As for Deidre, more the centre of their disagreements, she had a big chip on her shoulder from having to be defensive of her orientation, especially in Castle Rock.
Scott was good-intentioned, but a little too unthinking and oblivious for his own good. He was much more concerned with his neighbors, Deidre McComb and Missy Donaldson, and resolving the nuisance their dogs were causing him, before ultimately trying to mend his relationship with them as a neighbor.Īlthough I found the way the social issues were touched upon a little too on-the-nose at times, King also balanced perspectives fairly well. His outlook flavoured the story substantially, which could have been of someone filled with impending doom, but instead was about someone making the most of a strange situation. He began more simply to anticipate the future consequences of it while concerning himself with other things, especially during the early stages where he still weighed well over 100 pounds. Scott was disconcerted by his steadily declining weight, but he never let it fill him with dread. While the implications of Scott’s condition are certainly terrifying, I think this book has been a little mislabeled as horror by some places.
His troubles don’t stop there, as tensions develop between him and his lesbian neighbors over dog poop on his lawn, which ends up cluing him in to the way the largely conservative community of Castle Rock has alienated the couple, who struggle to keep their new restaurant up and running. Despite this, he does wonder whether it will stop, or if a day will come where he weighs nothing at all and what that will mean. He has more energy and feels lighter on his feet. This novella follows Scott Carey, a recent divorcee who suffers from a bizarre illness he keeps losing weight, yet it has no effect on his physical appearance or how he feels. Elevation is the newest book by Stephen King, taking place in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine, the setting of a great number of his stories.
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