26th January 2007, 03:58 AM
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| The Cat
Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Malaysia
Posts: 2,625
| Re: Stephen King - Best Book?? Could not get into Delores Claireborne at all and had to force myself to finish it simply because I have this thing about leaving books unfinished. I had the same problem with The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and Hearts In Atlantis. Gerald's Game was probably the worst. I skipped and skimmed through that one.
Pet Cemetary, Carrie and Christine I didn't think much of when I first read them way back when I was in school but I re-read them much later and have come to like them very much indeed. The same with Cujo. They have all grown creepier with re-reading.
Misery started of alright but for me at least it dragged on for too long. The suspense sort of wore away and you could see where it was going and as I got closer to the end of the book I just wanted it to hurry up and get done.
The Cell is good. Loved that. The ones I re-read the most are his short tales, Salem's Lot and IT (aside from the huge spider of course )
One more. I keep forgetting this and it's one of my favourites to boot. Cycle Of The Werewolf. I love this one and the fact that as you go along it's not always easy to hate the werewolf. And I really like the way the personality of the person changes as the story progresses. The sort-of cliche solution aside, it's very well done and beautifully illustrated. |
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