Christine

Stephen King

Jan 2016 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Holter Graham

About this audiobook

Stephen King’s ultimate evil vehicle of terror, Christine: the frightening story of a nerdy teenager who falls in love with his vintage Plymouth Fury. It’s love at first sight, but this car is no lady.

Evil is alive in Libertyville. It inhabits a custom-painted red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury named Christine and young Arnold Cunningham, who buys it.

Along with Arnold’s girlfriend, Leigh Cabot, Dennis Guilder attempts to find out the real truth behind Christine and finds more than he bargained for: from murder to suicide, there’s a peculiar feeling that surrounds Christine—she gets revenge on anyone standing in her path.

Can Dennis save Arnold from the wrath of Christine? This #1 national bestseller is “Vintage Stephen King…breathtaking…awesome. Carries such momentum the reader must force himself to slow down” (The New York Times Book Review).

Ratings and reviews

I avoided this book for a long time because the storyline didn't interest me and it sounded kind of lame but boy was I wrong. fantastic story. loved every minute of it

Very good narration. Unlike many other narrators, he manages to keep his voice volume steady. He does a great job making Arnie's voice break-y sometimes like a genuine teenager ;-) He gives emotion to the characters without resorting to yelling or whispering all the time. Listen to the narration in "IT" for an example of this poor volume control. When the storyline gets intense in "IT" the guy starts yelling the narration. It's fine if the CHARACTER lines are yelled (if the character in question is yelling) but when the in-between parts of the book (the non-dialogue parts) are always being screamed at you by the narrator, it gets really old. Unfortunately, many narrators chew on the scenery like that. Bottom line, you don't have to constantly adjust the volume when listening to this audiobook, and it's a great thing. Also, the little things like when Arnie talks with a mouth full of fig newtons, and the imitation of the car's starter cranking over with the dead battery are great.

I was blown away honestly!! I seen the movie before I had ever knew there was a book. Great story and makes me love those 1958 Plymouth Furys even more.....

About the author

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.