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2003421 No.2003421 [Reply] [Original]

Recently read this, now moved on to the second book.

This is my first Stephen King venture, and I thought the first one wasn't so bad, although if King considers this to be his magnum opus, I would probably be disappointed by his other works.

I'm about a 10th into the second book, and though the story is interesting, plot decent, I'm beginning to feel that he can't write. To clarify: his style is as choppy and uninspiring as an insightful teenager's, or that of DH Lawrence.

Problem?

>> No.2003427

Never read Stephen Kings books but he must have very good plot and ideas? How is he so famous if he cant write?

>> No.2003429

>>2003427

Ideas are good, but he seems to suffer from the same problem as most easily-accessible writers do:
Their prose leaves very little to the imagination. Too often, his sentence is just so fucking stale.

>> No.2003437

I thought the series really picked up in the third book. He's not the best writer, yeah, but for me anyway, it doesn't effect my enjoyment of his books.

>> No.2003439

read the first one so far

kind of agree with you on the writing, I liked the book overall

>> No.2003478

Read books 1-4 and then stop.

>> No.2003482

>>2003478
Nah man, Wolves and Dark Tower are fine. SoS is pretty meh, though.

>> No.2003512

i'm on book 7 despite warnings that the series was not too good, but i however have liked it, will read through the series again.

>> No.2003519
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2003519

I'm never going to start reading when I found out King plugged himself into the plot as a character.

Fuck that shit.