5: I loved it
4: It was good
3: Average
2: Only so-so
1: I didn't like it
Never Read
Bracket #4: The Talisman (1984)
The Talisman, 1984
Please vote for The Talisman 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.
for bears it was "good", but not in the sense in which Christine was "good". Christine was a solid, good "good", while reading The Talisman bears oscillate between "love it" and "average".
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 said.Originally Posted by Jean
I gave it a 5. I love this book.
"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
Loved it. Started me on the journey.
I gave it a 3. Jean summed it up nicely, so I will only add that I hope that The Black House is better.
Sloth Love Chunk
Still haven't read this one. I just haven't found the time to go out and buy a copy to be honest.
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
The only reason I gave this a 2 is because a "1" vote is reserved for the truly bottom of the barrel. Man, this book was tedious. And I even read it again several years later just to make sure. (Black House, on the other hand, I enjoyed very much.)
I was pleasantly surprised by this book and was hooked until the end. Also, I thought it was the only book that's directly DT related that didn't spam the tower too much.Spoiler:It also had some very love-able characters and they just seemed to stick in my mind better than some of King's others.
Also, it has (IMO) one of the coolest "end-battles" in any King book.
I've heard from several people that didn't like Talisman, that Black House was better. So, I've got some hope for it. I think I will wait for Talisman 3 and then do a marathon read of the whole series.
Sloth Love Chunk
I was in the negative Talisman group, too, until I recently reread it. Didn't give it rave reviews last year, but now I give it a high 4. I guess this means I should reread Black House, too, since I didn't care much for it the first time around, either.
This collecting stuff is a sickness! ~Patrick
Not only people. Black House is in bears' top five, while The Talisman will never make their top ten.
DON'T!!! Read BH NOW!!! Pretty please?...So, I've got some hope for it. I think I will wait for Talisman 3 and then do a marathon read of the whole series.
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 must say, a recommendation from you is high praise in my book. I shall move it up on the list.
Sloth Love Chunk
but I've already blown it with Catch 22...
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not really, though I still found the style to be distracting and disconnected, the humor made up for that. I laughed right out loud many times while reading. (Something I don't have the pleasure of doing nearly often enough) Overall, it was quite an enjoyable read, and I think that my opinion would vastly improve with a reread. In fact, I don't think that I can make a fair judgement given only the one read, because I feel that much of the minutia was lost on me in my scramble to make sense of the whole thing.but I've already blown it with Catch 22...
I shall elaborate more in the Catch 22 thread.
Sloth Love Chunk
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oddly few people seem to truly love both Talisman and Black House from what I've seen. People seem to be strongly for one and at best meh about the other.
I love them both.
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.
I really like both of the Straub collaborations, though I was initially surprised by how entirely different they are. Jack doesn't seem to be the same person at all that he was as a kid, unlike other King characters who we know as children and as adults.
Me too!I love them both.And I may be wrong in that observation, but it's always seemed that way to me.
I love them both.me tooMe too!I love them both.
Wolves and bears think alike on this book.
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"
they often do!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Huh. Well, that's true of me, too, ('cause King has so many top choices) but I certainly wouldn't say that I didn't like Talisman. It's just that Black House not only has a far different style, but is accordingly very well executed.Not only people. Black House is in bears' top five, while The Talisman will never make their top ten.
Cool. Well, perhaps if you two have any judgements as to which was best, it'll mean more than ours do.Me too!I love them both.
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