Wave 3C: Misery vs. The Shining

[mae]

http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/Misery_face.jpgvs.http://www.thedarktower.org/gallery/data/510/medium/The_Shining_face.jpg


This is the third and final round of our 2014 Constant Reader Awards. Please vote for the book you deem better. The winner receives 0.1 points added to its score previously acquired in the first two rounds.

If you haven't yet read either book or both of them, please vote Never read one or both titles. Feel free to discuss your votes in this thread.

[divemaster]

Another tough vote. But, The Shining.

[Jean]

Misery

[Jack Mort]

This was really, really hard. I voted Shining. My top five King books (in no particular order) are Different Seasons, The Long Walk, The Stand, Drawing of the Three, and Shining. Let me just throw out a bump for Long Walk: It's the tightest work King has written in my opinion. I don't believe for sheer economy vs the shock of the book he's ever done any better; I think it stands with Shirley Jackson's The Lottery for this reason. There are other Kings I love to reread more than The Long Walk, but its allegory spans several literary genres brilliantly - a "major" "feat" in my "book."

ps I love this site!!!
pps Sorry I can't let go of a good pun :)

[mae]

The poll has closed. The winner with 63.16% of the vote was The Shining. It receives 0.1 points in addition to its current FAS (Final Average Score), making it 7.850427351 or 88.21%.