In some ways I have King to thank for my passion for reading. My father bought me one of his books one Christmas and the rest is history. I was hooked.
15 years ago I stopped reading him altogether because of his overtly political nonsense, a lot of which began to creep into his novels. I think he's actually lost his mind a bit. He was never the same after that accident.
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Originally posted by Balzé Halzé: In some ways I have King to thank for my passion for reading. My father bought me one of his books one Christmas and the rest is history. I was hooked.
15 years ago I stopped reading him altogether because of his overtly political nonsense, a lot of which began to creep into his novels. I think he's actually lost his mind a bit. He was never the same after that accident.
same
started reading him in high school, and when he got preachy, and needed 156 pages to talk about something simple (resulting in books that could be used a stepladders,,,,) I stopped,
I could give a rat's ass about the political opinions of writers, musicians, actors, and athlete's. If I like your writing, music, movie, or sport, I'll watch. I can appreciate what you do, even if I don't appreciate your political viewpoints.
As far as Stephen King goes, his early stuff was great. His recent stuff just hasn't been very good.
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I won't toss the one Stephen King novel we have in the library, The Stand, but neither will I buy or borrow any more.
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I read a lot of his stuff 20+ years ago but I quit after his stories started getting predictable and way over the top. Family Guy nails my feelings on him as an author.
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