What do I tell people who say Stephen King's are scary and (get this) morally filthy?

[Speedygi81]

After being away from the forums for quite awhile, I have decided to come back to my good friends here. I do miss you, guys, and love all of you.

A question that recently popped into my mind is a startling one, and is one I am not particularly fond of, but is something I care about deeply...

Why am I always branded odd for loving to read SK? I always hear people say that his books are "Moral Trash," are his books really supposed to be viewed as evil or bad influence ?

Please give you thoughts here and ideas on how to deal with such criticism too.

[kingricefan]

Well, for me anyway, at the core of any King novel stands love. They're always about love and the human condition. I don't get why people view his writings as evil. When someone says something negative about his works, I always tell them they don't know what they're talking about and/or missing.

[mjs9153]

Well, for me anyway, at the core of any King novel stands love. They're always about love and the human condition. I don't get why people view his writings as evil. When someone says something negative about his works, I always tell them they don't know what they're talking about and/or missing.

EXACTLY what I was going to say,so..Ditto..
Also,where Pet Sematary is concerned,it is about love,love so hard you can't let go..and the epic fail of trying not too,resulting in disaster..and it is all human condition there too,who amongst us who have lost loved ones didn't wish they could cure them and bring them back?Things to think about for sure,SK does it more eloquently than anyone I've seen..

[Shoesalesman]

Well, for me anyway, at the core of any King novel stands love. They're always about love and the human condition.

Having just finished Pet Sematary, I cannot concur more. Well said.

[Speedygi81]

It's pretty hard to take a story like Duma Key or Pet Sematary and say it's about love though. It's such a stretch even I don't think I can justify convincingly.

[GNTLGNT]

It's pretty hard to take a story like Duma Key or Pet Sematary and say it's about love though. It's such a stretch even I don't think I can justify convincingly.

...oh Holy Hell yes, they're about love....for me, Duma is learning to love ones-self and others, while Semetary is about love so strong, one can't imagine losing or giving it up...people that cast about such crap, generally have never read one iota of anything King has written-and believe like sheeple, what others tell them, or base their specious judgements on seeing a film adaptation...in other words, tell em to go have intercourse with themselves and enjoy King guilt free...

[Todash]

It's pretty hard to take a story like Duma Key or Pet Sematary and say it's about love though. It's such a stretch even I don't think I can justify convincingly.

You think? I haven't yet read Pet Sematary (I KNOW GUYS, I KNOW), but Duma Key ... Duma Key is about nothing BUT love. There's so much love in that book. It's the prime motive for everything the good guys do. It's what makes their decisions so easy--and yet so hard. From front to back, that book is full of love. Heck, at its core, it's mostly about how love can complicate things, make things harder, and how sometimes you accidentally hurt people because you love them, and also how sometimes when you love people, you have to let them go if that's what they need, even when it hurts you beyond what you thought you could stand.

[kingricefan]

It's pretty hard to take a story like Duma Key or Pet Sematary and say it's about love though. It's such a stretch even I don't think I can justify convincingly.

One man's love for his family? (Pet Semetary)

[Chuggs]

It's pretty hard to take a story like Duma Key or Pet Sematary and say it's about love though. It's such a stretch even I don't think I can justify convincingly.

I think its easy to say that they are both about love. Love drives these characters (the main ones), but it does not always lead to the correct answers/actions/whatever. But there is definately love in them.

[Sepia and Dust]

Why am I always branded odd for loving to read SK? I always hear people say that his books are "Moral Trash," are his books really supposed to be viewed as evil or bad influence ?

Please give you thoughts here and ideas on how to deal with such criticism too.

I'd say that you should start talking with a better class of people.