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Is the book any good? I've got it out to start reading. But I'm not sure if I want to or not. I need a good book that's in paper back. And my dad has a paper back copy that contains the whole thing. So, I'm tempted.
I want to read something by OSC. But I've read all of the books I have by him. And my town's public library doesn't have any of his books. So, I'm at a loss.
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I think it compares. I remember it feeling a little different than other books of his as I read, though. Then again - that's the only one I read in pieces.
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It's definitely worth reading, and I think it's a better story than Misery and Eyes of the Dragon-that's just a meaningfukl-to-me opinion, though-and it's quite different from many of his other stories.
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I loved King's style of writing, so I read everything he wrote ... for a while. Then I realized that horror really is not for me. I hated stories like Pet Sematery and It, and Misery <shudder>. I kept reading them because I really liked the way he told stories, but I didn't like the stories he chose to tell. I hate having some of those images in my brain. Fortunately then I discovered OSC, which fulfilled my need for a good storyteller without having to read horror stories!
So one day (years ago) I stopped, and got rid of almost all my King stuff. But the few I chose to keep were ones that seemed less "horror" and more suspense, with more hope in them, and more of a point. Like The Stand, and The Talisman. I liked Eyes of the Dragon, too.
I haven't read any since, although I'm interested in reading the rest of the Dark Tower series. So ... Is The Green Mile more like Pet Sematery, or more like The Stand?
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Kings Dark Tower series puts the rest of his works to shame IMO. Only seen the Green Mile movie, which is a rare case of the movie based on book being done extremely well.
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I loved that book. It was fantastic. The characters, the descriptions. The mouse. Even the movie wasn't bad. Better than most SK movies except for Shawshank.
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Hearts in Atlantis is also very very good, especially the first story (the novella: Low men in yellow coats). The movie is based on that one and it pretty good, though they swapped out the fantasy elements for a simple FBI government conspiracy group working for Hoover. Not really a big deal, as the story is about Bobby and Ted.
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