How do you not like The Dark Half movie. How is Dolores Claiborne in your bottom five. How. How. How.
Top 5 And Bottom 5 King Stories
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Not much love around for dream catcher - is it really that bad? I've not read it yet but I remember reading the synopsis and liking the sound of it.
Bad might be too much. But i think, in comparison to his other work, in goes amon the bopttom five. The result would be very different if we compared it to other authors output. Definitely worth reading.
I read it once a few years back and enjoyed it pretty well. However, for what's it worth, I was heavily stoned the entire time (I had just gotten all of my wisdom teeth cut out and my gums weren't healing right so I was on serious pain medication) and King was on pain meds when he wrote it, due to his accident. Maybe one has to be under the influence while reading Dreamcatcher to enjoy it.
I liked it. I wouldn't put it in my bottom 5.
My top 5 are:
The Stand, Needful Things, Insomnia, The Talisman and Black House.
Bottom:
Cell, Lisey's Story, From a Buick 8, Revival and Desperation.
I really LOVE the book The Dark Half so no movie was probably going to be good enough for me. I had a very clear and vivid vision in my mind of the characters and the movie didn't match it.... so.... and Dolores Claiborne.... just didn't have impact for me... I have no explanation!
Under the Dome
The Shining
Different Season
The Stand
Salem's Lot
Lisey's Story (What a Stinker)
Bag of Bones
Delores Claiborne
Tommyknockers
Desperation
The Shining
Different Season
The Stand
Salem's Lot
Lisey's Story (What a Stinker)
Bag of Bones
Delores Claiborne
Tommyknockers
Desperation
Top 5:
1. 'Salem's Lot
2. Hearts In Atlantis
3. Bag of Bones
4. It
5. Blaze
Bottom 5:
1. The Shining
2. Here There Be Tigers
3. Lisey's Story
4. Revival
5. The Tommyknockers
The Shining was very slow paced and i never could get into it. I just didn't get Here There Be Tigers. Lisey's Story seamed like a companion to Bag of Bones that just wasn't as good. Revival was like three stories combined into one. The first was awesome, the second was good and the last fell flat. The Tommyknockers was decent, but there are a lot that are better. I'm currently reading Misery. I have a filling it might knock the Tommyknockers out of the bottom 5.
1. 'Salem's Lot
2. Hearts In Atlantis
3. Bag of Bones
4. It
5. Blaze
Bottom 5:
1. The Shining
2. Here There Be Tigers
3. Lisey's Story
4. Revival
5. The Tommyknockers
The Shining was very slow paced and i never could get into it. I just didn't get Here There Be Tigers. Lisey's Story seamed like a companion to Bag of Bones that just wasn't as good. Revival was like three stories combined into one. The first was awesome, the second was good and the last fell flat. The Tommyknockers was decent, but there are a lot that are better. I'm currently reading Misery. I have a filling it might knock the Tommyknockers out of the bottom 5.
I read somewhere that Lisey's Story is King's favorite. Not sure where I read it or if it's accurate......
Top 5
Wizard and Glass
The Long Walk
The Stand
The Gunslinger
IT
Bottom 5
The Dark Man
Blockade Billy
The Regulators
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County
Wizard and Glass
The Long Walk
The Stand
The Gunslinger
IT
Bottom 5
The Dark Man
Blockade Billy
The Regulators
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County
It's accruate. He's said it's very personal to him.
Bump (because mine tends to change often)
Top 5
1. Needful Things
2. The Shining
3. The Dead Zone
4. Revival
5. Bill Hodges trilogy (that's totally not cheating, right? If it is, my fave is Finders Keepers.)
Bottom 5
1. Cell
2. The Regulators
3. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Those 3 are the only ones I dislike.
Top 5
1. Needful Things
2. The Shining
3. The Dead Zone
4. Revival
5. Bill Hodges trilogy (that's totally not cheating, right? If it is, my fave is Finders Keepers.)
Bottom 5
1. Cell
2. The Regulators
3. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Those 3 are the only ones I dislike.
Arcadevere
Gentle Lady From Brady Hartsfield Defense Squad
Top 5
1. Mr. Mercedes (FK is my mediocre, haven't read EOW, don't get me started about my Husband, Brady. Because this post would be endless lmao jk)
2. Revival (BC Rev Charlie Jacobs gives me an adernaline shot everytime i reread it, and he is one of my fave SK anti-hero and would be in next to Brady in my fictional mens' list)
3. 1408 (John cusack as mike in movie made me re-imagine the book version with him as the MC and it was good, and i love stuck in a room nightmares, pretty much Silent Hill 4 : The Room)
4. The Shining (i remember myself not appreciating this at first read but i love it when i re read it)
5. Misery (the fact that Annie looks like my slight evil version makes me appreciate this, and mum was scared if i reread it because i'm going to read aloud the ending of chapter 2 and she would freak out huehuehue)
Bottom 3
1. The Girl who loved tom gordon (okay, no words can explain how i much ended up "eh" reading this)
2. Blockade Billy (Gotta admit that i like this but the
3. Cell (gotta admit, that i'm a Big fan of Left 4 Dead game series (which is a zombie apocalypse first person shooting game on PC) and Resident Evil series (but not a big fan, because i prefer Silent Hill than Resident Evil) but my love on Zombie apocalypse would never ever go out of video game realm, i do not like zombie survival in TV, Movie and Books so probably, i end up not reading this, but i'm looking forward to the film to decide if i should pick this up in my shelf or nah)
1. Mr. Mercedes (FK is my mediocre, haven't read EOW, don't get me started about my Husband, Brady. Because this post would be endless lmao jk)
2. Revival (BC Rev Charlie Jacobs gives me an adernaline shot everytime i reread it, and he is one of my fave SK anti-hero and would be in next to Brady in my fictional mens' list)
3. 1408 (John cusack as mike in movie made me re-imagine the book version with him as the MC and it was good, and i love stuck in a room nightmares, pretty much Silent Hill 4 : The Room)
4. The Shining (i remember myself not appreciating this at first read but i love it when i re read it)
5. Misery (the fact that Annie looks like my slight evil version makes me appreciate this, and mum was scared if i reread it because i'm going to read aloud the ending of chapter 2 and she would freak out huehuehue)
Bottom 3
1. The Girl who loved tom gordon (okay, no words can explain how i much ended up "eh" reading this)
2. Blockade Billy (Gotta admit that i like this but the
Killing story of Eugene to Billy was cliche, and as a type of person who always watch and read detective fictions, i already predicted the comeout of the ending by reading the sypnosis (but i still read the original and its BoBD version)
Oobleck's Top Five, 3rd week of June 2016
The Dark Tower Stories
Lisey's Story
It
The Stand
Insomnia
Oobleck's Bottom Five
Awaken
Descendants
Dark Love The Underground
Blood Rituals
Redstone
The Dark Tower Stories
Lisey's Story
It
The Stand
Insomnia
Oobleck's Bottom Five
Awaken
Descendants
Dark Love The Underground
Blood Rituals
Redstone
Top:
1. Pet Sematary
2. The Stand
3. Misery
4. Lisey's Story
5. Dolores Claiborne
Bottom:
1. Rose Madder
2. Dreamcatcher
3. Cell
4. The Colorado Kid
5. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
1. Pet Sematary
2. The Stand
3. Misery
4. Lisey's Story
5. Dolores Claiborne
Bottom:
1. Rose Madder
2. Dreamcatcher
3. Cell
4. The Colorado Kid
5. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
1. Salem's Lot
2. The Stand
3. Pet Sematary
4. IT
5. The Dead Zone
1. Dreamcatcher - the one SK novel I actively detest
2. The Tommyknockers - science-ficton is not SK's strength
3. Lisey's Story - this one just didn't click with me. Took me three years to finish it.
4. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - bleah
5. From A Buick 8 - a Low Man drives a buick and leaves it there. Characters spend the rest of the book watching it make strange noises and stuff. What was the point of this story?
2. The Stand
3. Pet Sematary
4. IT
5. The Dead Zone
1. Dreamcatcher - the one SK novel I actively detest
2. The Tommyknockers - science-ficton is not SK's strength
3. Lisey's Story - this one just didn't click with me. Took me three years to finish it.
4. The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - bleah
5. From A Buick 8 - a Low Man drives a buick and leaves it there. Characters spend the rest of the book watching it make strange noises and stuff. What was the point of this story?
The Stand
Joyland
It
Needful Things
Mr. Mercedes
This is simpatico with three my bottom five and for the same reasons. Then I have to add:
Revival
The Sun Dog
Joyland
It
Needful Things
Mr. Mercedes
This is simpatico with three my bottom five and for the same reasons. Then I have to add:
Revival
The Sun Dog
I forgot The Sun Dog! I also dislike The Library Policeman.
Clicked on this thread, and right away saw Sharon C's post.. afraid I'm a little teary,knowing that she will never get a chance to read End of Watch..
I loved The Library Policeman. Was it the slow and meandering pace you didn't like? I had a hard time connecting to the protagonist at first. The dark humor notwithstanding, I found it genuinely scary. It probably could've been a short story...maybe the length of something like Dedication or The Monkey.
Four Past Midnight summons up warm (or chilling, lol) memories for me. All four novellas were astonishing, wacky, and vintage King from the days of IT, Misery and Needful Things.