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Yes,it was fun finding those links to other stories. Like when Polly visits the Camber farm.Guess they need to redo the bookcover-- no longer the last Castle Rock book
Found many connections to other SK books.
Talk about Ace Merrill terrorizing the kids when he was in school (The Body) and having spent time in Shawshank Prison (Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption).
I must admit have not completely re read the book-- you know that old Life gets in the way. Did find many details I'd missed, or forgotten on a first read.
Let me try to tackle this one--I would say, personal opinion, she isn;t that complicated. True, she is a forerunner for Claiborne and esp. Lisey( love that book)Question for the women: do you think King creates a multi-layered woman in Polly Chalmers? Did you think her backstory with her baby was compelling/convincing? It is maybe not his best complicated female character but I did think she was a precursor to better characters such as Lisey Landon, Dolores Claiborne, and Jesse Burlingame.
Exactly. She seemed like an intelligent person, otherwise.Let me try to tackle this one--I would say, personal opinion, she isn;t that complicated. True, she is a forerunner for Claiborne and esp. Lisey( love that book)
I found Polly to be a kind and caring person, but gullible. Did she not realize the consequences of the magic trinket and taking away the pain?
Yeah, I figured it would be dicey with her getting snow this afternoon. Hope they stay safe. Thanks for relaying message.Doc Creed -- Tina, cat just emailed me- she in midst of snow storm and has lost power. She will post in group once things are back to normal.
The humor is darkly funny. I think KIng said it was a satire of 80's Reaganite greed. No limit to how far people would go to get what they needed.The humor helped alleviate much of the darkness pulling down the town, too. When you think about it, it's a huge tragedy: Nettie fighting Wilma to the death in the middle of the street because the woman had flayed her dog, Hugh Priest who was a sad drunk, and all of the people who resorted to violence over things that never even happened (or at least not perpetrated by the actual victims). Brian Rusk killing himself with a shotgun. I could go on and on.
My pleasure. Thank you, Spidey. I have been doing other things in between posting (and, yes, I won't have this laptop for long) so I realize other members may be in similar situations. Attendance levels can be difficult to predict, and I am in no way frustrated. No worries.Doc Creed - know your computer time will be limited, but am confident more will post tomorrow . and the discussion is always open.
Thank you for organizing this reading group. Catch up more tomorrow.
Thanks, Tery. I enjoy reading everyone's comments. It's fun to see if readers find new things or if they have a change of opinion.Can't post thoughts at the moment. Will come back...