The Institute by Stephen King

I stopped at the half way mark. It just went on and on and on. Get on with the story, King. The writing is good. The story had promise. I know that King was building up the characters and giving them lives and so forth. In his book on writing he says to cut the unnecessary. Is he taking his own advice? I think not. 

What's the book about? Kids with super powers basically. A whole bunch of miniature sized Carrie. The story centers around Luke, a child prodigy. Sometimes, stuff around his moves a little. This is noticed by a group of people and Luke is kidnapped. His parents are killed the same night. 

At the institute, he is surrounded by many others who, like him, have powers. Tests are performed on these kids. Child abuse tests. But they are rewarded with coins which they can use for stuff like cigarettes and booze. Nothing is off limits.  

My biggest pet peeve was all the Trump bashing. Leave politics at the door, man. I don't add NZ politics into my books. 

And I'm not the only one to believe politics should be left at the door. The first two top reviews from Amazon: