"Revival" received a lot of premature praise, unfortunately, the novel was then an ambiguous thing. For one thing, Stephen King proves masterful chronicler of the American province, the other manages the leap to the real horror only half, because King is too bogged down in details. The central character of the novel-the charismatic preacher Charles Jacobs proves at first as colorful character, but loses to end increasingly shine until he finally becomes the embittered old fanatic. The time of the truly demonic villains-the clown from "It", the diabolical antiquarian from "Needful Things", or the mysterious Randall Flagg in "The Stand" -scheint to be over with Stephen King. The topic of "Revival" would .The exceeded human limits by means of occult power and the price that the man pays for it-quite been viable. Lovecraft & Co. have since that time a better knack proven (just think about "Herbert West-Reanimator", "The Case of Charles Dexter Ward" or "From Beyond") I had hoped to be able to enjoy-by with "Revival" a US provincial Horrror the caliber of "Pet Sematary" due. Too bad, Mr. King, but that was nothing ...
