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I’ll say I personally love what he did and probably the only thing that holds SoS back for me is that it is so short, and ends pretty abruptly.

 

I was hoping at least someone liked it to give you some hope going into it!

Either way whether you like it or hate it, book 7 is still great.

One day I’ll re-read them all again

 

Omg finally. Please be good

also lol “author of rage”

 

Just read Wanderers which felt very King & Chrichton adjacent. Stand meets Andromeda Strain for anyone looking for something new. Enjoyed it a lot

 

That's been on my list of things to read for the last few years. I actually think I grabbed the audiobook of it.. hmmmm....

 

I finished Christine and am about 3/4 through The Gunslinger. Really loved Christine. I think Dennis might be my favorite King narrator so far. I'm a huge fan of the movie, but really liked all the LeBay stuff that Carpenter didn't touch.

Not in love with The Gunslinger, but happy to finally start on the journey of The Dark Tower.

 

Progress is annoyingly slow on You Like It Dark, but Danny Coughlins Dream is so fucking good. Feels so classic king, such a great premise, and it’s meaty enough to feel like a short novel.

 

The Gunslinger is tough to get through because the hype for the series is so strong and it’s just an okay book by itself, I think most people feel that way reading it. Once you get through the next two though you’ll see why it’s so crucial. Books 2-4 are some of his best and I think I’d say confidently Wizard and Glass is my favorite King book ever.

 

Yep W&G is easily up there for my top Stephen King story, not just my favorite of the Dark Tower.

 

yeah Wizard and Glass is just genuinely a masterpiece imo, what a book. I might be the only person alive who prefers Gunslinger to Drawing of the Three though so what do I know

 

I was going to say that isn't a bad take but I think you are right, I don't know a single person who would say that, haha.

 

it's definitely my weirdest take haha. I just really like the dreamy, ambiguous way Gunslinger is written and I love how it's really the essence of the series, Roland vs Man in Black. the dialogue between them at the end is amazing, some of King's best

the first time I read them I found it really jarring going from that to Drawing's more realistic tone and I really didn't like the parts set on contemporary Earth. probably due a revisit though, it's been years and I know all that stuff is necessary to get to the rest of the series

 

That's fair though. People tell me they don't like Wolves of the Calla and yet I absolutely loved it.

 

Wolves is probably my least favourite but that's still a 3/5 at worst in such a good series. gets by purely for the Father Callahan inclusion

 

Rattlesnakes is fucking great. Also love that its sort of a sequel to Duma Key as well as Cujo

also Laurie was beautiful

 

If I haven’t read Duma Key yet should I save rattlesnakes?

 

Complicated because it sort of gives away the ending of Duma Key, not like detailed but u get a vague idea. But otherwise its just a bunch of references to it so u wouldn’t even notice it if you didn’t already know

 

Okay sweet! Might still just hold off. Been inching every summer to read Duma Key.

 

Finished Cujo and was surprised that it worked for me much more than I expected. Honestly was not expecting the ending. An interesting meditation on relationships and divorce and while the denouement suggests that the ordeal might've actually saved their marriage it's hard to not think of the statistic that most marriages don't survive the death of a child.

 

Gonna do Salem’s Lot

 

I have been wanting to re-read that for years. Also obviously perfect timing with the trailer for the movie dropping today!

 

Read it this time last year. It’s perfect for the season.

 

My first King book, so I’ll always have a super soft spot for it

 

I’m finally going to read IT. I’ve been holding on to it for a good time and I want to do it right before October so I can kick off a whole month of horror. Two of my friends are also trying to read it so we are doing it together.

Also just saw another dope cover of The Shining so I had to grab it. This is like my sixth different copy of this book lol