![]() OP, if, since it's the end of the world and many of us have too much spare time, to factor in collecting ratings to cross-ref with length (which is what she said.) then post up and I'll retype my ratings for the 50% or so of these I've read. and 11/23/63 which is a terrible examination of the JFK assassination case but wonderful storytelling and characterizations. Later is Stephen King at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. King has an excellent feeling for which of his plots work best. He creates a narrative voice that seems like a young person stating the experiences from when he was a kid. As constantly, there’s great narration right here, and King’s such a gifted author. some of the Dark Tower books, Under the Dome, The Stand long ver. Later is a truly good Stephen King story, specifically for his even more current works. This probably works better where the ratings are aggregated by comments added, since obviously there's no objective score (there isn't!) or rating.Īs I noted in my BRILLIANT original reply, it struck me that King's novels are at their best when they're BIG and sprawling, i.e. Silly mod!Īnyway, for the sake of others just seeing this, I suggested adding a rating poll, or just OP's rating based on his preferences, to see if word count has any correlation with quality. The majority of them were acquired from Reading List.ĮDIT: u/patcoston mentioned their collection of Stephen King word counts here, and so I just wanted to add it to the post for anyone that was looking for an alternative.īah, I saw the original get deleted as I was typing a ranking list based on our last posts. The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012) - 90,770Ĭharlie the Choo-Choo (2016) - 1,850 The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah (2004) - 118,610 The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (2003) - 229,100 The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass (1997) - 239,975 The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands (1991) - 158,630 ![]() The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three (1987) - 115,420 Jamie’s power only extends for a limited amount of time after a person dies, and, for most of the book. The book is a first-person narrative by Jamie Conkin, a child born with an ability to see and communicate with the dead. The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger (1982) - 68,150 King’s latest (aptly titled Later) is a compelling, genre-mash and in many ways, one of King’s most honest stories. Later by Stephen King has been published in collectors hardcover editions by Hard Case Crime, but the Numbered Signed Hardcover Edition and the Unsigned. The link to the original one is here, and all credit goes to u/La_Yerba_Mate for the original idea (as far I'm concerned). I always found it fun as a hobby to keep track of mine, but unfortunately, the post is now a little old and I couldn't seem to find a newer one so I thought I'd make my own! Hopefully, you find it useful (?) and enjoyable! The book was an easy read that drew me in from the beginning with characters I cared about, even the ones I was mad at.Hello all! There was a post made a few years ago with a list of Stephen King books and their approximate "word counts" so that you could figure out how many Stephen King words you've read. The story is great, though, and King has fully redeemed himself in my eyes, as I swore I was done with him after I never finished From a Buick 8. ![]() I said “almost YA” because aside from some gory bullet wounds, it’s pretty mild horror… until the final scene where there are references to a drug kingpin and torture. (Not to be confused with the movie Commander USA used to show on Saturdays.) Actually, he does name it, it’s a deadlight, straight from It.īut mostly, like all King’s work, it’s about people, the author breathing his unique insight into characters’ thoughts and motives far more than the horrific situations he puts them in… and sometimes painfully extricates them from. James, fresh from a BBC Ghost Story for Christmas adaptation, finds its way lovingly into this narrative as the boy must undertake “The Ritual of Chud” with an unnamed thing from Hell. It’s about a new twist on an old story, as only Stephen King could accomplish. It’s about a kid who gets “borrowed”, not kidnapped, by his mother’s ex girlfriend Liz, who knows many secrets, a kid who is talking to a dead man when a revenant possesses that soul, a kid who knows there is some untold story about his father that he’s not sure he wants to hear.
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