Heh. Balling.

I read Pet Semetary, thought that one was a little lackluster. Haven't read The Shining or Carrie yet though, I ought to fix that since I'm a fan of the films. I really think that 1408 doesn't get the recognition it deserves due to it being a short story and overshadowed by one of his other short stories, Shawshank.

Pet Cemetary is pretty sweet, but as with most Stephen King books, the ending was ruined because King just had to show the monster too much for the sake of a boring climax. Same thing happened with Salem's Lot. That ending was just terrible.

Carrie is great if you accept that it's the first book of a thriller writer. It's unpolished and kind of amateurish at times TBH, but has far more emotional impact for me than his other books.

IT has its (heh) moments too, I've come to accept that sort of thing with King.

[QUOTE=The Batlord;1620000]Pet Cemetary is pretty sweet, but as with most Stephen King books, the ending was ruined because King just had to show the monster too much for the sake of a boring climax. Same thing happened with Salem's Lot. That ending was just terrible.

I haven't finished Salem's Lot yet, but once again i am not optimistic with the ending..
I didn't like the endings of The Stand, Bag of bones, Under the dome, It too. He is such a talented author though..

The Stand's ending was fucking stupid.

Yes it was.. However, i still believe that it is his best book..
Just forget the last 50 pages

A bad ending really spoils my enjoyment of a movie or book. It's why I'm not a fan of (get out your umbrellas, here comes the ****storm) Farenheit 451.

EDIT: Some ******* on the news just spoiled the ending to the new Dr. Seuss book. I was really looking forward to that. Son of a bitch.

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The Imago Sequence - Laird Barron

A collection of short stories and a novella by a somewhat recent and very good horror author Laird Barron. He definitely wears his Lovecraft influences on his sleeves but I'd say he's a bit more personable and far more interested in writing protagonists. Definitely a good recommendation if you're into Clive Barker.

Gonna start reading this today.

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Bailed on the last one and decided to re-read V for Vendetta instead.