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Originally Posted by TheFountain  To be a heck of a lot more enjoyable in Hearts in Atlantis than in the Dark Tower Series?
Was it just me? Or did he emulate very little in the DTS of what he was in Hearts in Atlantis?
Then again, maybe it was me... |
Gah, double post, shame on me. But I was replying Barney's post and admit I didn't look at this first post
Anyway, as I said, I haven't read the
Hearts in Atlantis story yet, so this is all guesswork, but I suppose Ted seems more rounded and enjoyable in that story because it was 'his' story, as it were. In
The Dark Tower he's only really a side character -- probably one of the more important ones, but a side character nonetheless. I get the feeling that he's the central character in
Hearts in Atlantis, so he's going to become a much more complex character in that one, one would assume. And also, if there's one thing King can do, it's the rich detail behind characters, giving them full and interesting backgrounds, especially for his main characters (although he still manages to give enough detail to even the minor characters; sometimes just small, random snippets about their lives that make them seem so much more real and believable...but that's a story for another thread, I'm sure...
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