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Originally Posted by taosaur
I've never heard anyone have anything bad to say about either of those books. I think I read Tommyknockers three times as a teenager. Dreamcatcher seemed like largely a retread of the same premise (alien possession), and I'd throw it together with Cell and Under the Dome as being almost nothing but a premise, with forgettable characters and none of the "resonance" the article linked in the OP talks about.
Personally I think King had his duds in the '70s and '80s, too. The Shining and The Dead Zone were dull, wandering and maudlin, and Firestarter was just okay. I'm not sure if I've read Cycle of the Werewolf, though I thought I'd read all his stuff up through the early 'aughts. Looking at his bibliography, there was a long dull spell after Needful Things broken up by Dark Tower books, but otherwise mostly misses until he hit his stride again around 2008 (though I haven't read Lisey's Story, and some people liked it quite a bit). |
I envy people who can re-read books. They will never run out of things to read. Once I have read something it would be a chore to read it again. There would be no pleasure in it.