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Weekly “what are you reading” Thread #52 :marseyreading:

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To discuss your weekly readings of books, textbooks and papers.

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I'm started readings some Chekhov's short-stories. First one was “The Kiss”.

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Out camping, final book of the Dark Tower series.

He's really going overboard with giving everything two or three different AU names. The ka-tet, following kef, approached Duvon-Tor, known by the locals as Ruytim Hins, spoke to the kaheen surrounded by low men

You get kinda annoyed where it's like, the mystery of the entirely of book 5 existed just as a vague non-answer here. Children are stolen, return retarded. Why? Their mental life force helps the Breakers. Ok, but how? Did the they need it? Did the actions of book 5 affect how things are now? Why this one specific town? Why not just grab random kids across the country as needed? Why not breed your own little human farm closeby in captivity?

And I'm really getting my almonds activated about the fourth wall breaking. When describing the books to my wife, I mentioned how the magic balls and little turtle thing were basically a deus ex machina. They exist so King can have them do whatever is needed for the plot to continue. Then later in the books, the characters think to themselves if Stephen King used a deus ex machina in the form of the turtle. It was so goddamn obvious to even an idiot like me, but Stephen King still painfully spelled out "yeah the turtle exists in case I write myself into a corner, i just have the turtle magically fix everything" RIGHT INTO THE GODDAMN BOOK

I don't understand how he's such an acclaimed author. Everything is too long, too weird, too much pedophilia. He creates interesting worlds but you really have to skim through it and fill in the gaps yourself

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Wow, you must be a JP fan.

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I don't understand how he's such an acclaimed author. Everything is too long, too weird, too much pedophilia.

I felt the same way after reading “IT”.

Stephen King is good at world-building, he has a creative imagination and the first chapters of IT were page turners. But then there's so much pointless filler, too many long-butt descriptions of mundane settings, too many characters backgrounds and flashbacks where he tells the reader their whole biographies and it just goes nowhere.

I feel like that book would be much better if it was trimmed by 300-400 pages. I won't even comment on his unnecessary and unasked child orgy. Does the Dark Tower includes libertarian moments as well? I wasn't a fan of the gian turtle either, that was just trying to be weird for the sake of it.

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He really loves backstories. The entirety of book 4 and most of book 5 was backstory. I'm now learning all about a character we just met and how he tried getting into the army and :marseypop2: :marseywords: none of it matters because we already established literally anything can happen in this universe, so we don't need 100 pages of justification for why this person can do this thing

>Does the Dark Tower includes p-do moments as well?

  • Offhand comment about how, given the opportunity, the succubus would've r*ped the 12 year old

  • Informing the reader that the newborn has a giant, quivering, erect peepee

  • And while it's not actually sexual, i kekked a little that there's a point in the story where an old priest and young boy enter a hotel room together.

  • Edit: the young boy gets a hug from a preteen girl. King informs us that he can feel her small, hard breasts against his chest

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His obsession to detail needless backstories, his deux-ex machinas and weak endings are the reason why I don't consider him a good writer. He'a a good and creative storyteller, that's why he's popular but darn, he really needs an editor.

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>The characters are all discussing similar dreams they had last night

Jake had barely noticed; his thoughts had turned in another direction. "I wonder if Stephen King ever uses dreams in his writing. You know, as yeast to make the plot rise."

Jesus Christ. This is so far beyond breaking the fourth wall. This is outright admitting -- again -- that he's a hack and will take the laziest tropes to finish a story

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