Well, whether they set out to write one or not, to me it reads like one.Moderator I'm really curious to know if SK and Owen meant for Sleeping Beauties to be allegorical. Would you pretty please ask them?
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Well, whether they set out to write one or not, to me it reads like one.Moderator I'm really curious to know if SK and Owen meant for Sleeping Beauties to be allegorical. Would you pretty please ask them?
was that the World would turn to cr#p if Man was left to his own devices but with Woman as a calming, sensible influence the World is a much better place
was that the World would turn to cr#p if Man was left to his own devices but with Woman as a calming, sensible influence the World is a much better place
I would go beyond even the man vs. woman thing and say that the moral is that people need to respect one another in order for the species to continue.
The was...okay. Okay, I won't beat around the bush, I didn't really like it all that much. The first half of it was pretty damn good but the last half was hard to get through. What I dislike the most about it is that Stephen King has written this book before and with better results. This book is UNDER THE DOME without the dome. It is THE STAND without Mother Abigail and Randall Flagg. It is THE GREEN MILE without John Coffey. It is STORM OF THE CENTURY with a female Andre Linoge. When you're going to write a rehash of your own work, at least make it appealing (like certain Dean Koontz books that rip off COLD FIRE) and not a chore to get through (like other Dean Koontz books that I'd rather forget about). I didn't really like Joe Hill's THE FIREMAN that much (I mean, it was okay, ya know?) but I did like it more than this one. Personally, I prefer GWENDY'S BUTTON BOX of the releases this year. I'm not the kind of person who says that King has lost something in his later years. He hit a stumbling block in the 90s and early 2000s but returned to form (at least for me) right around DUMA KEY. I absolutely adore the novel, REVIVAL, and I'm looking forward to THE OUTSIDER next year. SLEEPING BEAUTIES was a stinker but I have high hopes for the next one...besides, I have my suspicions that Holly Gibney's going to show up and I really like that gal!
Thank you very much!...welcome Cody!....
Hi and welcome Cody Williams
Got the book for Christmas have read 60 pages and I’m loving it .Typical King with the character building back stories well pleased with it .I don`t see an actual thread here for the book, or maybe I`m blind.
If some other thread in here is for the book discussion, then feel free to delete this one.
So, anyone started it yet?
First impressions?
I am 80 pages in, a lot of stuff already happened, but it is way to early to tell anything, whether it is good or not.
For now, all I can say is that I`m supper happy to have a new book in my hands....
I don`t see an actual thread here for the book, or maybe I`m blind.
If some other thread in here is for the book discussion, then feel free to delete this one.
So, anyone started it yet?
First impressions?
I am 80 pages in, a lot of stuff already happened, but it is way to early to tell anything, whether it is good or not.
For now, all I can say is that I`m supper happy to have a new book in my hands....
I'm like 80 pages in. Hope it gets better.I don`t see an actual thread here for the book, or maybe I`m blind.
If some other thread in here is for the book discussion, then feel free to delete this one.
So, anyone started it yet?
First impressions?
I am 80 pages in, a lot of stuff already happened, but it is way to early to tell anything, whether it is good or not.
For now, all I can say is that I`m supper happy to have a new book in my hands....
That’s a gorgeous picture!View attachment 24640 This is our Hockney in our bedroom. Just incase you're wondering, Clint had a similar one in his office that Lila had bought him.