Am I the only one who wasn't really satisfied with the ending? *Spoilers*

[Raq]

I have to agree. As much as I like Koontz (in fact The Taking will always be one of my favourite books) I think he is afraid (?) to kick the reader in the face. It's always happy and sweet at the end while in King's books you don't have any guarantee that the character will even make it to the end. As much as I loved Wireman, I think that his death is in fact a good thing, because it just makes the sadness stronger and the book feels heavier with it's impact

[Jack Torrance]

I kind of felt that everything they had gone through that those two would have moved in with each other and been roomies. Or at least live in the same town as each other. I was kind of surprised Edgar would move back to Minnesota. I would have thought that would have been to painful. Plus, Pam lives there I would think he'd want to get as far away from her as possible. Of course too much went down in Florida. But just go tag along with Wireman instead.

The death of Wireman does stand out more though of course.

[JohnDalglish]

Hi,

I'm just re-reading Misery and it struck me how much the general opinion about the death of Wireman (and etc) resembled Annie Wilkes attitude to the death of Misery Chastain.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Jack Roman]

I think you hit the nail right on the head. That's exactly the way I took it.

[Amy_Heath]

I agree with you, I sort of felt like all of a sudden all this information was being chucked at me. I was gutted when Wireman died, I was hoping for a reunion. :'(

[JohnDalglish]

I agree with you, I sort of felt like all of a sudden all this information was being chucked at me. I was gutted when Wireman died, I was hoping for a reunion. :'(

Hi,

Re your spoiler.

I'm hoping for a twinner in the Territories in Talisman 3.

Long days and pleasant nights

[sandiego39]

that is a good point john

[GNTLGNT]

No character is sacred, nor plot line untouchable. It's like life-no guarantees and unexpected trips down rutted and overgrown side-roads are the norm. Uncle Steve offers us a good story-but no promises...

[Carb-Orator]

Because killing off the characters that he builds up for you to love, causes strong emotion. Isn't that the point of writing a book? To get in people's heads? I have gotten ticked off time and time again, but after reading Sk novels for over 20 years, I'm sort of used to it. It's very upsetting, but that's what I love about Sk's work is that it makes me FEEL deeply. Even if people don't die, when I finish reading a book, it's like they died because I'm done with the book. It's like saying goodbye to old friends. My fav's IT, Talisman and The Stand, I fell in love with all of the characters, it made me care about them like they were a part of my life. How magical is that? It's an amazing transformation, especially when a character dies and it ticks you off or it ruins your day, or makes you even cry. I have been devasted time and time again and come back for more. Wireman was old, and it's almost as if he lived long enough to see this whole mess was cleaned up and then he could go on to a better place. He had done his job. This was a really great book in my opinion. Lots of great, intriguing ideas and a nice race to the finish, keeping me on the edge of my seat. I loved the childhood efar part of it, which in my mind is classic SK. I would like to see more of that, where I think it's been sort of lacking lately in some of his books.

As for Koontz- I could say a few things about him. I used to read him, but he ticked me off and I haven't gone back. He treats me like I'm stupid and I don't like that, plus my hubby read the Fog and said that every chapter started of with something about the fog. We got it.... it's "foggy". ugh... Won't read any of his stuff anymore.