The Outrun is a fabulous book, full of stuff about not belonging, the chaos of dependency, and how spiritual adjustments can bring people back from the brink. A solid, honest, encouraging memoir that stands apart from the narcissistic lunacy of most of the rest of the world.

Yeah. It was OK, but maybe I'm a bit old for it. The pop culture references were a bit on the nose for me. I'd have liked some much deeper cuts from some more arcane stuff from the 1980s. Also there was very little tension. There were literally no points when the protagonists were under any serious threat.

It's a pleasingly wonky, intriguing story with three highly unreliable narrators. I enjoyed the feeling that you never really have solid ground to stand on until the end, at which point the subjective viewpoints cohere into something more objectively solid.

Hawkins is absolutely brilliant at the chaos and delusion that goes with alcoholic drinking, less good at how to recover from that. But maybe that's the point.

My first time reading anything by the Prof. She seems splendid though. From what I've seen, heard and read of her so far she should definitely be in charge of more stuff.

Terrifically engrossing. The horror as it ultimately unfolds is horrifying indeed, but I also deeply enjoyed the way King depicts the sheer, desperate shortness of life. How childhood transitions to adulthood, and how quickly the degradations of age fall upon us. Mature and powerful.

Half way through, and I love it so far. The childhood reminiscences are evocative and eerie. The carnival stuff captures the scruffy, electric magic perfectly. There's a strong Ray Bradbury vibe.