Elevation by Stephen King
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Elevation is a novella with a straight-forward premise: what would happen if someone started mysteriously dropping weight without dropping physical mass. Nothing else changes, just less and less weight each day. That’s what’s happening to Scott Carey. It doesn’t take long for him to realize that this mysterious process can only have one ultimate end.

This is a story about closure and about mortality. Scott uses his remaining time to live well and put a few things right. The focused story coupled with King’s typically immersive storytelling makes for a quick read. While I can’t say I’m feeling my mortality quite the way Mr. Carey is, I hope that I face my end as well as he does.


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