And there was no consequence other than divorce. No charges pressed. No jail time.

And all the insinuation that Ryle needs to be forgiven. So angry.

And when some people are like “omg gimme a CoHo male love interest” I’m like omg you all need therapy

It could 100% replace y/a authors and other generic books but not literature or poetry.

I own a copy of ISWU (a moment of madness on my part) but haven't read it yet. I just asked my friends who have read it straight up: is it worth it? Apparently there are never any real repercussions for Ryle and yeahhhh... all the justification for the underage sex stuff too. Eeesh. Every book she has which is billed as romance seems to actually just have a bunch of problematic and toxic relationships in it, from emotionally manipulative men to full on stalkers who are made out to seem "sweet" and "misunderstood". And female characters who are just walked all over. It really bothers me that this is an author whose works are pushed all over at a very young demographic

I did prefer Century Rain, but it was a while back and I need to read it again. Of all his novels, it’s certainly the outlier.

I just listened to a podcast where it said a rabbi put in scripture reference and tradition and the sermon spit out he read at synagogue and then told those listening he didn’t write it and to guess who did. And most guessed a rabbi who is know as a great orator.

Wild!

Been in IT 25 years now. It's kind of dragging, to be honest.

I actually love Stephen King in early long-winded sprawling mode from his beer years. It's why The Stand is my favorite of his books and one of my favorite novels. For me, the problem with IT is the way it's too long. That's like he committed to this structure where you see each kid have their own individual confrontation with It, alone, each one in succession, and then the structure of the book is that this gets repeated over and over. It gets very repetitive and is a screwball way to structure a novel.

Have you ever watched an episode of VH1's Behind the Music? It was a documentary series that was very popular in the 90s. I don't know for sure, but I would bet money that Reid was inspired by it, because this book felt like an extended episode of it. As such, I experienced quite a bit of nostalgia as I was reading this and therefore loved it. But my larger point is I don't think it was lazy writing at all. I think what she was doing was very intentional.

Okay those are terrible takes on the book seeing as there is A LOT to critique it.

I mean, it’s a book on domestic violence that was going to get a colouring book and is portrayed as a romance more often than it’s not

Rival human intellect? Yes, certainly. Rival human emotion? I doubt it. And that's the key for me. Stories, for me, are mostly about emotions.

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Agreed. Have you read Starts? Im wondering if there’s any resolution to this in the sequel. But from what I’ve gleaned, it’s mainly focused on justifying the whole Atlast having sex with underage Lily situation lol. So many problematic ideas. How did this author get so viral…

Looks like it's also saying at the very end that you realize your passion is dying when you again feel that fire for a different person.

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>and flashbacks

The flashbacks were some of the best parts. They showed how fucked up Derry was whenever IT was active. Blowing up the ironworks, killing the gang (I forget their name now), the Black Spot fire all built up the threat that was under the town. The Eddie Corcoran flashback was nasty too, one of the few first hand looks at a Pennywise attack that was successful.

So no, I don't really agree.

😂😂

With the exception of Carrie. Possibly my favorite King book because of how short, sweet, and to the point it is.

It was. When I reread it and I get to the latter half, I get more interested in the Interludes.

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If I go to the circus, I don't complain if I see clowns. ;)

If I go to TIK TOK, (the place where 10 morons danced like idiots, while people were dying of COVID**)**, I don't expect to find a discussion with cultural content, maturity, intelligence.
It makes no sense to criticize the stupidity of that social network, as it is a stupid container.
So if I want interesting discussions I don't do them in the square of fools, but on the appropriate forums, or in real life etc..
In short, don't expect to find water in the desert. :)

>Fairy Tale

That book needed a lot of pruning.

"Subject to suffering bouts of diarrhea at the typewriter" - his very own words about himself

I'm currently 40% through the same book and yeah I agree. Some parts are just not really necessary.