TCCDM Dig and Flip: "The Institute" - Stephen King (2019)

The Institute
by Stephen King
(2019)
Hardcover, 561 pages

NO SPOILERS:
There are roughly 800,000 children that go missing every year.  Most are found.  One way or another.  But then there are a few that just vanish.  Stephen King finally whips up another “kids“ story.  The kind he writes so well.  The evil forces in this story are not some other-worldly clown.  This time the evilness lies behind the eyes of a few sadistic adults who run a mysterious building called…The Institute.

The characters are well-written and the big reveal is a disturbing idea that gives cause to pause.  I loved the kids' interactions.  The way King tries to hide the children's scares and utter helplessness behind 12-year-old masked bravado is pretty spot on.  And you root and worry for the kids and hope for some comeuppance on all the bad people.  The unstable adults running the whacky-shack all seem to have an “it's a paycheck” attitude.  The kind you might expect working at the very worst of assisted-living facilities.  

The Institute had an intriguing setup that I was totally down with and the last 150 pages were a page-burners delight.  A strong and satisfying ending, too.

"Escape" - Alice Cooper / "Welcome To My Nightmare" (1975)

Good stuff.

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