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I'm going to have to add another vote for Dreamcatcher. I knew he'd just been hit by a goddamned van and still I read that book wondering what the gently caress he'd been thinking when he thought this stuff up. I mean, the opening scenes with all the attention lavished on farting... yes, all right, there was a point to it, but there's only so much FAAAART FART FART I'm willing to accept. And I actually sort of like The Tommyknockers, although I'll agree that it's not one of his best. (Once I finished Dreamcatcher I fully intended to sell it to Half-Price Books and get it the hell out of my house. Somehow, I forgot to put it on the stack. Six months later we were cleaning out the bookshelves and I pulled out Dreamcatcher and had a total AAAAH THE SHITWEASELS ARE HAUNTING MEEEEE moment.)
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This thread has made me question my reasonably positive memories of a bunch of newer Stephen King books, so once I emptied my to-be-read pile I went back to my King collection. I reread Duma Key. I still liked it. It's definitely not without its flaws, and, well, as a dog returns to its vomit so does Stephen King return to his favorite themes, but I enjoyed the book the first time and I enjoyed it this time, too. Then I grabbed Lisey's Story. I got one chapter in and became aware of this dragging feeling of ugh I don't want to read the rest of this book again, which is odd, because I seem to recall more or less enjoying the book the first time. (Although even then I was thinking of it as Rose Madder II: Less Beating, More Can-Opener.) In conclusion, I still hate Dreamcatcher more than anything, but I'll now admit that you guys have a point about Lisey's Story. And now I'll just be over here with my copy of Hearts In Atlantis.
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