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

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'Salem's Lot, 1975

Please vote for 'Salem's Lot using the following scale:

• 5
• 4.5
• 4
• 3.5
• 3
• 2.5
• 2
• 1
• 0
• Never read

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

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Ouch, someone with a 2!

[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!

[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!

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.

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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.