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08-07-2017, 02:40 PM | #19901 (permalink) |
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Source please. I might have said he can come up with a good plot but that's about it.
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08-07-2017, 02:55 PM | #19902 (permalink) |
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Classic Frowny.
Based on what I know of you, you would love 'The Drawing of the Three'. You don't even have to read 'The Gunslinger' first to fully appreciate it. King's biggest problem is his massive output. He really needed to take some long sabbaticals back in the day. He just couldn't help himself and, of course, his publisher egged him on. Quantity over quality doesn't negate any of his masterpieces though. The first 3 Dark Tower novels are King at the top of his game. Skip the rest.
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08-07-2017, 02:57 PM | #19903 (permalink) |
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I might read it eventually, doubt it tbh. His schlocky writing style is the hardest part to get past for me, and this includes his renowned novels like The Stand, It, Carrie, Christine, Pet Sematary, etc.
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08-07-2017, 03:08 PM | #19905 (permalink) |
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Oh I know what you're thinking of. I gave him his dues as a short story writer because 1408 and Shawshank are both fantastic, storywise and stylistically. I think with his novels he feels the need to go more in depth and just succeeds in writing filler.
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08-07-2017, 03:13 PM | #19906 (permalink) | |
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Trust me, it wasn't schlocky when the dude was taking over the horror writing world back in the late 70s and through the early 80s. For the record: Carrie and Christine were never good. Pet Sematary only really works if you are a parent - to some degree. The Stand and It are just outrageously dated. Salem's Lot will hold up as a creepy novel for a long time.
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08-07-2017, 03:24 PM | #19907 (permalink) |
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Nah, his writing style is firmly awkward and dull. By the 70s and 80s there were already writers like Sebald, Gilman, and Beckett exemplifying the type of writing style that I appreciate. His widespread appeal does not equate to having a good writing style, why why why do you ever think that kind of point is going to convince me of anything?
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And aside from the ending I loved Pet Semetary. Certainly a bit cheesy at times (the cat was stupid) but so many great scenes that stick in my mind even after years: when he digs up his kid, when he goes to do the ritual and it's all trippy and subtly demonic, and the whole beginning that really feels picturesque and positive to contrast with the rest of the book. So **** you, parent.
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08-07-2017, 03:44 PM | #19909 (permalink) | |
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I enjoy King's writing style in his better works. And Bat: I didn't enjoy Carrie as much as you obviously did. And it's hard for me to relate to Pet Sematary except for the fact that I read it about a month after Sherri was born. Miles may vary.
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08-07-2017, 03:50 PM | #19910 (permalink) |
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I mean it's kind of weird to bring that up in response to me saying his writing was schlocky if you didn't think it was some kind of valid counterpoint to that opinion.
Either way, I don't "choose" what might be an unpopular opinion anymore than you "choose" to take up very popular ones. It's just the respective ways that we appreciate art. Address my actual points, not how you think your hyperbolized image of my character affects my opinions. It's better for both of us that way.
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