What are you all reading?

I think Roland deserved what he got in the end (he's a pretty un-redeemable character and learns his mistakes too late). But the way it happened was really lazy writing.

It's probably the biggest cop-out since the Ring trilogy. I'll save you the bother:

Spoiler:

They stole the idea from dot hack sign!

Oh you mean the book Loop...that was written in 1998?

You know...like The Da Vinci Code that ripped off Broken Sword...even though the symbolism idea was already done in Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade in 1989.

I'm sorry I'm not on the same level of nerdiness as you

kimdealslover wrote:

I think Roland deserved what he got in the end (he's a pretty un-redeemable character and learns his mistakes too late). But the way it happened was really lazy writing.

It's probably the biggest cop-out since the Ring trilogy. I'll save you the bother:

Spoiler:

Oy deserved better.

Well, Oy was destined to die, since he was basically 'lovable pet' designed to pull at heartsrings and invoke shit J-RPG humour.

I didn't miss him. I was just pissed he didn't get bumped off sooner.

To be fair, Oy did get a pretty badass send-off. Saying that reminds me of another massive fuck-up in the books though - just what the fuck was he thinking with the irrelevant, random spider baby?

I don't get it either. I suspect that Susannah was meant to die after she shagged that spirit from when they rescued Jake; but I think King listened to how how much the fanboys loved her, so he had to change her dying (which she was!) into her being pregnant.

Problem with Flagg was that he was so powerful by the end because of The Stand, Eye of the Dragon and his past in Roland's world that King couldn't really write a defeat without it looking implausible (magician vs gunslinger...nuff said). So we had this stupid man/spider bollocks instead.

Utter wank.

Fucking hell, even bringing up the mutant brat didn't remind me of the poor man in black who fled across the desert. Poor guy got totally shafted.

God, remembering how much this series pissed me off has pissed me off. I'm going to go explode the heads of some raiders.

Finished Lady Chatterly's Lover today. Turns out it has a plot and EVERYTHING.

is the plot any good?

I actually did wanted to know what happened to them, and not just their willies and lady parts.

always a sign of a good book.

STFUSTFUSTFU I haven't even read book 2 yet!!! I'm not opening this thread again till i've read them all. I hate boys.

I put a bloody big red spoiler warning in the first post to start discussing stuff!

yes but that was a page back and I read this page first :-(

P.S I was in between books, and about to start 'The birthing house' By Christopher Ransom but i've hastily put it back on the shelf and picked up 'The drawing of the Three.'

Fraser's revenge for The Prestige.

The prestige?

Apparently you spoiled The Prestige for him.

The film or the book?

The film.

Oh. The book is better by miles and its completely different. Completely different end too, so he should just read that and forget the film.

kimdealslover wrote:

The ending is pretty much the same as Black House with the 'here's another chapter...it's shitty what happens, but you don't have to read it!' bullshit. Why would you not read it? That's what usually happens in a book!

I think King's early stuff is pretty decent. I think the last decent one he ever did was Desperation. Em really liked his last full novel, Lisey's Story; but nowadays he just watches stuff off late night TV and writes it as his own (see: Cell).

I thought the cell was good. I'm still reading lisey's story. it's very slow paced.

Liseys story drags on till about 3/4's through, then it gets graphic, and interesting. Not as good as insomnia though.