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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I've almost finished with Stephen King's "Joyland." It's an 'entertaining' read, as are most of his books, but... I can't help thinking it's almost a dark Garrison Keillor slice of life sort of tale. I had this same feeling with his "1963" book. Rambling on and on like a shaggy dog story, and at the end, just sort of stopping, rather than finishing with a bang. I've another 50 pages to read in "Joyland" and I'm hoping that he doesn't do this same thing here. I'd rather see an actual resolve of the murders, rather than another 'oh well, I guess I won't do that' ending. I'm enjoying the read, but I'd love to see it actually go somewhere.
Stitchawl
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Originally Posted by orlok
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I did. I finished it yesterday and I'm sorry to say that all he did was 'end' the story. Sure, he threw in a little psychic play with the kid at the fun house 'freeing' the ghost, and telling mom to save Dev's life because a ghost told him to, but there was no 'power' to the ending. It just ended. There was no oomph! It came as no surprise when he reveled the killer. It felt as if King were simply tired of writing that particular book and took the easiest way out to stop. This was the same feeling I got when finishing '1963.' But.....
Please don't misunderstand... I enjoyed reading the book, and didn't 'mind' the ending. It just wasn't the rock 'em, sock 'em sort of ending I'd expect from a top-rated novelist. It felt more like interesting journal entries rather than a novel.
Stitchawl