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The first 2/3 of the Outsider was amazing and I was hooked. The last third is ok, but gets a little strange. The miniseries coming up on HBO should actually be really good. That last third that’s ok on page should actually translate pretty well on screen.
Nope, new to me. I’ve been on a King kick in 2019. This year alone I did The Stand, 11.22.63, The Shining, Salem”s Lot, IT, Dead Zone, The Institute, The Outsider, Different Seasons, and The Long Walk.
You bailed early imo. 3 was just ok. 4 was very VERY good. 7 was a great, maybe BRILLIANT, ending. It's actually how the tv show LOST should have ended.
Didn't figure there was a point if I didn't like the 1st two, and those are the ones that people seem to hold in the highest regard.
The tones are VERY different across the books. King kinda rewrote Volume 1 to bring it more in line with the others, but they still vary wildly in atmosphere and writing style from book to book. 5-7 feel pretty much the same since he wrote them in a rush. I know folks who have quit on 1, since it's just.....odd. I'd power through it, even if you don't like it, and see how 2 &3 fit.facook said:
Enjoy it!!!!
blasphemy. I have read the series twice and listened to it at least three times. I can't get enough of it.
I don't know of anyone who holds one in high regard. It took me three attempts to get through one but after that I was off and running. Dark Tower 4 is a big fan favorite and you could read that one on its own as much of it is Roland telling a tale of the past. It's very good and I still cry at points of that story.
I was probably the perfect age to start DT. I read Gunslinger for the first time as a freshman in high school. Totally weird and unlike anything I'd read till then. Quickly gobbled up DT2 and then read them as quickly as I could when they came out. I stand by my original statements of each book/tier, but realize that they were/are thoughts of a super young dude.prosopis said:
I finished it but definitely didn't get what everyone loved about it. Not my type of fiction I guess.
A decent read, but oh what could have been had he lived long enough to really finish the book.prosopis said:
, then I grabbed a couple dystopian books at the library - The Feed and Robopocalypse. Anybody in here read either of these?
Agreed. I really liked the first 2/3 but the last part was meh.KarmaPolice said:
I’ve read both the feed and robopocalypse. They were entertaining enough and writing was good enough that I read at least one other book by each author. I really liked Daniel Wilson’s book 1 of clock work dynasty. I read the second feed book by mira grant but was zombie’d out and haven’t finished the series.KarmaPolice said:The Outsider was OK. I am lukewarm on late stage King.
Next up I have short book about the filming of Back to the Future
I was wondering if KP was talking about Grant's Feed because there's another PA novel out there called The Feed. I read Grants series (& really liked it). Haven't read the other.
Oh, but it gets so damn good. The second half of book 1 is better than the first - it takes a while for Sanderson to set the environment.
World building is so hard to do. He does an excellent job but you have to get through certain points of the book and there will always be story arcs you don’t care about
Thanks for the input. I know it's highly regarded, which is why I picked it up. I'll stick with it. I don't often read books of this length. I probably just need to give it more time. 200 pages is not even 20% of the way in after all
I’ve been putting this series off for a while, because I’m a little tired of dystopian novels, but your feedback is making me interested.
That's fantastic! After finishing DeMille I was looking for something along the same lines and saw a post here about the Jack Reacher books. I'm on my 3rd also, reading them in chronological order.
Looked him up after reading the above post and thought I would like them. And I do. Now on my third of the John Corey books.
Agreed just skip Zoe’s tale as it is a retelling of part of the story but from Zoe’s perspective. Or at least don’t expect it to be the next chapter after the Last Colony.
While I enjoyed the series overall I think it kind of tailed off near the end myself.shader said:
