Waiting On Wednesday was a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. Each Wednesday you got to highlight a book that you were really looking forward to. Unfortunately, the original creator is no longer able to host the meme and it has now linked up with Can’t Wait Wednesday over at Wishful Endings.
This week I’ve chosen:
The Institute by Stephen King.
Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where kids, abducted from across the United States, are incarcerated. In the Institute they are subjected to a series of tests and procedures meant to combine their exceptional gifts – telepathy, telekinesis – for concentrated effect.
Luke Ellis is the latest recruit. He’s just a regular 12-year-old, except he’s not just smart, he’s super-smart. And he has another gift which the Institute wants to use…
Far away in a small town in South Carolina, former cop Tim Jamieson has taken a job working for the local Sherriff. He’s basically just walking the beat. But he’s about to take on the biggest case of his career.
Back in the Institute’s downtrodden playground and corridors where posters advertise ‘just another day in paradise’, Luke, his friend Kalisha and the other kids are in no doubt that they are prisoners, not guests. And there is no hope of escape.
But great events can turn on small hinges and Luke is about to team up with a new, even younger recruit, Avery Dixon, whose ability to read minds is off the scale. While the Institute may want to harness their powers for covert ends, the combined intelligence of Luke and Avery is beyond anything that even those who run the experiments – even the infamous Mrs Sigsby – suspect.
Thrilling, suspenseful, heartbreaking, THE INSTITUTE is a stunning novel of childhood betrayed and hope regained.
I think this sounds awesome and the cover is stunning!
The Institute is released on September 10th, 2019 by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK and by Scribner in the US.
About Stephen King.
King is described by the Guardian as ‘one of the greatest storytellers of our time’, by the Mirror as a ‘genius’ and by The Sunday Times as ‘one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel’. He is the author of more than sixty books including the No. 1 bestselling novel THE OUTSIDER, voted winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for best Mystery and Thriller 2018 and the classic IT, ‘a book which speaks to everybody’ – Guardian. Many of his titles have been turned into films, TV series and streamed events including MISERY, PET SEMATARY, THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION and MR MERCEDES.
King was the recipient of America’s prestigious 2014 National Medal of Arts and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for distinguished contribution to American Letters. In 2007 he also won the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives with his wife Tabitha King in Maine.
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I suspect I would have enjoyed this more as a younger King fan – I’m kind of tired of the special kids stories – but I’ll still give it a read.
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I’m just hoping it has a decent ending unlike Under the Dome.😂
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Yaaassss Stephen King! Does this remind you of Stranger Things a bit?
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I was coming to comment that this reminds me of Stranger Things haha!
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Never watched it.😂😂😂
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Love that cover.
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It is stunning. Far better than the US one.👍📚
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Stephen King has a new book out … take my money 😊
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Have you read his last, The Outsider yet? Yeah, my money too, we ain’t likely to get an ARC of a King book.😂😂😂
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No, I’m so behind on King books. Was it good? I have ‘Cell’ sat on my bookshelf waiting to be read. May jump on to that next.
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I’ve not read it yet either. I think it’s out in paperback in May so I’ll probably pick it up then. It seems to get good reviews though and perhaps even better, I’ve read that it actually has a decent ending!
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A king book that has a decent ending … TAKE MY MONEY!!!!!
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I know, shocker!
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I am defo waiting on Wednesday (and every other day of the week) for this one! Although I don’t always love King’s books. But somehow I keep going back for more 😄
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It sounds awesome. I just hope it has a decent ending unlike say, Under the Dome.😂
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Yeah sometimes the story you’re loving just like derails and you sit there all ugh 😂 I didn’t like Elevation all that much either 😕
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Not read that one.
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Great, keep it that way!
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Lol, really that bad?
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No not THAT bad, it’s mercifully short but it never quite gripped me and then the ending was there and I was all WTAF have I just read?! 😂
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As surprising as this might seem, I have not really read a lot of Stephen King’s novel. I started checking “The Tommyknockers” but it looked like a heavy text and I was in the mood for something light, so I did not complete it.
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I think lots of his work can be quite heavy. I’ve not read too much by him either. I’ve liked what I’ve read but he does, on occasion suck at writing endings for his books.😂
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I will surely check out this one then!
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I didn’t know Stephen King had a new book coming out. I’m going to read Pet Sematary soon since there is a remake of it coming out soon.
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It’s quite a way away yet but sounds good. Pet Cemetery looks great from the trailers though I’ve never read the book or seen the original.
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Ooh, I need this book!!
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I love King. I absolutely can’t wait for this one. As an added bonus it releases on my birthday, so I think that’s a sign I should preorder.
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That is definitely a sign from the book god’s.😂 I like King, I’ve not read too much of his work but I love The Green Mile and The Stand. Just hoping this one will have a decent ending unlike Under the Dome.😂
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Haha- I agree Under the Dome’s ending was not good, but I loved everything else about it. It’s one of my favorites. I’ve got The Stand on my list for this spring and I can’t wait!!
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Oh, I agree, everything else was brilliant but then that ending after 1,000 pages, sigh.😂
Awesome, I hope you enjoy it.👍
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This book was so crap and so illogical at every turn that I rated it a 2. It contradicted itself in its plot and had no logical basis in anything. It was a total bummer, like most of this author – he gained fame through film productions. And it’s because it’s easy to implement facade ideas. The author has an idea and is almost never able to follow it logically, much less intelligently.
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