Hello,
Glad to be among like minded folk. I have been a constant reader of SK works since I read Carrie over 30 years ago. I have read all SK multiple times and consider most characters old friends.
I have had many discussions defending my love of these books, which people often dismiss as 'horror'. But in my experience SK writes the ordinary so well, the inner life of middle and lower class Americans so vividly, that when the extraordinary happens in the story, you accept it. I also find the rich depiction of friendship, especially childhood friendships to be compelling and beautiful. I also really appreciated the feminist leaning of many books (Rose Madder, Dolores Claiborne, Geralds Game, Sleeping Beauties, Lisey's story, Big Driver etc), which echoed my own beliefs. Also can relate to the very realistic and sensitive understanding of addiction and recovery.
I've read all the books in order as they came out, with one exception. The first gunslinger book I didn't like, the voice was wrong, didn't seem like SK. So I avoided the DT series for a few decades, and came to them 10 years ago. Now have read all the DT series numerous times, in fact re-reading again now. Doing it this way meant I didn't have the very long wait between DT books.
I'm a Canadian, teach at a university, am a writer and love discussing books. I'm not so much a fan of the movies which sometimes seem to over emphasis the horror and downplay the nuanced characters. Happy to be here and happy holidays!
E
Glad to be among like minded folk. I have been a constant reader of SK works since I read Carrie over 30 years ago. I have read all SK multiple times and consider most characters old friends.
I have had many discussions defending my love of these books, which people often dismiss as 'horror'. But in my experience SK writes the ordinary so well, the inner life of middle and lower class Americans so vividly, that when the extraordinary happens in the story, you accept it. I also find the rich depiction of friendship, especially childhood friendships to be compelling and beautiful. I also really appreciated the feminist leaning of many books (Rose Madder, Dolores Claiborne, Geralds Game, Sleeping Beauties, Lisey's story, Big Driver etc), which echoed my own beliefs. Also can relate to the very realistic and sensitive understanding of addiction and recovery.
I've read all the books in order as they came out, with one exception. The first gunslinger book I didn't like, the voice was wrong, didn't seem like SK. So I avoided the DT series for a few decades, and came to them 10 years ago. Now have read all the DT series numerous times, in fact re-reading again now. Doing it this way meant I didn't have the very long wait between DT books.
I'm a Canadian, teach at a university, am a writer and love discussing books. I'm not so much a fan of the movies which sometimes seem to over emphasis the horror and downplay the nuanced characters. Happy to be here and happy holidays!
E