I envy those of you jumping into this series now, who can just progress from book to book. There is a major cliffhanger at the end of book 3 that's not so major when you can just grab book 4 off the shelf. I had to wait 6 freakin' years!!!
Eh, I hope they show all of it at least though they said something about "king did that we chose not to" that is kind of worrying.
Yeah, the breakdown of society is the most entertaining part of the book. The original miniseries even could have spent more time on that and I'd have been happy.
I've really wanted to re-read the series but I've got a superstition about it now. My nephew passed away when I was doing a read in 2008 and I never finished. Now I'm scared that reading again will bring back bad memories. And part of me thinks that reading it will bring about another death. Silly, I know, but it's a powerful fear.
Things I liked:
Your don't was WAY more clear before the rewrites he did.
I don't know what version the audiobook is, I assume it's the rewrite?
If the number nineteen figures into the narrative, then it's the rewrite.
Yeah, just one part from what I remember but it was there
This is cool, didn't know this existed.Sure there is:
It's well out of print and was only available on audio cassette but in 1988 or so The Gunslinger and Drawing of the Three were issued as audiobooks read by King himself.
But it is weird that with how zealot King fans are the are no archival versions of them... at least now we got the audio so tnanks for that!
Yeah, it's a wild ride. One of the best chapters he's written. The novel has some slow parts, but it's all building towards one amazing climax.
That's not really much to go on. I assume both sides are consolidating power? Surely there's some interesting character arcs being fleshed out by now. Are you finding it just boring, or is there something else about the story that's not grabbing you?
If you're still with Trash and The Kid, then all of the puzzle pieces aren't in place yet. Or pawns in the game, if you will.
Wait...you don't like Stu? Or Larry? Or hell, Flagg?
Yeah...sounds like you should give it a rest then. If you're not invested in the main characters, and there are quite a few, then it's probably not for you.
See, if you know King, then you know he can be a slow burn. You're getting to know characters for a reason.
Sure there is:
It's well out of print and was only available on audio cassette but in 1988 or so The Gunslinger and Drawing of the Three were issued as audiobooks read by King himself.
Weird, I also started reading The Stand about 2 months ago due to our current times and I literally got to the exact same point as you mention here and put it down also. I haven't read any of it in probably over a month at this point, even though I was really enjoying it, probably even more than you, based on what you've described.
I'm reading digitally. I think if it were a physical book, I'd have probably finished it at this point yeah.
