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Opinions on Stephen King (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This may sound dumb, but I've never read for this man. I've always just heard about him on social media but never ventured to read his work. Opinions, please. Should I invest? Feeling like fiction lately. I've read so much non-fiction ~~through~~ throughout my life that I think I deserve a couple of fiction books to get busy with for a little while. Thanks in advance

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (5 children)

The Dark Tower series is pretty good for the first three or four books, the rest I couldn't vouch for. I find a lot of his stories hit the same beats to the point that they feel formulaic, but his best-known works - the ones you've heard of over and over again - are all worth a read.

Also, if you're looking for really long, really dense, really dark fantasy in a thoroughly rounded and meticulously crafted world, check out Steven Erikson's Malazan saga. King does horror, Erikson does horripilation.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

I really enjoyed the dark tower short in the legends of fantasy books which I highly recommend to OP to get a taste of different writers.

People's comments of the later books in the series have put me off on trying to read the series since I have plenty of other things on my list still.

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