Under the Dome picks up significantly. I finished it a few weeks ago, but did also read over a dozen books between starting and finishing :) It was better than tommyknockers, but i wouldn't consider it literary treason to give up and not finish it.
Seems like everyone's got a tale to tell.
Mal ,'Safe'
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erin_obscure - Apr 29, 2010 4:39:49 pm PDT #11312 of 28344
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
DawnK - Apr 29, 2010 4:51:12 pm PDT #11313 of 28344
giraffe mode
Yeah I finally finished it, and it seemed as though he suddenly remembered that he had a story line that he needed to actually get to but it was a loooong time coming and sorta ass-pully at the end (moreso than usual). I felt that it just didn't need to be 1,000 pages long, it would have been a good tight story at about 500 or so and not really lost anything.
Sophia Brooks - Apr 29, 2010 5:02:21 pm PDT #11314 of 28344
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I read Tommyknocker in 24 hours, and I thought I was going to die! I think it was the book that broke me of reading books only in one sittings (although I still prefer it).
Steph L. - Apr 29, 2010 5:25:22 pm PDT #11315 of 28344
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Sophia -- one summer in college, I went on a total King reading binge, and I remember Tommyknockers freaking me out more than almost any of his other books. (Pet Semetary still wins on that front. While I read it, I literally turned around to check behind my chair. For what, I don't know. A reanimated cat, I guess. Or Gage.)
Volans - Apr 29, 2010 5:25:33 pm PDT #11316 of 28344
move out and draw fire
That's Donna? Wow.
I love Clockwork Couture. Aside from the fun stuff they have (most of which my DH has bought me, I think), they are so very nice. Donna is good people.
Amy - Apr 29, 2010 5:35:28 pm PDT #11317 of 28344
Because books.
Pet Semetary still wins on that front.
Oh man, that one is nightmarish.
I never read The Tommyknockers somehow. And I loved It so much, could not put it down, but then the ending annoyed the shit out of me. And after 1,000+ pages, I was pissed.
I haven't read any of his newest stuff lately -- the last King I read was Lisey's Story. Which I did like, but it took me a bit to get into it.
Atropa - Apr 29, 2010 5:43:36 pm PDT #11318 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Pet Semetary still wins on that front.
Yeah, that's one King book I'm not re-reading, 'cos I like sleeping.
Speaking of not sleeping, I want to re-read Salem's Lot again.
Atropa - Apr 29, 2010 5:45:29 pm PDT #11319 of 28344
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
And I loved It so much, could not put it down, but then the ending annoyed the shit out of me. And after 1,000+ pages, I was pissed.
Yeah, this. It was SO good, and so goddamn creepy. And then ... the ending. Which just did not support what the story did before.
Amy - Apr 29, 2010 5:51:51 pm PDT #11320 of 28344
Because books.
I haven't read Salem's Lot in I don't even know how long. I should pick that up again.
Which just did not support what the story did before.
It felt like he hadn't figured out what "it" would be, and then got to the end and said, "Fuck. Well, how about this?"
It also made the previous 500 pages feel a bit masturbatory, and/or like he was stalling because he didn't know where the hell to go.
And yet ... Pennywise still freaks me the fuck out.
Polter-Cow - Apr 29, 2010 5:56:14 pm PDT #11321 of 28344
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I remember loving It a LOT when I read it—in junior high, I think—and don't remember having issues with the ending. I've wanted to reread it. It's Seanan's favorite book of all time.