I find that King has the uncanny ability to write characters and stories that feel very human and relatable. This makes the stories a part of you, you feel sentimental to them, you feel like they had an impact on you. This is very true in my case, most strongly with King’s book IT.
One of the reasons that book means so much to me is because it helped me so much when I was a kid. I first read IT when I was around 9, 10, 11 while my parents were split up. My aunt, a die-hard King fan, reccomended the book to me because she thought I could relate to the child characters in the book. Before you say anything, my family is mostly comprised of old hippies so I was allowed access to pretty much any book, movie, tv show, etc. growing up.
The book really had a big impact on me when I was little because it was strangely close to the childhood I was living at that time. I had a stutter, I felt isolated as a kid, I knew what it was like building clubhouses, getting in trouble, and hiding from the bigger kids. The feeling of friendship between the children in the book felt very familiar to me, since I spent a LOT of time with them while my parents worked out their own issues.
Thankfully, not only did they get back together, but I was able to find inner strength in myself as a kid reading that book, which helped me cope with the real world problems I was facing at the time.
Has any of King’s work helped you through a tough time in your past? Share your stories, let’s get touchy-feely!
One of the reasons that book means so much to me is because it helped me so much when I was a kid. I first read IT when I was around 9, 10, 11 while my parents were split up. My aunt, a die-hard King fan, reccomended the book to me because she thought I could relate to the child characters in the book. Before you say anything, my family is mostly comprised of old hippies so I was allowed access to pretty much any book, movie, tv show, etc. growing up.
The book really had a big impact on me when I was little because it was strangely close to the childhood I was living at that time. I had a stutter, I felt isolated as a kid, I knew what it was like building clubhouses, getting in trouble, and hiding from the bigger kids. The feeling of friendship between the children in the book felt very familiar to me, since I spent a LOT of time with them while my parents worked out their own issues.
Thankfully, not only did they get back together, but I was able to find inner strength in myself as a kid reading that book, which helped me cope with the real world problems I was facing at the time.
Has any of King’s work helped you through a tough time in your past? Share your stories, let’s get touchy-feely!
