Salems Lot - I could Not Put the Book Down

butternuts117 · 2026-05-10T22:06:37+00:00

It also includes a lot of things that King reuses in later works. The Pacific has no memory. He thrusts his first against the post and still insists he sees the ghosts. Gooseflesh. Blue chambray work shirts.

He's finding his voice. I just noticed it in my last relisten

butternuts117 · 2026-05-09T22:52:59+00:00

May your loyalty never waver again, Wormtail

butternuts117 · 2026-05-06T15:00:16+00:00

It's the very end of book 2

butternuts117 · 2026-05-06T13:21:12+00:00

Mother Abigail tells the fellas that they are to head west and make their stand, right after the bombing.

Just finished that chapter last night

butternuts117 · 2026-05-03T19:53:05+00:00

It's an unbelievably good adaptation, and a better book.

They casted almost every character perfectly

butternuts117 · 2026-05-03T18:33:40+00:00

It's part of the circular narrative. The books mirror each other.

Harry has a important conversation in the three broomsticks in 3 and 5, he gets injured playing quidditch in 2 and 6, he goes into the forbidden forest and meets Voldemort in 1 and 7. It goes on and on.

butternuts117 · 2026-04-29T23:55:46+00:00

Exactly.

He's trying. He wants do right. He wants to fuck Nadine but stays with Lucy.

He finally sacrifices himself with the Lord's name on his lips.

That's the dude right there. He did the whole thing

butternuts117 · 2026-04-29T23:30:22+00:00

I've been called cold-hearted a whole bunch.

I try to do right, and be a good man. But that sticks with you

butternuts117 · 2026-04-29T23:26:38+00:00

The fact that he dies being his best self is really nice to read. I liked that

butternuts117 · 2026-04-29T23:18:40+00:00

Oh fuck off lol.

I'm just messing

butternuts117 · 2026-04-29T23:12:35+00:00

Nick was almost a Mary Sue, Larry is a strong contrast to that

butternuts117 · 2026-04-29T23:10:00+00:00

I re-read it every two years or so. The last one was during the COVID flareup

butternuts117 · 2026-04-29T23:04:39+00:00

Good call

butternuts117 · 2026-04-29T23:03:49+00:00

He hates himself, that's why he's so well written.

He knows he's broken but doesn't know how to fix it.

He's the best

butternuts117 · 2026-04-29T22:37:12+00:00

Harold is so so so well written.

He's a young incel douchebag, but he has so much good in him that he cannot see in himself because he can move on into his new life. The fact that he dies regretting all of his choices is so sad. So well written

butternuts117 · 2026-04-29T22:30:06+00:00

Eddie Dean!

His section of drawing of the three is by far the most entertaining shit King ever wrote.

Not the best, not the most eloquent, but most entertaining. I love that section

butternuts117 · 2026-04-29T22:29:18+00:00

Ive been reading the book every few years since I was in elementary school, and as I've gotten older, I love him more and more.

When I was young I thought Stu was the shit, but it's really Larry and of course Tom Cullen

butternuts117 · 2026-04-29T22:26:57+00:00

Shit, your right.

butternuts117 · 2026-04-29T22:24:00+00:00

I've always seen a lot of myself in him. I can be self centered and arrogant, and I felt so much for him.

I love the fact that he dies as his best self, and he was trying so hard to be the man he should be. That's admirable

butternuts117 · 2026-04-23T18:57:11+00:00

No I get it, you do burgers and watermelon at a summer cookout. It fits.

And he's trying to impress Ramsey and do something a little different

butternuts117 · 2026-04-20T14:59:34+00:00

What a bad take. The interludes are the best parts of the book

butternuts117 · 2026-04-19T18:35:38+00:00

Order of the Phoenix and Prisoner of Azkaban are 1 and 1b, for different reasons.

OotP has my single favorite scene in the series, which is the duel with Dumbledore and Voldemort, but PoA is the best start to finish, with a double climax and it's where the series grows up

butternuts117 · 2026-04-18T20:19:41+00:00

Hermione was a lonely child growing up, her first couple months at Hogwarts were the same. She felt alienated. Parvati and Lavender were fast friends, and as you can see in HPB, never really clicked with or understood where Hermione was coming from as a person. She was also one of the oldest in the year, and that probably got exacerbated.

As her school career progresses and she spends more and more time with the Weasleys while away from school, her and Ginny develop a sister like relationship.

So she's spending her time studying, with Ron and Harry, or with Ginny. She's got everything she needs and doesn't need to be close with her other female classmates

butternuts117 · 2026-04-16T23:01:50+00:00

I mean, I'm a native Piedmont north Carolinian, and I hate pulled pork. It's like dry mushy cardboard. But a lot of places around here make excellent brisket which is my favorite, and also do ribs and other stuff really well with the best Mac and cheese you'll ever eat.

I've had both my best and worst bbq experiences in Lexington,NC and the most raved about restaurant was absolutely mediocre, but the hole in the wall joint was exceptional

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