Apt Pupil
Ratings24
Average rating3.8
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Ratings24
Average rating3.8
A golden California schoolboy and an old man whose hideous past he uncovers enter into a fateful and chilling mutual parasitism.
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Also appears in:
- [Different Seasons][2]
- [Apt Pupil / Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption][3]
[1]: https://www.stephenking.com/library/novella/apt_pupil.html
[2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81621W/Different_Seasons
[3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14917077W/Rita_Hayworth_and_Shawshank_Redemption_Apt_Pupil
Reviews with the most likes.
What I thought would be a quick story, turned out to be a full grown complex novel with fully detailed characters.
In the beginning I felt torn between thinking: “Why is this boy harassing this old guy?” and “What's wrong with that old guy?”.
In the middle I could understand more of the relationship between those too, but I still don't get the changing of the characters. Not 100%.
Why did they go on and done what they've done? This plus some boring chapters and the fact that I thought this book would never end and dragged along endlessly, gives it 3/5 for me.
