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While IT is great, I feel it dragged in places (like get to the frickin' rock fight, already!!!) much more than The Stand did.
Salem's Lot is comparatively short, as is The Shining. Both are phenominal books but definitely slow burns. That's how King's books typically work. He's known for his frights, but his strengths are more in character development and richness of the story. When the frights do come, the character and story are what make them pay off so well, IMO. I've only read a handful, so I can't speak for the entire body of work, but everything I've read, I've enjoyed. And they all share those traits I describe.
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quote:Originally posted by Chief Taylor: Salem's Lot is comparatively short, as is The Shining. Both are phenominal books but definitely slow burns. That's how King's books typically work. He's known for his frights, but his strengths are more in character development and richness of the story. When the frights do come, the character and story are what make them pay off so well, IMO. I've only read a handful, so I can't speak for the entire body of work, but everything I've read, I've enjoyed. And they all share those traits I describe.
I found the Shining a bit bloated. I understood what he was trying to do, and he did set the stage very well, but the book could still have shed a hundred or so pages and have been just as effective, if not more so.
His best book I think is still Pet Semetary as it so deftly melded a real sense of grief with such sharpened horror. What I always find funny is that the movie was the most faithful of all the King adaptations I've seen, but the least effective as a film.
And to keep this from being a total thread drift:
This week I got:
Madame Xanadu Supergirl Annual Action Comics and Roda Home: Ra's Al Ghul (haven't read it though, waiting for Return to finish).
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Wonder Woman #604 Superman # 704 Bruce Wayne, the Road Home: Oracle Supergirl annual #2
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Superman #704 Bruce Wayne, the Road Home: Oracle Bruce Wayne, the Road Home: Ra's al Ghul Zatanna #6 Justice Society of America #44 Madame Xanadu #28 Time Masters: Vanishing Point #4 JLA/The 99 #1 Hellblazer: City of Demons #2 Captain America: Patriot #3 Weird World of Jack Staff #5 Incorruptible #11 Hellboy Beasts of Burden One-Shot The Bulletproof Coffin #5
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Superboy#1 JSA All-Stars #12 Detective Comics #870 Irredeemable #19 Brightest Day #13 Baltimore: The Plague Ships #4 Adventure Comics #520 Batman and Robin #16 Secret Six #27 House of Mystery #31 Doom Patrol #16 Strange Tales II #2
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American Vampire #8 Knight & Squire #2 Tiny Titans/Little Archie #2 Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #5 THUNDER Agents #1 All-New Batman: Brave and the Bold #1 Booster Gold #38 (A lark after reading some of the dialogue)
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Knight & Squire #2 Welcome to Tranquility: One Foot in the Grave #5 Batman The Return of Bruce Wayne #6 B.P.R.D Hell on Earth #4 Green Hornet #9 Green Hornet Year One #6 R.E.B.E.L.S #22 Halcyon #1 Hellblazer City of Demons #3 The Unwritten #19 Doc Savage #8 Okko The Cycle of Air #4 Atomic Robo Deadly Art of Science #1
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Legion #7, plus the Supergirl Annual
(Adventure will have to wait, since I didn't have the funds. Next week, maybe.)
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SK, hope you review Thunder Agents (feel free to find a thread or start a new one) and Superior
OM, also looking forward to a review of Halycon, which I've considered getting but am unsure if I will.
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