Bracket #1: 'Salem's Lot (1975)

[mae]

'Salem's Lot, 1975
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Please vote for 'Salem's Lot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Salem%27s_Lot) using the following scale:


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Never read


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

[mae]

Ouch, someone with a 2! :cry:

[Iwritecode]

I've never really understood the love for this book. I've read it twice I think. The 2nd time I read it I had almost no recollection of my first reading. Even when Father Callahan popped up in the DT series I didn't remember him at all.

I don't know if I'd call it a "bad" book like The Tommyknockers or anything. It's just not a memorable book for me.

OK, flame away! :P

[St. Troy]

To me it always seemed like the perfect King book: nothing that didn’t make sense, creepy goings on, many characters met bad ends. I usually recommend this to people who’ve never read SK.

[Girlystevedave]

I've never really understood the love for this book. I've read it twice I think. The 2nd time I read it I had almost no recollection of my first reading. Even when Father Callahan popped up in the DT series I didn't remember him at all.

I don't know if I'd call it a "bad" book like The Tommyknockers or anything. It's just not a memorable book for me.

OK, flame away! :P

I can see why you'd say that. I gave the book a 4 because I did enjoy it, but it wasn't necessarily a favorite of mine.
And I sometimes wonder if my enjoyment of the book has a lot to do with me reading the series during heavy snowfall ,all bundled up on the couch with the curtains pulled back as I read. Sometimes its not all about the story, but about reading it at the perfect moment in time.

[mae]

The poll has closed. 'Salem's Lot has earned a FAS (final average score) of 4.266666667 or 85.33%. It received a rating of 5 with 10 votes.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

Another 5. One of my absolute favorites. Ive probably read it close to half a dozen times.