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Originally Posted by lila55
That does not sound promising  . I really used to love him too in the early days.
I guess I will just apply my usual "up-to-page-50-test"; if a book has not pulled me in by then and there is no special reason to plough through anyway, it goes back on the shelf. |
Funny you should say that... a few of my friends who also read King (and also prefer his earlier stuff) have what we call the "King 100" rule. Since his books are typically so long, we give him a chance up to 100 pages, then if it's still uninteresting we'll
usually give up.