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IT took me quite a while, due largely to it's size, and also in that IT's, imho, one of his most complicated stories.I'm in the same boat with "It." I loved the movie, but reading the book is slow going. I have read several SK books recently and consumed them without end.But It is different for some reason. Looking forward to reading the Mr. Mercedes sequel. BTW, I really love this site. So thankful for it.
I guess I assumed that The Regulators would be like a sequel to Desperation (which I happened to enjoy fully), or wanted it to be. Like Kurben, maybe I read it too soon for me after reading Desperation (though, the two were packaged together).
No, it's actually taking this long.
I have less than 200 pages left! Going to try to finish it in the next three days.
Thats interesting. I found it so easy to read and it is the book of king i have read most times. I know every word of it but i still keep reading it for the 20th time or so. If you can't pinpoint a reason my guess would be (based entirely on myself) that you read too much King in to too short a time. At least i need a Kingrest now and then to fuel my batteries so to speak. Thats just based on my experience from reading King. After the third-fourth or so in a row at least i needed to read other authors for a while.I'm in the same boat with "It." I loved the movie, but reading the book is slow going. I have read several SK books recently and consumed them without end.
...and the "Long Boy" is one of the creepiest critters he's ever conjured up...
Me three. (Seriously - my mind kept wandering at first but I just kept on going) - then I found it sort of "hit it's stride" for me and I enjoyed it from then on in.
Cool!! I'm going to get some more reading in tonight as well.
My God,I'd forgotten that I'd even read Lisey's Story....that book damn near broke me!! On the flip side I read The Stand every 18 months or so and love it more each time!
It is complicated and a lot to digest. I didn't even get it at the time. Recently re read It and boy was it worth the wait.
I feel that the Long Boy is the creepiest thing, and that the world or what/wherever it was in was the most bizarre places a person could possibly conceive of.
...ya mean like the pool, and the ummmm-"figures"???....
I never did like the ending to Under the Dome, even the second time. Tommyknockers will never be a favorite, but like UTD I loved the journey just not the finish line.
I haven't read all of King's works. So what? There are so many books out there that I want to read that I have to strategize my reading.So, I confessed to having not read all of Kings work yet. My next confession(and then I'll do 20 hail marys and hopefully be forgiven) is that I have started a book and not finished it.
I started Insomnia when it first came out and just could not get through it. I haven't tried again since but I feel that I must one day.
Anyone else?
Yes, that! Everything about the place (Boo ya moon?) was strictly other than anything a human has ever called "reality", so I see it as an entirely unique fantastical mythical creation.
