You know bugged me in Insomnia? Ed's music choices. They were too old for his age in the book. I was Ed's age, and the stuff Mr. King had him listening to was stuff my mom (Mr. King's age, more or less) would have listened to. I know it's a tiny thing in a book that I enjoyed, on the whole, but every time music came up, I cringed and was yanked right out of the story. Atropos was a creepy little guy in that one, though!
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I have tried three times with Lisey's Story.
This is one I'm going to have to try again. I really had to force myself to finish it the first time, but I'm probably different now.
Or maybe not.
And on the flip side....Ralph's music tastes were that of someone my age...
I had trouble with The Tommyknockers. Couldn't finish it the first time I tried but the folks here on the MB convinced me to try again. I did but still wasn't enamored of it. I got through Lisey's Story but it's not one I'll go back to, it just didn't grab me.
More unpopular opinions:
I dig the Doubleday first edition covers.
I think King's first writings after getting clean (The Dark Half, Four Past Midnight) are a little clunky and awkward at times.
I think Needful Things is a great movie
I dig the Doubleday first edition covers.
I think King's first writings after getting clean (The Dark Half, Four Past Midnight) are a little clunky and awkward at times.
I think Needful Things is a great movie
Some of the 90s books are my least favorites. I read Rose Madder (I have the hardcover and remember reading it) but I couldn't tell you anything about it. Nothing about that book sticks in my mind. I don't remember disliking it but the fact that I can't remember anything about it tells me it wasn't a favorite. I guess if SK can have one he doesn't remember writing, I can have one I don't remember reading.
Some of the 90s books are my least favorites. I read Rose Madder (I have the hardcover and remember reading it) but I couldn't tell you anything about it. Nothing about that book sticks in my mind. I don't remember disliking it but the fact that I can't remember anything about it tells me it wasn't a favorite. I guess if SK can have one he doesn't remember writing, I can have one I don't remember reading.
I did re-read Rose Madder not too long ago. I did not remember much of it from the first time, but that could have been me then. say no more.
I really liked it the second, then third time. Norman is one of his most fearful characters, I must say. Too many women can relate to that. SK really nailed it from a female point of view. Dead on.
What bugged me was how easy it was for her to get out of the situation and get set up so soon. It does not work that way.
Another one i had major problems with was Dreamcatcher. Never really connected to the main characters.
Some of the 90s books are my least favorites. I read Rose Madder (I have the hardcover and remember reading it) but I couldn't tell you anything about it. Nothing about that book sticks in my mind. I don't remember disliking it but the fact that I can't remember anything about it tells me it wasn't a favorite. I guess if SK can have one he doesn't remember writing, I can have one I don't remember reading.
It's been a long time since I read Rose Madder and the one thing I remember about the book is that while in the midst of the story I thought to myself, "Did a man really write this?" I had a sense that a woman, not a man, wrote most of that story.
I should read again and see if I have the same feeling...
This may come as a shock to everyone, but I'm not very fond of King's politics. But as the master of horror, I can somewhat understand how liberal views would appeal to him. 
One of my very faves-- you're missing outI've never finished The Tommyknockers.
Yeppers, this is one thing that really bugged me while reading it. I mean, really, a man of Ralph's age listening to/knowing the lyrics to Pearl Jam? Really?
Insomnia was my favorite.....takes all kinds, eh?
How I feel about The Tommyknockers-- I'll defend it going to my grave, heh.
Maybe that's just because I relate to Jim Gardener so much... (maybe that ain't something I should admit
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Cute avatar!How I feel about The Tommyknockers-- I'll defend it going to my grave, heh.
Maybe that's just because I relate to Jim Gardener so much... (maybe that ain't something I should admit
Yes, but he can also take me into the heart of a 12 year old boy, an elderly man, a 101 year old woman.
A middle age banker, a farmer or wife. And everything in between.
He does it. That's it.
A middle age banker, a farmer or wife. And everything in between.
He does it. That's it.
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I am embarrassed to say there is one book of SK's that I started and never finished. Insomnia . Perhaps it is time to pick it up and try again. Insomnia is the only one I have ever put down without reading it all the way thru. 
BUT (don't you love that word?), it could have possibly been at a point in my life that influenced me in some way...
So yes, I re-read is in order.
BUT (don't you love that word?), it could have possibly been at a point in my life that influenced me in some way...
So yes, I re-read is in order.
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