oh i LOVE the fact that we are going through a Vampire Craze right now. it's about damn time we are. i only say that cause really ONLY 1 reason I LOVE Vampires. some of the best shows & films have come about because of vampires.
oh i LOVE the fact that we are going through a Vampire Craze right now. it's about damn time we are. i only say that cause really ONLY 1 reason I LOVE Vampires. some of the best shows & films have come about because of vampires.
For myself I would have to say Cycle of the Werewolf, I know it's not a novel, but this short-story is just too dang short. I love the artwork by Bernie Wrightson, but this is one book that needs some more "meat" on it.
It's not a great book, but I can't help but to feel a fondness for it.Originally Posted by pvs
Insomnia. I feel the writing is not up to par and forced, making his prose sluggish. He mentioned (I believed, I just finished reading it) in On Writing that this was one of the times he went against his natural process and actually tried to map out this novel (although he did the same with The Stand and that is arguably his most popular work).
Rose Madder. Ze bool was ridicilous. It's almost like King knew the book was bad so he decided to knock it up a notch and take it to the absurd territory. Story itself was fine, story telling sucked poop.
Dolores Claiborne. Oof. Quick and easy read but this was some serious feminist shit.. which I'm all for when it's honest. This book just felt forced to me. Like King was on a deadline and had to submit something.
The Tommyknockers. Average as a King book, AWFUL as sci-fi.
Gerald's Game. I tried and I tried and I tried. I read 1/3 of it, the rest I read here and there, got the jist of it, decided it's hands down the worst King book I ever had the misfortune of reading.
Most Bachman books are painful. I liked Blaze (I knew what I was getting into), loved The Long Walk, The Running Man was good and the rest I want erased from my memory.
Carrie and Cujo are two of the early works I'll probably never re-read.
All right on. Except, I like Thinner.
Lisey's story.....................so slow and dull pg 227 still waiting for it to grab me
"Head Clear. Mouth shut. See Much. Say little." Roland Deschain
"Go your way, I'll take the long way 'round. Ill find my own way down, as I should." Ben Howard
It will get marginally better closer to the end. But never really good.Lisey's story.....................so slow and dull pg 227 still waiting for it to grab me
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Veeeeery marginally....no wait....no... its sucks all the way through.
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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)
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How do you guys feel about the Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon? I thought it was a well told story but felt cheated after I read it. It was so anti climatic, with only 4 or 5 pages of actual conflict.
"If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you will never change the outcome" -Michael Jordan
I didn't find it anti-climatic. Not much outright conflict, but I thought it was a well told story.
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Dreamcatcher. Damn shit weasels. Orange goop. Bleh.
Ahh, C'mon "Shit-Weasels" was a disgusting, yet awesome plot twist!!! I mean, The Horror, the horror!!!!!Dreamcatcher. Damn shit weasels. Orange goop. Bleh.
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63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
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I know I'm gonna catch a lot of flack and maybe not one person would agree but the worst SK novel I have read TO ME is definitely Insomnia...
"If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you will never change the outcome" -Michael Jordan
Insomnia is definitely bottom 5. As is Dreamcatcher.
I loved both of those stories!
bears like Dreamcatcher, and love Insomnia
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so do Barbaras, two of my favorites bears!!
"Head Clear. Mouth shut. See Much. Say little." Roland Deschain
"Go your way, I'll take the long way 'round. Ill find my own way down, as I should." Ben Howard
Agree. Good characters, poor novels. Incoherent and unbelievable -- in both cases, the seams inside are loose and the bones too visible, continually shouting "This is a work of fiction!"
that's what they usually say about Dickens (my favorite writer ever)
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway, I like Stephen King; these just aren't his best works.that's what they usually say about Dickens (my favorite writer ever)
IMO Bag of Bones was boring as hell. And I read all of Insomnia. The Tommyknockers I gave up on, I was tired of hearing about the woman's periods and the dude's drunk poetry. Tommyknockers actually made me angry.
TOMMYKNOCKERS!
I've gotta admit I couldn't get through Dreamcatcher, but for some reason I really loved reading Insomnia. Maybe it was because I was expecting something a lot worse, but I enjoyed Insomnia a lot more than I expected to.Agree. Good characters, poor novels. Incoherent and unbelievable -- in both cases, the seams inside are loose and the bones too visible, continually shouting "This is a work of fiction!"
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