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The Apt Pupil

Stephen King

published: 1998, read: 1/20/22
224 pages, genre: Horror
rating: 6/10, normalized: 5.556/10
-1.139σ worse than average
-1.315σ or -1.064/10 worse than average in Horror genre
-1.505σ or -1.288/10 worse than average by Stephen King
-2.116σ or -1.036/10 worse than average recommended by Jack M.
Recommended by: Jack M.

Book is a bit long for what it is I think. Good story about a kid getting blackpilled by his Nazi neighbor, but it's drawn out

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