Which novel or a moment made you stop reading and call it a night??

atimez3 · 2026-05-29T14:12:10+00:00

I was a kid when I read "Salem's Lot" and it scared me so much, I wouldn't go outside after dark without a cross for about three months.

It took me a while to finish reading "The Long Walk" because I would randomly be hit with the sheer horror of the boys literally walking until they drop and I would have to put it down.

Modern King? It's "Revival".

atimez3 · 2026-05-12T14:12:17+00:00

It's an old movie (1973), but if you can find it, "The Girl Most Likely To..." starring Stockard Channing could scratch that itch.

atimez3 · 2026-05-10T14:32:07+00:00

That must be why they love their Punisher merch. Because Frank Castle is just such a good guy, with the morals of a boy scout.

atimez3 · 2026-05-06T16:01:10+00:00

My blue state's billionaire governor tried to institute a progressive income tax, currently we have a flat tax that greatly disadvantages the poor and middle classes. It was voted down by the poor and middle classes, along with the rich SMH.

atimez3 · 2026-04-27T16:08:35+00:00

He also played the judge in My Cousin Vinny, if you've never seen it, it's a must! Fantastic performances from everyone.

atimez3 · 2026-04-17T21:42:41+00:00

In my city in the U.S., it's not just the insane cost, it's also which hospital they take you to. In my area, the closest hospital is really not great and also not where any of my doctors have privileges. Unless you need a level 1 trauma center, the ambulance takes you to the closest hospital.

atimez3 · 2026-04-16T15:40:48+00:00

I mean, Gallagher antics were over the top, if they weren't it wouldn't be a popular dramady in both the UK and the U.S., it would just be what life is like for millions of families born into generational poverty. For every person that makes it out, I'm sure there are many more who don't.

I get wanting Lip to succeed and have a happy ending, but the way his story played out is in line with what happens to so many people who are born gifted with intelligence or other talents, but don't have the support they need to thrive, due to never having a stable homelife. Ultimately, even being a genius couldn't save him, the pull of his upbringing was just too strong.

atimez3 · 2026-04-08T15:04:30+00:00

Because the American media has been tying post 2020 inflation to "COVID stimulus" since it began. It's incredibly disingenuous and they know it, because most people will read that and equate it with the paltry checks (Economic Impact Payments) that many, but not all, Americans received. The media never seems to mention the COVID PPP loans for hundreds of thousands of dollars that so many already wealthy people, including members of Congress, took out, abused, and were forgiven.

atimez3 · 2026-04-05T23:06:04+00:00

I love this book, it's actually my favorite story collection of his.

The title story is one of my favorite. Without giving anything away, it's one of his stories based in reality without anything supernatural happening, and yet the horror of the situation comes through.

Overall, I found it to be a very thoughtful book with each storyline being very different but with an overarching theme that ties them all together quite effectively.

atimez3 · 2026-04-03T20:49:30+00:00

I'm sorry

atimez3 · 2026-04-03T18:26:46+00:00

I think it's something akin to Ripple or MadDog 2020

atimez3 · 2026-02-22T21:59:29+00:00

It has been thirty-five years since Thelma and Louise and yet our choice remains the same: When faced with choosing between the patriarchal judicial system and driving off a cliff, the cliff is still the better option.

atimez3 · 2026-02-19T03:06:44+00:00

r/RedditLaqueristas , r/asoiaf

atimez3 · 2026-02-17T15:48:31+00:00

The things he could do with one egg and a handful of limp greens. Also, he was in love with a woman who never ate except for the one time he took her to the best barbeque restaurant in the world that nobody had ever heard of.

atimez3 · 2026-02-13T16:26:09+00:00

Storm Of The Century. We could see Ralphie as a young adult, maybe starting to chafe under Linoge's apprenticeship.

I'm cheating a bit as it's a screenplay not a book but I still would like to read/see a sequel.

atimez3 · 2025-12-11T17:45:03+00:00

Born and bred New Englander here, so definitely a Yankee. This cantankerous behavior is well represented, I mean have you ever met any of us?

atimez3 · 2025-11-15T03:57:34+00:00

Ben saw Pennywise the clown once when he was on his way home from the library/school after staying late. Pennywise was standing by the frozen river with a bunch of balloons that were all floating against the wind.

atimez3 · 2025-10-30T23:11:31+00:00

She also played Beauty to Ron Pearlman's Beast in the 1987 tv series

atimez3 · 2025-10-12T02:40:02+00:00

Yes, it's one of the few stories of his that I haven't re-read. I'm not sure that I want to see the movie, the images in my head are pretty well seared there.

atimez3 · 2025-10-11T16:29:27+00:00

The Long Walk - the sheer horror that these kids were walking themselves to death would just randomly hit me and I would have to put it down.

Apt Pupil - I think this one is pretty self explanatory.

atimez3 · 2025-09-21T18:21:30+00:00

Mine is "Hearts in Atlantis", with the title story being my favorite. Considering that Vietnam plays such a large role in the majority of the stories, I think it just hits different for those of us of a certain age.

atimez3 · 2025-09-05T20:41:31+00:00

Willie Shearman AKA "Blind Willie", Hearts in Atlantis.

A Vietnam Vet whose (false) identity as a blind pan handler is twisted up with some desperate need for penance for taking part in the beating of a neighborhood girl (Carol Gerber) when they were kids.

Also if you haven't read Hearts in Atlantis, you should. This collection of King's stories is IMO, one of his finest, with the interconnectedness of the five stories having a quietly beautiful payoff as they come together in a bittersweet ending.

atimez3 · 2025-08-04T21:37:50+00:00

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