The Black House

[tom-tom]

Anyone read the sequeal to The Talisman, the Black House, by Stephen King and Peter Straub???

Just give me your thoughts on it, but NO SPOILERS!

[tom-tom]

Anyone out there.

[urgeok]

it is the only book in my life i ever quit after i started.

20 - 25 pages in i said 'to hell with this' and threw it aside.



probably not what you wanted to hear ?

[jenna26]

Originally posted by urgeok
it is the only book in my life i ever quit after i started.

20 - 25 pages in i said 'to hell with this' and threw it aside.



probably not what you wanted to hear ?

Well, I got further than you....I made it about 50 pages in and had to put it down. It isn't the only book I have ever put down, but one of the very few.

But keep in mind, I didn't like The Talisman. I finished it but I am not a fan of that book at all. I have talked to a couple of people though that loved The Talisman and didn't like The Black House either.

[tom-tom]

My advice is to rent it out again, it gets far better round page 80 when you catch-up with Jack Sawyer

[urgeok]

it didnt matter what was happening or going to happen .. the writing style was driving me insane. it was so smug you could taste it.

[tom-tom]

Agreed, the writing smile is smug but it does get a lot better when you get past the first section: 'Welcome to Coulee Country'.
I'm round 450 now and it is a great story.

[lee challenger]

VERY DISAPPOINTING.

[jedicow]

i liked it personally.

[nemesis]

I loved the book. For real. It's one of my favorites.

I first read The Black House, and then after that one The Talisman. Haha!

Though they're very different.

[tom-tom]

What about the ending? I wasn't pleased.

[blackknight]

If you can get past the intro it isnt that bad. The time spent in the other dimensions with Parkus is painfully short though.