples. That summer in 'Salem's Lot was a summer of home-coming and return; spring burned out and the land lying dry, crackling underfoot...

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Community Reviews

3.93
based on 44,361 reviews

Moods

dark: 96%

tense: 77%

mysterious: 72%

adventurous: 33%

emotional: 22%

sad: 21%

challenging: 11%

reflective: 3%

funny: 2%

hopeful: 1%

Pace

10% of readers chose fast
54% of readers chose medium
35% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

37% of readers chose Plot
49% of readers chose A mix
12% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

46% of readers chose Yes
19% of readers chose Complicated
32% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

50% of readers chose Yes
28% of readers chose Complicated
19% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

26% of readers chose Yes
6% of readers chose Complicated
63% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

24% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
53% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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