Book Review: The Dark Tower

[janissaryjames]

A lot of people think Stephen King is a really good writer. Let's not mince words. Those people are idiots. Oh, he's no Dan Brown, don't get me wrong. He can string a plot together without resorting to the most basic of stereotypes. But in the encyclopedia, next to the entry for "Hack" there is a picture of Linus Torvaldis, inventor of Linux. Then

Comments

[pixiebelle]

yay! Someone else who thinks Stephen King is awful. In middle school, I read his books and liked them, I read a ton. As I got older though, I realized just how terrible his writing really is. It got on my nerves to read any book by him. That is also my opinion, not meaning to offend anyone here.

[janissaryjames]

The problem is, he is such a good writer of environment, but his characters are crap and the plots are repetitive.

[pixiebelle]

I got annoyed by his wording sometimes. In one particular story I read, he used the word whino so much, I actually got annoyed. I agree with the plotds and character thing too.

[cate211]

Note to self: Don't read Stephen King. Wait, I don't already. I have a book or two of his and I never get past a chapter or two without saying "eh, nevermind"

You should review this on the book club.

[cate211]

nevermind, you already did...man I should really start reading my friends pages backwards instead of foreward :P

[heeroluva]

He's good at imagery. Other than that he sucks. So that means he sucks most of the time.

[meyoung]

It's easy to read The Stand when you can't sleep.