I reread IT in 2017. I reread The Stand in 2018 (finishing it in 2019). The last portion of the novel is an emotional rollercoaster: Stu's accident at the washout and agony leaving him to possibly die, Tom's bravery in Vegas and his arriving to help Stu, and Glen's death (as well as Ralph's and Larry's) is just so hard to read. I have to pick this book over IT. Which would you choose?
I liked this line: [Tom speaking] "(He would)...bask in the love of his friends. That was what was missing back there in Las Vegas, he decided- simple love. They were nice enough people and all, but there wasn't much love in them. Because they were too busy being afraid. Love didn't grow very well in a place where there was only fear, just as plants didn't grow very well in a place where it was always dark.
"Only mushrooms and toadstools grew big and fat in thd dark, even he knew that, laws, yes.
"'I love Nick and Frannie and Dick Ellis and Lucy,' Tom whispered. It was his prayer. 'I love Larry Underwood and Glen Bateman, too. I love Stan and Rona. I love Ralph. I love Stu.'"
Welcome, everybody! Does anyone have any quotes or favorite moments they'd like to share? I have a few questions I wrote down. I'll ask them as people arrive.
(Thanks for all who have participated in these discussions. It's been fun. I will draw a winner from "survivor" names when we conclude our meeting.)
I liked this line: [Tom speaking] "(He would)...bask in the love of his friends. That was what was missing back there in Las Vegas, he decided- simple love. They were nice enough people and all, but there wasn't much love in them. Because they were too busy being afraid. Love didn't grow very well in a place where there was only fear, just as plants didn't grow very well in a place where it was always dark.
"Only mushrooms and toadstools grew big and fat in thd dark, even he knew that, laws, yes.
"'I love Nick and Frannie and Dick Ellis and Lucy,' Tom whispered. It was his prayer. 'I love Larry Underwood and Glen Bateman, too. I love Stan and Rona. I love Ralph. I love Stu.'"
Welcome, everybody! Does anyone have any quotes or favorite moments they'd like to share? I have a few questions I wrote down. I'll ask them as people arrive.
(Thanks for all who have participated in these discussions. It's been fun. I will draw a winner from "survivor" names when we conclude our meeting.)