For me it was the first 200 or so. It went downhill from there.Originally Posted by frik
Loved The Regulators, did not care for Desperation - except for the first 75 pages or so.
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For me it was the first 200 or so. It went downhill from there.Loved The Regulators, did not care for Desperation - except for the first 75 pages or so.
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LOVED IT... totally agree....
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Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
Such different opinions. I may read Insomnia next then. I'm 100 pages into Regulators and still enjoying it.
Continuing my Dan Simmons' mini-marathon, finished Children of the Night and starting in on LoveDeath...
"God punishes us for what we cannot imagine." - Stephen King, Duma Key
I can remember reading the end of Insomnia... and when the ending happens "I don't know how much you know"... I was so taken aback and blown away. I jumped out of my seat and yelled out. GF at the time was like "WTF??? It is just a book! What happened to make you jump like that!???". hahahaha I will never forget it...
HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
I just finished Brian Staveley's Emperor's Blades and it was the bomb diggety.
Also, I have picked up some Dan Simmons and Robert McCammon due to the constant mentioning of them in these threads.
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Dark Tower S/N LE's 171 or 203
ANY Stephen King S/N LE #171 or 719
A Storm of Swords #218 or 346
Ancillary Justice #455
American Gods (+ SC Reader copy) #624
Michael Whelan original art
DT VII: Michael Whelan Remarque
It sucked lol.
No it didn't!! I know Mike (path) too thought it was God-awful, but I could never understand why.
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I have been away for so long that I can't remember if we had among us those who loved (or hated) both books equally. (I am in the camp that loves Desperation and hates The Regulators)
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My name is Dave and I approve this message.(I am in the camp that loves Desperation and hates The Regulators
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My name is Dave and I approve this message.(I am in the camp that loves Desperation and hates The Regulators
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Whatever you do don't read Insomnia, the book was awful.
I really enjoyed Cell, The Regulators, Dreamcatcher, and The Tommyknockers. Haven't read Hearts in Atlantis yet so can't comment on that one.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
What are you currently reading?
Gonna have to read it anyway. I'm on a quest to read every published King book. I'm 45 in.
Oh, I also finished Finders Keepers. Pretty much put it on par with Mr. Mercedes, which I thought was just kind of blah. Doubt I'll read the last one when it comes out.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
Just don't say I didn't warn youGonna have to read it anyway. I'm on a quest to real every published King book. I'm 45 in.
And I hear you, I have plans to read all of his books as well. I've got quite a few to go. And King is the only author that I've suffered through reading a book I hated just to be able finish it. I usually quit early on.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
What are you currently reading?
Thanks for the warning! Yeah, I've suffered through a few too. FAB8 comes to mind. But I'm reading them all regardless. There's enough there that are so good though.
Normally, even a "bad" King book has good characters. I mean, The Tommyknockers was awful from a story and plot perspective. But I actually did like and care about the characters of Bobbie and Gard. Too bad they could not have been in a better story. The Talisman is another. I though the characters were sympathetic (who cold not like Jack and Wolf?) and the story concept was compelling; it just was not executed in any sort of interesting way (I blame Straub). It was such a chore to get through that book. Even Insomnia had one fairly well-written character in amongst the stupidity that was the story. Every once in a while the opposite happens Gerald's Game actually had an interesting concept but I found myself not caring for the woman at all. This probably should have been a short story, or a short novella at the most. There's only so much you can do with a woman trapped to a bed for 300 pages or whatever it was. But The Regulators had no interesting characters, no interesting story, no plot to speak of that made any sense; nothing at all to recommend.
The reason King is so good is that at least 90% of the time, he nails every aspect of a story. Plot, character, atmosphere--you name it. That's why the misses and disappointments are so glaring.
Good points. The Talisman for me was also a struggle to get through. As I'm reading The Regulators, it's slowing down now and finding it harder to get through the pages. Gerald's Game I really enjoyed. One of my favorites. Another one that I struggled with was TGWLTG. At least it was short. I also felt a disconnection with the character in that one.
I got maybe 100 pages into The Talisman before I put it down.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I understand totally.
It's the only King book I'll say that about.It sucked lol.
No it didn't!! I know Mike (path) too thought it was God-awful, but I could never understand why.
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I can't understand the Talisman hate.
A NEW GAME BEGINS
Reading Obsession by Ramsey Campbell
For me it rapidly went downhill from the middle onI can't understand the Talisman hate.
And... once a moderator, always a moderator... even half-blind and half-witted as I am at the moment, bears ROFLed when they saw those latest posts... we have a whole site, with all kinds of threads dedicated to King and King only... but we all get crowded in one of the few threads that are not supposed to be primarily King's and discuss all we could discuss in the roomy, cozy, appropriate, specially designated places
P.S. Love Buick. Adore TGWLTG.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great choice.
I'm giving up on Laird Barron - X's for Eyes. I've read 60 pages and have only 40 left but I just don't care anymore. I'm going to start new Koontz and new Grant Morrison (Multiversity).
Amazing book about (still) the best movie ever, science-fiction or otherwise!
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