I'm stuck on this one...

[Iowareader]

For me the book was like a bad accident. No matter how freaky it got, I couldn't put it down, even though I knew I should. Keep reading, it is intriguing in a shameful way. I read it in two days.

[shipoffools]

I'm also only 60 pages in, and keep on putting it down. It seems like nothing exciting is happening.

Maybe it'll get more exciting later on. I hope so.

[randallFlaggfan1]

Shirley you must be joking! Passing out after reading a passage? Hmmmm.

Oh and finish Gerald's Game, you cannot call yourself a King fan if you don't! lol I thought it was one of his creepier ones!

CJ, I completely agree with you. Gerald's Game IS one of his creepier stories!

[iamdawna]

I just finished this book and although it definitely doesn't rank with my favorite books of SK's, I still found it to be a good read. I liked it more than Carrie which I find to be my least favorite of his books.

[andreasmith762]

Considering the original date of this thread...I'm curious to know if they finished the book.

[GNTLGNT]

Ayuh, it was creepy-but still felt a little too feminine for me. (The pages so warm, welcoming and softly rounded...Sigh)

[Stillreading]

This is one of those polarizing novels: people either really love it or they hate it. For me I worked at this book like a champ but in the end I had to admit defeat somewhere around page 156. Perhaps contrary to the opinions of others I found the development of the scenario (i.e. how she gets stranded) the most compelling part. Once it started getting into her background story I started to get bored. Maybe even more ironic than that is -- if memory serves me correctly -- this book has links to Dolores Claiborne, which is one of my favorites, and yet references to it were hardly enough to inspire me to persevere.

In other words, you know what you like and what you don't. If you've given it a valiant shot and came up short, who cares, it's not like there isn't nearly a trillion other SK books for you to embrace. Moreover, not even SK loves all his books.

[Pucker]

I just finished a re-read of this one and was struck by the same thing the second time around as I was the first. I've always felt that Mr. King's strongest suit as a writer is his ability to draw compelling believable characters that help us to accept the often bizarre circumstances we find them in. My biggest problem with Gerald's Game is that it simply doesn't have any characters in it. We get the barest glimpse of Gerald himself and brief sketches of Jessie's family, but there really isn't a great deal of development and I just don't find Jessie, herself, particularly sympathetic. She's clearly got what I like to think of as Fran Goldsmith Syndrome. This is a fairly common human affliction that leads certain types of people to believe -- despite any and all evidence to the contrary -- that the entire known universe and all it encompasses spins on the axis of their own personal whimsy. I found the "squeaky wheel" simile a very apt descriptive of Mrs. Mahout's girl, Jessie, and found it very difficult to generate any sympathy for her at all.

[sarar]

I read this in one go!
I'm surprised so many people seem stuck on it, i really liked it! Creeped me out aswell
keep trying! its worth atleast one read!

[smunchkin]

Just finished it myself and all i can say is WOW! I did try to read it when i was younger and had trouble but give it a chance i did and i was greatly rewarded. It made me cringe cry and so many other emotions i just cant even say. This was for me definately one of the creepiest and most vividly detailed of his books. It still wows me how much dementedness can come from one mans mind. This is definitely one of the best King journeys just give yourself the time to get there!