Which book(s) of SK didn't you like?
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Didn't like:
TommyKnockers
Desperation/The Regulators
TommyKnockers
Desperation/The Regulators
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Dreamcatcher
Tommy Knockers
Bag Of Bones
The Regulators
just to name a few... he's got a hellva body of work and it's amazing that almost all of his books hit the best seller lists, some stay on it longer than others but he's an automatic "sell-out" whenever his newest works hit the shelves.
But as with the titles (and others) mentioned (above) writers do hit slumps now and again.
Tommy Knockers
Bag Of Bones
The Regulators
just to name a few... he's got a hellva body of work and it's amazing that almost all of his books hit the best seller lists, some stay on it longer than others but he's an automatic "sell-out" whenever his newest works hit the shelves.
But as with the titles (and others) mentioned (above) writers do hit slumps now and again.
Tommyknockers, Regulators (evil Power Rangers), and half of the Dark Half. They all blew!
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Tommyknockers
heres my quick synopsis....
seriously, thats how it goes, but for over 700 pages, IMO a great 300 page story that went WAY, WAY too far.
King himself admits that he was one day browsing through a bookstore and saw the title with his name on it, and had totally forgotten that he had written it, or what it was about, because he was at the worst of his cocaine addiction during its conception and writting.
Yeah, not his brightest work by a long shot
heres my quick synopsis....
Spoiler
girl discovers thing in ground....weird green light...teeth begin falling out......weird green light.....someone dies.....weird green light...somthing blows up....weird green light.....someone invents somthing...weird green light...followed by more...weird green light....everyones teeth begin falling out...weird green light...you begin questioning if people have that many teeth available for the weird green light to make fall out.......more teeth....light.....more death...light......then aliens......light....ship blows up.....everyone left alive sees the dentist......the end
seriously, thats how it goes, but for over 700 pages, IMO a great 300 page story that went WAY, WAY too far.
King himself admits that he was one day browsing through a bookstore and saw the title with his name on it, and had totally forgotten that he had written it, or what it was about, because he was at the worst of his cocaine addiction during its conception and writting.
Yeah, not his brightest work by a long shot
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Least Favorites and the reason:
The Tommyknockers - as said elsewhere here, it's too long for the plot. The same story could have been told in a lot less pages.
Insomnia - ditto - however, I will say that it had one of the best death scenes at the end I've ever read, and of course, I enjoyed the Dark Tower tie-in.
Pet Sematary - King chickened out and turned a great novel into a slasher flick, when Gage comes back from the dead. He should have continued in the absolutely chilling and eerie vein he used with the cat's resurrection, with Gage just being slightly "off" and how the parents would come to terms with this.
Cujo - a great straight suspense novel, which didn't need the supernatural trappings introduced late in the book.
Roadwork - much ado about nothing.
The Sundogs - trying too hard, and weak in comparison to the other entries in Four Past Midnight.
Black House. I wanted to see a whole lot more of the Territories. The bikers scenes were way too drawn out and extended. I blame Straub!!!!!
The Tommyknockers - as said elsewhere here, it's too long for the plot. The same story could have been told in a lot less pages.
Insomnia - ditto - however, I will say that it had one of the best death scenes at the end I've ever read, and of course, I enjoyed the Dark Tower tie-in.
Pet Sematary - King chickened out and turned a great novel into a slasher flick, when Gage comes back from the dead. He should have continued in the absolutely chilling and eerie vein he used with the cat's resurrection, with Gage just being slightly "off" and how the parents would come to terms with this.
Cujo - a great straight suspense novel, which didn't need the supernatural trappings introduced late in the book.
Roadwork - much ado about nothing.
The Sundogs - trying too hard, and weak in comparison to the other entries in Four Past Midnight.
Black House. I wanted to see a whole lot more of the Territories. The bikers scenes were way too drawn out and extended. I blame Straub!!!!!
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Roland of Gilead
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I can't believe I forgot one of my biggest disappointment. From a Buick 8.
I will never buy into his basic concept that SIXTY or seventy people associated with a police station could keep a secret of such magnitude for 20 years. A handful of people for 20 years. Or 60 people for a couple of years. But not sixty people for 20 years. It defies all logic and human nature. And King is normally a keen student of human nature.
Ruined the story for me.
I will never buy into his basic concept that SIXTY or seventy people associated with a police station could keep a secret of such magnitude for 20 years. A handful of people for 20 years. Or 60 people for a couple of years. But not sixty people for 20 years. It defies all logic and human nature. And King is normally a keen student of human nature.
Ruined the story for me.
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Gerald's Game-Pointlessly masochistic. I felt dumber after I read it.
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It's funny, Gunslinger. For the most part we agree on Stephen King, certainly where the Dark Tower is concerned.
However, in the year 2001, we are totally at odds. I think Dreamcatcher was a the great novel of that particular year, and you think Black House was.
However, in the year 2001, we are totally at odds. I think Dreamcatcher was a the great novel of that particular year, and you think Black House was.
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