5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it
Never Read
Bracket #3: Different Seasons (1982)
Different Seasons, 1982
Please vote for Different Seasons 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.
Loved it.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
5
A true firewasp ninja would never wear such a ridiculous sweater.
There's logic in nonsense.
Give me all the bacon and eggs you have.
oh, absolutelyOriginally Posted by Hannah
5
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another 5. Apt Pupil was amazing up until the ending, which was a bit weak. The Body--a great character study and coming-of-age story. Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption is one of the best things King has ever written. Although The Breathing Method gets lost in here somewhat (the only story not to have a movie made of it), it contains some great imagry (the old mysterious room).
"It is the tale, not he who tells it."
Not to mention the highly moving central image of the story.
Solid 5. Very few weak spots at all.
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
I'm absolutely stunned by the power and scope of this book. It gets a solid 5.
I regret leaving my soul
I forgot I needed it, to feel
maybe when I die
I'll just grab it real quick
I put it a 4, only because of The Breathing Method
Four. Great book, just not in my top 10.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Breathing Method read by Frank Muller is one of the best things to exsist in the King world.
5. That was easy.
Sloth Love Chunk
The poll has closed. Different Seasons has earned a FAS (final average score) of 4.512500000 or 90.25%, placing 2nd (runner-up) in this bracket. It will be moving on to Round 2. In 2009, Different Seasons placed 1st (winner) with a FAS of 4.475000000, so it gained 0.037500000 (+0.84%) this time.
Honestly, I'm a tad miffed this book was bumped from its winner's position by DT1. The Gunslinger is a good book, maybe a very good book, but Different Seasons is a Top 10 King book for me, a masterpiece.
bears concur
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if there were just a vote between DT 1 and Different Seasons, which book would win. My guess is that if you took the votes from the 50 most active members on this site who had read both books, Different Seasons would win.
If so (and granted, that's a big "if") that leads me to suspect the votes for DT 1 were influenced somewhat by the reader's overall impression of the series. Like, "Yeah this was the book that started it all, and the series is great, so the book is great too!"
Myself, I liked DT 1, sure. But it's not even the best book in the DT series and in my opinion it shouldn't outpoll Different Seasons.
Quoted for truth!
The two just are not evenly matched against one another. One has four novels (novellas if you must), most of which are among the best written and two of which are the best film adaptations in King's career. The other is a slender preamble to a mega-novel, and was written by someone much less disciplined than the one who wrote the four novellas. I rank them both at five stars, but I have to lean toward the Gunslinger as being more important and vital to the King ouvre.
To add some fuel to the debate (as a stats-man I find healthy debate of the results great), keep in mind that many more people voted for DT1 (142) than DF (95). Also, DT1 improved on its 2009 FAS by 8.84%, which is a lot, while DF only gained 0.84%.
Well, don't blame me. It's true that not many were really praising The Gunslinger like I did, but this is the one that I gave a 5 to, myself.
Last edited by pathoftheturtle; 03-16-2010 at 01:55 PM. Reason: Clarified phrasing.
Different Seasons is by faaaarrr the more enjoyable read.......for me.
Sloth Love Chunk
beyond compare
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I gave it a 4, because while I adore Shawshank Redemption and The Body, I didn't care as much for Apt Pupil and Breathing Method. So for me, 4 is a fair rating.
Breathing Method would extract only 3 from bears, and Apt Pupil 4 plus; but, since the other two get straight 10s, I think the average of 5 is more or less fair.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I wouldn't say that. Now, let's not lay it on too thick.Fair enough.
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