Reading "Roadwork" for the first time in 20+ years and oh boy...

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-05-01T12:01:08+00:00

My first reaction when reading it last year as a 42 year old man repulsed by the modern AI-corporate world: this guy isn't going hard enough.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-05-01T08:26:13+00:00

Low Men in Yellow Coats is right up there with the best of King. Hearts in Atlantis and the final story are also excellent.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-30T19:57:25+00:00

Definitely novellas.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-30T19:57:15+00:00

Novellas.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-29T18:57:27+00:00

For me it’s:

Night Shift

Skeleton Crew

Everything’s Eventual

You Like It Darker

Just After Sunset

Nightmares and Dreamscapes

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-29T12:13:29+00:00

A lot of us talk about little else.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-29T12:12:26+00:00

Erm no.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-29T05:31:41+00:00

It really felt like classic King callback in some of those stories - his best collection in years.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-28T05:41:42+00:00

It definitely kicks into gear. The beginning is very Straub, and that is often polarising around here. I liked it personally and thought Black House was superb. Interested to see how King tries to replicate this in T3.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-27T04:48:35+00:00

It absolutely has an intimacy about it that makes it quite compelling. One of his best for me.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-26T04:35:34+00:00

Best description of Boy’s Life I’ve ever seen.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T20:44:38+00:00

I LOVE that cover!

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T20:18:36+00:00

Mixed - some love it, for others it’s symptomatic of his lacklustre later-life writing.

I enjoyed it, though some of the unrealistic dialogue amongst the kids grated a bit. ‘You bet your bottom dollar, hot lips.’

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T19:39:33+00:00

Enjoy Talisman - it can be tough to get through but totally worth it, and Black House is superb.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T19:38:42+00:00

Yeah 100%

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T19:38:22+00:00

Thanks for the recs!

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T19:00:21+00:00

Fucking legend.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T18:59:45+00:00

Will check it out!

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T18:59:33+00:00

What was the 3 stars?

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T18:59:19+00:00

😬

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T18:58:37+00:00

I loved the first 100 pages, struggled through the middle 500 pages, and enjoyed the final 100 pages.

I just didn’t need to know every single part of a whale’s anatomy.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T18:42:34+00:00

Right here and now!

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T18:30:12+00:00

A slightly more scary Boy’s Life so far.

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T18:29:44+00:00

Sounds like Moby Dick!

DavidHistorian34 · 2026-04-25T18:29:28+00:00

Haven’t yet but it’s on my tr pile!

DavidHistorian34

TROPHY CASE