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Originally posted by Despare
You're right, King has no chance of writing a book that speaks in volumes but he does tell a good story. Funny you mention Catcher in the Rye because I read that in the same week as Old Man... maybe that's why I wasn't impressed. Catcher was such a brilliant book, I'd like to read it yet again sometime. Anyway the only reason I mentioned that book in context with King's is that I read Old Man, Catcher, Needful Things, and Animal Farm back to back and somtimes overlapping and really the only one I didn't enjoy was Old Man. To each his own. :)
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i find King to be a crafty story teller ... more than a good one ..
i'm just tired of his tricks ..(jumping back and forth in time, feeding you a little bit.. making you plod on for the next tidbit ...)
probably any one of his books i would have liked ok (well, maybe a few anyway - some are just terrible) .. if i hadnt read any others ...but after reading the majority of them as they were released like i did at one point .. it just became the same thing over and over again ..
I lost all respect for the guy and it began to taint how i saw the ones i kind of did like in the beginning.
what can i say .. my tastes changed