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Omg, I started with Pride and Prejudice read the first 10 pages and decided to switch to another novel. I decided once that I needed to read a Jane Austen novel to be a bit more well read and see what all the hype is about. I'm glad I read this though because the adaptations I've seen really don't do it justice and there is an element of accomplishment having read it.
I do have Cell, so I'm going to try that next or maybe, Carrie. So that means I won't have much background with which to comment on King's representation of black characters - but this "He gives his black characters true significance but it's otherworldly, which kind of makes it feel like tokenism." fits Susannah in Dark Tower to a tee.Įven though you all have raved about the DT series, I'm not sure I can rrad it, knowing that there is the mystical black person in it.
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The Stand, Salem's Lot, Insomnia and Hearts in Atlantis are all DT-related (and have DT characters in them).Īpart from It and the Dark Tower series I have only read King's "Different Seasons" (twas a gift, the stories were very readable though) - horror is not a genre I usually go to hence my lack of exposure to King but I have acquired a bunch of his non-horror stuff to read somewhere down the road (11/22/63, Under the Dome, Eye of the Dragon). (Yes I found a wiki entry!) And the deadlights! And the Turtle! And Stan's reference to roses! I am wondering whether I will be seeing those references in other DT-related books. The Losers formed a sort of ka-tet! I think. Has anyone read the Dark Tower series? I really want to rave about the references. "It" among other DT related books, apparently half of the books he has written has DT references)
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Plus it made me interested in his other books (i.e. Good luck! I slogged through parts of it and really enjoyed some of it - but it was an interesting reading experience. I haven't read the Dark Tower series - yet! Maybe one day! Dark Tower definitely could have used some editing as well. This was my thought while going through the Dark Tower series - his fandom is strong so he can get away with it. Shaitarn wrote: "I think that's just King's style, and it's sold millions, so why would anyone ask him to write a bit more tightly? So I just finished this last night and went back and opened all the spoilers and (view spoiler) But I look forward to the SK that crushes my assumption. Sorry if any of you read Sleeping Beauties with me and have heard my rant once before. Or, at the very least, make them real characters not just emblems of injustice.Īnyway, that's just a personal bugbear of mine. They're not the true heroes and I just kind of wish that they were. He gives his black characters true significance but it's otherworldly, which kind of makes it feel like tokenism. Stan, Richie and Bill's backstories didn't have that same kind detail and downtroddenness. The vehemence and ugliness in Mike's story felt quite unique. Look at the detail he goes into in Mike's story. His sense of inequality and his empathy for the plight of minorities in America is acute. Part of me thinks King does it on purpose. Instead of actually being the hero, they are the heartstrings. Although, on the surface of it, it seems like a positive because not only is this character integral to the story and/or is also the linchpin for good to win the fight but in truth, it's a letdown. Again, I've only read three other SK novels, but it appears that the black character is either the sacrificial lamb or the character with a unique state of grace who acts or represents the collective inner conscience. My other issue, and it's a thing I've noticed in horror in general, is the role of black characters. I've only read three of his books but in all three he has a way of hammering a point home.
The horror of Derry, their experience and the promises and blood ritual at the end would surely be enough to bring them back to Derry. And I get that the book is about desire, love, and the good things, the human connections, of which sex is a part, that it's not dirty and wrong but it just seemed forced. Because Bev wasn't the central character that the group hinged on, so it wasn't a means to solidify the relationship. Shaitarn, I'm there with you on the (view spoiler) [kiddie sex ritual. So even though I enjoyed it, I do have some lingering issues. I had previously written a post with some questions and I posted it to wrong buddy read! The folks reading Sourdough with me must have thought "what the hell edition does she have?" Luckily, I realised and deleted it before anyone commented.
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