Bracket #4: Thinner (1984)

[mae]

Thinner, 1984
http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/Thinner_face.jpg

Please vote for Thinner (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinner_(novel)) using the following scale:

5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it

If you haven't read this book yet, please vote Never Read. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

[Jean]

Voted so-so. Is in bears' bottom five.

[Sam]

I disagree, as I feel it was one of the better Bachman tales. In my top three of the Bachmans, but not in my top ten overall. I gave it a 4.

[Jean]

I disagree, as I feel it was one of the better Bachman tales. In my top three of the Bachmans, but not in my top ten overall. I gave it a 4.
which is the third of that top three? (I presume the first is Long Walk)

[Daghain]

I gave it a 3. I liked it, but not as well as some of the others.

[vacant lot]

A quick read. Average

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

This is my first, of likely very few, 1's.

[Sam]

I disagree, as I feel it was one of the better Bachman tales. In my top three of the Bachmans, but not in my top ten overall. I gave it a 4.
which is the third of that top three? (I presume the first is Long Walk)

You are quite right Jean, The Long Walk is first. Rage is the third one. Blaze I found to be weak, and The Regulators just never really grabbed onto me for some reason. (Neither did Desperation oddly enough.)

[divemaster]

Oh, I liked it. Solid 4 for me. Tapped into the whole revenge thing, which is satisfying. ("Oh, yeah? Tell her I've got a curse; it's called the curse of the white man from town!"). Plus, that ending was a wowzer.

[Jean]

I disagree, as I feel it was one of the better Bachman tales. In my top three of the Bachmans, but not in my top ten overall. I gave it a 4.
which is the third of that top three? (I presume the first is Long Walk)

You are quite right Jean, The Long Walk is first. Rage is the third one. Blaze I found to be weak, and The Regulators just never really grabbed onto me for some reason. (Neither did Desperation oddly enough.)
I suspected it might be Rage... while Roadwork wouldn't even earn a honorary mention... http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k291/mishemplushem/Facilitation/bear_sad.gif

[Brice]

Rage is actually my favorite of the Bachman books. :lol:

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Rage is actually my favorite of the Bachman books. :lol:

Oh, there's a shocker. I bet scenes from that book shoot through your mind every time you see a "no smoking" sign.

[Brice]

:rofl: EVERY MOTHERFUCKIN' SECOND!!! :lol:

[flaggwalkstheline]

probably the weakest bachman book to me, soooo
I give it a 4
:D

[Kronz]

I would give it a three. It bothers me that it's a Bachman novel since it's obviously just a sub-par King book. Apt Pupil, Cujo or Misery would have been much better choices for the pseudonym to take credit for. Mixing in supernatural stuff with Bachman just doesn't feel right to me. However I did like The Regulators, but wouldn't say it fits the Bachman name at all either.

[candy]

This is my first, of likely very few, 1's.

phew, glad i am not alone on that then

[High_Desert_Gunslinger]

Average in my opinion. Not great, but it didn't completely suck

[Woofer]

Fast, fun read. I just got a first edition hard copy for Cephalopodmas, too. Woohoo!

[pathoftheturtle]

Fast, fun read. ...Right on. It's an atmospheric, yet entertaining, adventure yarn, is what it is.Until the twist, which stands among King's most disturbing premises.

[mae]

The poll has closed. Thinner has earned a FAS (final average score) of 3.432835821 or 68.66%, placing 5th (last) in this bracket. It will not be moving on to Round 2. In 2009, Thinner placed 3rd with a FAS of 3.470588235, so it lost 0.037752414 (-1.09%) this time.