tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800091210753201638.post861112804977398202..comments2023-06-04T17:53:06.332+01:00Comments on Neil Is The Best Dalek: The Bookcase Of Fear #5Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800091210753201638.post-30853830769923374002014-04-27T02:36:28.775+01:002014-04-27T02:36:28.775+01:00I've just read On Writing this year, whilst do...I've just read On Writing this year, whilst doing a Creative Writing course - and I've just finished a reflective piece of work in which I extensively quoted King. Coincidence?! Uh, actually, yeah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800091210753201638.post-71267812036766757912014-04-26T16:43:08.729+01:002014-04-26T16:43:08.729+01:00I don't know about King. I *really* enjoyed Th...I don't know about King. I *really* enjoyed The Shining, and - apart from some small, serious glitches - I think It worked brilliantly. I enjoyed a few shorter stories like The Langoliers and The Shawshank Redemption, and what I read of The Green Mile (years ago before my sister borrowed it) was really great. I think he's got a zingy, pulpy style that draws me in and leaves me satisfied. But then... Carrie was protracted and self-defeating, Christine and Cujo were too boring and awful (respectively) to even finish, his short stories veer all over the place like a drunk driver, and I can already think of more negatives than positives to say about The Stand.<br /><br />So. When he's on form, I like Stephen King. (Though when any writer is on form, you like 'em.) I'm keen to read more, at least. Glutton for punishment?<br /><br />Jones's book definitely felt like it was geared towards kids. They could do better.Neil Is The Best Dalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049901367710121384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8800091210753201638.post-57953319392873235342014-04-26T16:35:13.306+01:002014-04-26T16:35:13.306+01:00Would you REALLY say you were a Stephen King FAN?
...Would you REALLY say you were a Stephen King FAN?<br /><br />'The prose is friendly and silly, but rarely witty.' - Agreed, the two and a half stories of Evil Machines I could bring myself to read before running away screaming were 'SILLY' but not 'FUNNY'. The kind of thing that might be worth a chuckle visually in a sketch, with a Blues Brothers-esque overkill on police raids and terrorists dropping bombs on innocent families (who don't react) because of queues at the post office (all very Python-esque) are not at all amusing to read on the page in rambling stories. But maybe that's just Jones's clumsy obvious and patronising writing style. The kind of thing you might like as a kid but would quickly grow out of, which isn't how good children's writing should work.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494007896945358812noreply@blogger.com