Kevin Kuhn's Reviews > Elevation

Scott Carey is losing weight. What’s strange is, it isn’t showing. What’s stranger still, is that anything he carries becomes weightless. In a rare allegory, King still shows his magical ability to make the supernatural seem believable. In this novella, King takes on small-town intolerance and the importance of rising above differences. Sometimes, connections that seem unlikely, might end up being vital, during a time when you need to be uplifted.

The strength of this story is the hook. I had to keep reading, and King keeps feeding the intrigue, so I had to know how it resolved. The challenge with a great hook, is it requires an incredible ending to hold up to the building anticipation in the readers mind. This is the challenge with many of King’s stories. The endings are suitable, they’re solid, they’re fine. They don’t, however, completely stand up to the maddening expectancy that King creates. So, the endings end up feeling a little light . . .

Of course, I still enjoyed this little tale, reading it easily in one sitting. King builds strong characters so quickly and pulls you into his stories with such unpretentious ease. It’s the journey you’ll enjoy, not the destination.