View Full Version : Different Seasons--Bracket 3 Winner!!
Aaron
11-17-2008, 06:42 PM
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Different Seasons
Viking, 1982
Bracket #3
Voting for this Book is Closed
Final Average Score: 4.475
Bracket 3 Winner
Different Seasons will advance to Round 2
Daghain
11-17-2008, 06:52 PM
A definite 5 for me. All the stories in here are awesome. :thumbsup:
The Lady of Shadows
11-17-2008, 07:13 PM
wow. breathing method. now there's a story for you. :scared:
i really didn't care for apt pupil much though. all the others were awesome.
Indeed. One of my personal Top 10 of King's. I'd be crushed if this didn't at the very least move out Round 1.
This is his best collection imo. Every story hit the mark for me. I have yet to read one of his collections and not found a story I didn't like. Granted, this only had four stories, but each one was a good one.
ManOfWesternesse
11-18-2008, 01:06 AM
Yeah, this was a pretty good one. Gave it a 4.
Darkthoughts
11-18-2008, 02:06 AM
5. The Body is possibly my favourite King story.
I don't like Apt Pupil at all, but the other 3 stories are phenomenal.
stone, rose, unfound door
11-18-2008, 02:11 AM
Gave it a 5. The Body is also one of my favourite short stories and the most touching by far.
BROWNINGS CHILDE
11-18-2008, 03:12 AM
Loved "Shawshank Redemtion" as well as "The Body". I was least impressed with "The Breathing Method", though still considered it a worthwhile read. I felt like "Apt Pupil" was reminiscent of the "Bachman" style.
BROWNINGS CHILDE
11-18-2008, 03:13 AM
gave it a 4. hey they cant all be 5's
Woofer
11-18-2008, 03:16 AM
Solid five for me. I love this book.
gave it a 4. hey they cant all be 5's
Sure they can :) Well, not all but I'm planning on giving out about a dozen if not more 5s.
jayson
11-18-2008, 06:39 AM
A five if ever there was one. Unlike some others, I actually found Apt Pupil quite good. All four of the stories are very well-conceived and well-written. They stand alone well and work well as a whole. I can't really think of anything I don't like about this collection.
Darkthoughts
11-18-2008, 11:36 AM
I don't dislike Apt Pupil from a critical point of view, I'm just don't enjoy reading stories about psychotic characters like Todd, because the unpredictablilty makes me too nervous to get into the story :lol:
Heather19
11-18-2008, 03:34 PM
5 from me on this one. The Body ranks within my top 3 King stories.
Daghain
11-18-2008, 07:17 PM
I don't dislike Apt Pupil from a critical point of view, I'm just don't enjoy reading stories about psychotic characters like Todd, because the unpredictablilty makes me too nervous to get into the story :lol:
Really? I'm in the "the crazier, the better" camp. :lol:
Darkthoughts
11-19-2008, 06:15 AM
It depends. Like, Black House for example I had no problem with. But Apt Pupil and a Lionel Shriver book called, We Need To Talk About Kevin - both made me feel really uncomfortable when I read them.
It's odd. If you saw most of the books on my shelves you probably wouldn't assume I felt that way at all :lol:
It's, you know, matter of taste, only backassward. I was sure there's nothing in literature I couldn't bravely stand until I read Blaze. I am very easy to touch, I cry over books like a girl (happens to bears all the time), but it's always some, you know, positive feeling... catharsis and all that... while I can read stories of sadism and perversion and molesting and psychotics without turning a hair... but Blaze hurt me on some deep level I didn't even know existed; to such extent that I'm afraid another such book could kill me.
Darkthoughts
11-19-2008, 06:29 AM
I'm so glad you said that, Jean. I found Blaze very, very difficult too. I didn't properly finish it the first time, I had to go back and reread at a later date with a more "prepared" frame of mind :couple:
Aaron
11-19-2008, 06:57 AM
Blaze has been sitting on my shelf waiting to be read since it was released. I need to get to it soon, but I could tell from reading the first bit that it might be a tough one--and I am not someone who is easily affected by most any book.
Well, King did describe it in his intro as a "weepie". You had been duly warned.
theBeamisHome
11-19-2008, 07:36 AM
5!! love it!
I loved this collection, it's a 5 for me. Probably my favorite of them all.
Tiffany
11-20-2008, 06:58 AM
Loved it! It was amongst my first King reads, in the sixth grade.
Ben Mears
11-23-2008, 05:19 AM
This is King at his best. Had Shawshank and The Body been full length novels they would have been mainstream bestsellers and SK would have his coveted book awards. Personally I would love to see him move away from horror, fantasy and the like and write the next great American novel.
Brice
11-23-2008, 06:52 AM
He has already written the next great american novel I think. it just takes a bit of time (decades/certuries) for the literary critics to catch up with what's great.
He has already written the next great american novel I think. it just takes a bit of time (decades/certuries) for the literary critics to catch up with what's great.
hear, hear
BROWNINGS CHILDE
11-27-2008, 02:05 AM
I am about 40 pages from the end of Blaze right now, I assume the weepie, dark, hurtfull part is yet to come, cant wait to get home from work and finish.
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