Just finished the first 2 hyperion books this summer finally and was kicking myself that I didn't read them earlier. I liked the first 2 stormlight books as well but didn't read the series after that.
I read the first two Hyperion books three years ago and I love both books. I might do a reread of them before I read the last two books. The first book especially is my favorite. It's Canterbury Tales meet Sci Fi. I loved each characters tale. Each one was so unique and strange. Totally gripping stuff. It's by far one of the best sci fi universe I have read
As for Stormlight, I loved all of Sanderson Cosmere books despite the flaws. But I felt that the latest Stormlight Archive book was full of woke stuff that wasn't even there before. It was obnoxious how in your face it was. He doesn't really talk politics in his RL which was a surprise when it was featured prominently. I can't stand the fanbase since they always came off as super cringe and super liberal. I just read Isle of The Emberdark last month which is his latest Cosmere book and thankfully, I haven't read anything that was obnoxiously woke. I'm still looking forward to his future Cosmere stuff but I'm kind of being more cautious about it
It's fine if that doesn't bother you, if you like the latest Stormlight Archive book more power to you
I think the general consensus is Holly sucks. I think a lot of people were turned off by it.
I was considering getting this but I wasn't sure since I heard it's more of King going into the Crime Genre. I still havent' read a lot of modern King yet. When it comes to modern stuff of his, I read The Wind Through The Keyhole, Doctor Sleep and Revival. With the exception of Revival, I loved the other two books I mentioned. Revival was just good
When it comes to modern King, I want to read Fairy Tale, The Outsider, The Institute, You Like It Darker, 11/22/63, The BIll Hodge Trilogy, and Under The Dome. There was one book of his I do regret buying despite not reading it yet that's more modern King and that's Sleeping Beauties, once I heard how bad and agenda driven the plot was, I decided not to read it. So Holly is a skip for me
Its interesting to look at kings life in totality and how he has written child orgies in It been blasted out of his mind on coke to being preachy about vaccines in a book published 2 years ago.
The book is fiction and not real so I don't have an issue with it and don't think it should be banned. That child orgy part was uncomfortable for me to get through. I thought it was totally unnecessary but IT is still in my Top Five King. I do agree with you that he shouldn't be preaching about stuff in his books since he does come off as a bit of a hypocrite
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and I have talked about king several times so they might know more about his more recent work Benny. I haven't read any if his recent stuff
I haven't read lot of his recent stuff but only like three books. I plan to read his more modern books next year
Let me preface by saying he has become one of my favorite authors the last few years. The Stand, The Dark Tower, Pet Sematary, It, The Green Mile. I like his short stories even better. He's undoubtedly one of the best authors of the modern era. I follow him on twitter and know he has really gotten into talking about politics the last few years. Whatever, that is his prerogative and I don't care. I can separate the art from the artist no problem.
That's how I am too. I'm fine with someone being as left wing or right wing on social media as long as they don't let their personal politics effect their art to the point where it gets preachy
Which brings me to this pile of shit:
I needed something to listen to on my commute and saw this pop up in my recommendations on Spotify. Came out in 2023. Alright Stephen let's hear it.
Holy shit. Just in the first few hours:
- black kid murdered by police senselessly. Long diatribes about this.
- protag's mom is a trump supporter who refuses to take a Covid vaccine and dies.
- antagonists are evil white bigots
- gay Latin man victim
- gay, vegan, black woman victim
- long diatribes about name brand vaccines. Everyone is constantly saying which shots they got.
- a trailer park where the owner tells the protag Covid is a hoax.
- diatribes about climate change.
This is sad to hear, King is actually a great writer that despite being liberal, he used to be able to write his books in a way where whenever he did go into politics, it always felt natural. I guess he's definitely got the woke virus
At this point at the trailer park when a woman knitting a sweater started talking about climate change I decided to tap out. Is he trying to get a job writing videogames or something? Absolutely embarrassing.
It feels so hamfisted and amateurish. If the book was good I would keep going but it's so slow. And to be clear I would feel the exact same way if he was shoehorning Ben Shapiro talking points into his books. It honestly made me sad because he was so incredibly good in the past. Is all of his modern stuff like this?
Agree with the bolded
Last year I read Five King books back to back and while I loved most of them, I do have King burnout. When I read those five books back to back, I noticed he tends to write the same for every book and I noticed the tropes he used. Like the psychotic bully, preacher with a alcoholic problem, taking too long to actually start the plot of the book, being set in Maine, etc. He's a great writer but his constant use of those tropes I especially noticed when I read those five books back to back.
Right now, I've been reading The Long Walk by him and while it's really good, I still have burnout from him, so the book is going to get a lower than I expected grade. I love how detailed his prose is but sometimes he goes into so much detail that I think he has undiagnosed autism.
I only read 21 books by him so I haven't read a lot of King yet
