I didn't have kids of my own at the time, but I used to be the family
babysitter. Pet Semitary made me cry from the sheer horror of the sons fate.
I had nightmares.
I just remember feeling as if I had almost lived through what he described.Remember the hubby was also a racist, and the black female security person gave him a comeuppance that still makes me laugh.
King is often superb at novella length and almost as good at short story lengths. I really wish he had more collections.
I imagine I liked this one so much because it was Kings second novel
and I read it without expectations. I think this one and The Shining
scared me more that any other novels ever. The ending was good I thought. Quite frightening to have to run and hide for the rest of your life.
But at the rate it was going the whole world would either be killed or turn into vampires in a fortnight. It just seemed silly to me.
, Firestarter,
The idea of Lot 6 pops into my mind at unexpected times. Not a great book, but had things in it I find hard to forget.
I agree it had its moments
I read the book first - on my honeymoon in fact.
The Shining (which was very good up until everything blew up, IMO) are a few examples.
The Shining was ruined by Kubrik and Nicholson. Good movie, but it ruined any reading of the book.
and the Stand was too, but I knew half way in that everything was going to blow up.
But everything didn't blow up, just Las Vegas. About Time!!!<G>
Yea, I know, but I was ready for the catastrophic end because that's how so many of his early novels ended. I think that's one of the reasons I liked The Dead Zone - it had a much more clever conclusion.
The Stand is a classic and will be popular for a long time since it is the first salvo of the Dark Tower Mythos. Trust me<G>, The Dark Tower is going to be held in the same regard as the works of Poe and Lovecraft.
I read the first one and just wasn't that impressed. It's been a long time, maybe I'll try again.
It! Eh? That was a pretty good one.
Long, drawn out and ultimately pointless, IMO. And everything blew up in the end, surprise, surprise; yawn.
Another one that I'd add to the good list would be Delores Clayborne. Decent movie too.
What's he written in the last five years or so that's good? The last one I read was Bone something or other - it was just OK.
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