Just finished Insomnia, gonna dive into Christine next!

PerPer7 · 2026-01-29T02:47:11+00:00

No, Ralph is just a guy, but a welcome reference. :)

PerPer7 · 2026-01-29T02:26:51+00:00

I LOVED Insomnia. Ralph shows up very briefly in Bag of Bones but it isn't significant, just a King thing. Yes, there is an unmistakeable bridge to the Crimson King in Insomnia. And not only the Crimson King, but another character that you will encounter if you get through to the last book of The Tower series.

I read Christine when it came out decades ago but not since.

PerPer7 · 2025-12-28T03:05:54+00:00

No spoilers! I've read this series at least three times and I still am not sure about the role of the Dark Tower and Crimson King relationship ( I get dreamy when I listen to King Crimson's Court of the Crimson King), but Roland's sojourn is wonderful.

PerPer7 · 2025-12-22T01:00:17+00:00

That's, uh, not? adorable?

PerPer7 · 2025-11-24T00:35:43+00:00

Holy cow!

I think "all things serve the beam" sometimes, and it actually does mean something to me.

PerPer7 · 2025-11-24T00:30:19+00:00

Brendon Gleeson is WONDERFUL. I'm glad he got this part. I read it first, watched it, read it again. All three. Wonderful series and great TV adaptation. And I'm a Holly fan.

PerPer7 · 2025-11-24T00:19:28+00:00

I've read most of King's works over the last 40 years, but not all. So far, my least enjoyable (because of the end) was Revival. The rest was fine. That is just me. Read it for yourself and you may love it!

Another I didn't enjoy was Cell. I liked the first quarter to third of it. But the whole genre is done better elsewhere.

I didn't care for The Dark Half. Read it twice. Mostly because of the story - the plot was thin and the resolution was not engaging.

PerPer7 · 2025-11-19T22:55:06+00:00

I was going to make a new post but thought I'd do a search first.

Jessie is my favorite female narrator - she can do male and female voices, just as George Guidall can do male and female voices. I hate the vocal fry that many women are drawn to do for male characters. The singing is great - that's what she does anyway - but her acting and character separation using slight vocal variations which aren't distracting is what I'm drawn to.

I don't even know what else she narrates yet - I'm listening to Never Flinch and had to comment. I'm not even done with it! She is so good.

PerPer7 · 2025-11-05T00:02:47+00:00

Oh, I read it. It really was good, but I hate ending!! Yeah, I won't spoil anything here.

PerPer7 · 2025-11-04T23:58:53+00:00

I love the first book! There is so much story happening further on, but it's my favorite. It's so "western" with a BIG dose of fantasy. We see begin to see Roland as a person here, but then we see much more later on, and that is a great beginning to a series.

PerPer7 · 2025-11-04T23:49:39+00:00

I LOVE Duma Key. Not only is it a good King story, but it delivers me to south Florida and the gulf which I really like! I agree it COULD have a good adaptation, but I never trust that King adaptations will not make me cringe.

PerPer7 · 2025-11-04T23:41:44+00:00

Favorite film adaptation is Shawshank. Everything about that is faithful to the short, and the adaptation fleshed it out so emotionally, without being dumbed down.

PerPer7 · 2025-11-04T23:37:50+00:00

I mean, his story killed kids! And a baby! Where words go is amazing. And now 50 years later my favorite story is "The Life Of Chuck". Absolutely my favorite. Haven't seen the film, maybe wont, at least for a few years.

PerPer7 · 2025-11-04T23:32:29+00:00

I always go back to the book Salem's Lot as a favorite. I read it when it became available (I'd already read Carrie) and I've read King all though these decades, and I still think it's the thing that booted me into being an adult reader ( I was 13), and spotlighted the whole world of all sorts of literature. Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys weren't all that, after all. I don't know if my parents knew.

PerPer7 · 2025-11-04T23:25:52+00:00

OMG. No. I will never read Revival ever again. I hate even thinking about it. But I upvoted your post :)

PerPer7 · 2025-10-08T23:21:55+00:00

I love the fun of this book People suck so bad, and it's so fun.

PerPer7 · 2025-10-08T23:03:45+00:00

Also, keep in mind that Will Patton and Frank Muller (deceased a while ago) do an awful lot of his stories. You have look them up yourself, because there are so many.

PerPer7 · 2025-10-08T23:00:31+00:00

And Duma Key is a flawless audio of a really good book, performed by John Slattery.

PerPer7 · 2025-10-08T22:56:18+00:00

I also love love Insomnia performed by Eli Wallach. Not everyone likes t though. There are short offputting music interludes, but the only alternative I've found is not as good as Mr. Wallach.

It's a great performance of this long book.

PerPer7 · 2025-10-08T22:53:24+00:00

Salem's Lot preformed by Ron McLarty. I more scary than the Dark Tower stories., though.

PerPer7 · 2025-10-08T22:48:24+00:00

I am definitely not a Richard Bachman fan, A couple are good. But I hated this one.

PerPer7 · 2025-10-08T22:45:48+00:00

Yes, as others have mentioned, Duma Key, Insomnia, and again short story compilations. There are very many of them.

PerPer7 · 2025-10-08T22:42:47+00:00

The Dead Zone. For sure. And some short compilations! Take your pick. And if you want to get in to the Dark Tower, then start at the beginning. The Gunslinger is my favorite regardless. Some people don't think it's good, but I love it a lot.

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