So, I started reading Moby Peepee, and I didn’t expect this book would be so funny. I’m currently on chapter 13, and up to this point Ishmael and Queequeg had so many “no homo” moments. Can’t wait for the Captain Ahab chapters.
I’ve also finished “It” by Stephen King. It was my first King book, and god, I didn’t expected for it to be 50% filler, so many pointless 
and endless backstories of side characters that never show up again, plus the creepy child gangbang 
near the end had some “50 shades of Grey” tier writing. A friend of mine recommended me “The Shining” but l’m not quite sure anymore.
What do you guys recommend?
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The Sining is good and definitely different than the movie for a few reasons. In the book, you really see Jack's descent into madness through his thoughts and how he justifies his bad actions and his resentment towards his wife regarding his drinking problem rather than taking responsibility. It was like King was writing his own thoughts and state of mind as an alcoholic. So, in the book, Jack starts normal and goes crazy. In the movie, Jack just seems crazy off the bat because Jack Nicholson seems like someone who maybe terrorized a family in a haunted hotel in real life.
Anyway, I am on a mystery /detective novel kick and just finished The Big Sleep. Quick, fun read if you like mysteries
I think I'm going to read Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow next
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I like how every form of
was thrown at the protagonist and he swatted them all like gnats
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That one b-word, Carmen, was absolutely insufferable. I just wanted to
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I knew Jack Nicholson was going to snap the moment the guy told him the previous hotel keeper murdered his family. So the book is more psychological? That seems like an interesting take
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Yeah, it really shows how tortured he is, how he gets really crazy and what's going on in his mind the whole time. I actually might read it again now that I'm talking about it.
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Have you read King's Mr. Mercedes trilogy? It's so different from his other books that I almost believe the ghost writer rumor, but it's an interesting attempt at doing the "private eye sleuth" genre
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No, that looks right up my alley though. I'm putting them on my reading list. Did you like them?
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I think a good caveat is that I generally enjoy most of his stuff, even desite the obvious and sometimes laughable flaws.
In general, I'd say the the Mercedes books ("Finders Keepers" trilogy) are upper-middle decent popcorn stories, ok enough to comfortably surf thru a couple long airplane flights. I mostly think they're interesting bc they feel very out of pocket versus everything else he wrote before.
It's a little hamfistedly clear he's trying to "do" the detective genre schtick with them, but it mostly works.
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Same here. I think his stuff is a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the Dark Tower series even though there was r-slurred schlock in there
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Nice. Something about the DT books just hooks me. I read them all in book form years ago, but also have them on audio book and have prob listened thru the whole cycle 6 or 7 times on long drives and flights.
I find more and more gaping holes and story problems on each listen, but Frank Muller & George Guidall's narrations are both peak auditory kino.
If you enjoyed the Tower books, then I recommend The Talisman & it's sequel Black House. The former has the same elegiac/nostalgic feels as the better parts of the DT books, and Black House has a good sprinkling of detective/noir. They're very very different books, but IMO Black House would be incomprehensible and probably not enjoyable if you haven't read the Talisman first.
The Eyes of the Dragon is an honorable mention, and IMO the plot is decently well grounded despite it being his attempt at writing a high fantasy fairy tale. Likewise The Wind Through the Keyhole.
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