Tag: Stephen King

The Book I Read: From A Buick 8 By Stephen King

Having read many of Mr. King’s books, I have learned that some are really good and some are just pretty good. This one falls into the latter category. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not bad, but it has a number of sections where nothing really happens. OK, maybe a little character development but not enough to balance the lack of suspense that it creates.

In his best books you are always wondering what is going to happen next. But here, you are wondering when is something going to happen. I will say that it does pick up as it gets later in the book. But he can sometimes take forever to get to the story (yeah, I’m looking at you, The Stand). I liked this book, but at close to 500 pages there should have probably been more plot and more action.


The Book I Read: It By Stephen King

Yes, he’s the master of horror.

I’ve read over a dozen of his books now, and while some are better than others I enjoyed them all. This is one of the better ones. At 1100 or so pages, it took a while to finish, but even at that length I didn’t find much filler. There was one scene that I didn’t really like but overall I liked it a lot and really got to know and care about the characters. I liked the way he switched back and forth between them as kids and as adults. Sometimes you had to read a bit to know which was which. Clever. And Mr. King was very descriptive with being too long-winded. He really does know how to write.


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