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I'm re-reading IT now. Good story, but man did it need an editor. A fierce editor with a mighty red pen. The characters are great, but did we really need an entire page describing the contents of a character's medicine cabinet? And I'm not talking about a paperback pages. I'm reading this in hardcover with single-spaced, fairly small font. And it's an entire page of medicinal descriptions.
Definitely a good book, but IT could have easily been half as long --- and probably been a better story for it.
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Honestly? IMO, yes, we did need a whole page dedicated to Eddie Kaspbrak's medicine cabinet. That whole list of medicines, filling line after line after line after line, gave a view into the mind of Kaspbrak. How he felt he needed medicine for every.single.possible.condition known to man. The description showed just how much Eddie's mother screwed him up AND, in a twisted way, the cabinet was his sanctuary.
I can't say it was my favorite of King's books, but as a young father, it definitely creeped me out much more than anything he has written so far. It really disturbed me, I think, because I probably would have done the same things that the book described so vividly.
I haven't waded through all 10 pages but was Delores Claiborne mentioned? And let's not forget Misery. These two if you're not a horror fan, but just like a good read.
Hearts In Atlantis is related to the Tower series in a round about way. Once you read the Tower, you will recognize the people and the plot in Hearts.
I havn't read a book by him yet but plan on it. Can someone give me an idea of what might be life lessons in his books. Maybe he has insights into human nature or maybe his writings tell how things might be if there would be a breakdown of law and order in this country. Or maybe its just plain entertainment with the horror element being the point. Any opinions are appreciated.
King is a master of character development.
And the eeriest thing about his characters is how very normal they are and how easy it is for the reader to see (feel) their points of view. The reader gets sucked into their stories and when the crazy stuff starts happening to them - whoa! Boy do you feel it.
You know in your head that it's just a book, but that voice inside of your head says - "if it could happen to this character, it could also happen to me" - what a creepy feeling.
Want to know just how scared you would feel to have a vampire hovering right outside of your window? Read King!
My own favorite King stories are The Stand, The Shining, Misery, Salem's Lot.
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Pet Semetary was the scariest book I ever read. Came out when I was in high school.
I still can't watch the movie when zelda comes on the screen.
I've read most of his books but like someone else said, i could never get into the dark tower series.
I liked misery, pet semetary, the long walk, thinner, the shining, needful things... too many to recall.
But surprisingly, I have to say that Duma Key was probably the best book i've EVER read. Just read it this past year. I'm not sure why but I just really connected with that book and the characters.
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