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back to SK bashing, I read IT when I was in the Navy. The book was great for a while, but then all of the sudden, the Charactor BEV, who was 12 years old at the time, decided she should bang all the other boys in the group. Anybody else find this repulsive?
Years ago I had to read Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. For all the hype this woman gets, somebody explain to me how she's any better than the people who write bus schedules the backs of cereal boxes.
I'm glad somebody else agrees. I made an attempt (several) to read Beloved while an undergraduate. Complete and utter drivel.
Wuthering Hiehgts stands out as a boring, convoluted, poorly plotted rambling book.
This is one of my favorite books. Admittedly a dark novel and difficult to follow in the first few pages. But Bronte's depiction of human nature is brilliant. I think it's a masterpiece.
back to SK bashing, I read IT when I was in the Navy. The book was great for a while, but then all of the sudden, the Charactor BEV, who was 12 years old at the time, decided she should bang all the other boys in the group. Anybody else find this repulsive?
I always had a problem with that scene, too. Never could make any sense out of it, either. It is one scene that I would like for Mr. King to explain himself.
I always had a problem with that scene, too. Never could make any sense out of it, either. It is one scene that I would like for Mr. King to explain himself.
I once read that he writes down his dreams. if thats the case, maybe he needs therapy. Maybe he is living out a fantasy when he writes a book.
I once read that he writes down his dreams. if thats the case, maybe he needs therapy. Maybe he is living out a fantasy when he writes a book.
Actually, King grew up, he says, watching the Twilight Zone and the Outer Limits, and horror and thriller pictures of his day. Most good writers do keep journals, and log-in all sorts of things, including their dreams. Makes sense to me.
Does he need therapy? Naw, unless he acted upon some of what he writes -- became IT, or the like. One of my favorite works of his is the largely autobiographical story depicted in the film, Stand By Me -- the discovery of the body on the train tracks. I think it's fun to see how his imagination develops story lines from his own experiences. I loved the depiction, in film, of the 'haunted' hospital following his own horrible accident. My husband used to work in the lab, across from the morgue, in a hospital, and he tells a lot of 'odd' stories about things that went on in the basement of the facility -- quirky technicians and doctors, and the like.
However many pages back it was nominated and I second - "Wicked". I hated it, my sister hated it, my SIL hated it. Although someone saw my SIL reading it and said she loved it and was so excited to read "Son of a Witch". Ugh!! Horrible stuff.
I'm amazed by some of the books on this list. Thank goodness the books I read I base on my own opinion of the description rather than what strangers think since there are so many on this list that I loved. None of the chit-lit, romance stuff though. I stopped reading that years ago and can hardly stand to read it anymore. Only when I need to read something silly for a break - once or twice a year.
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