Wordy Words on WordsI’m a big King reader and when people find out, I usually get one of two reactions:
1) Ew. I don’t like horror/King/white male authors.
2) I’ve never read a King book but I know he’s popular. If I WANTED to read one, which one should I pick?
I suspect the reason people haven’t read Kings (when they don’t hate the idea in the first place) is because they’ve seen the size of It, Needful Things, The Stand, Tommyknockers, etc etc etc and are intimidated.
So I ask if they like horror, as King does so much more than just horror.
If they say yes, I direct them to this book.
I wouldn’t say it’s his strongest book, but I would say it probably has the most King tropes boiled down to the minimum level before the sauce turns to goop, if you know what I mean.
It’s short but loaded with horror and the werewolf aspect is a comfortable cultural touchstone. People know what werewolves are where they might not be familiar with the lore of, say, killer shapeshifting sewer clowns.
It’s also got enough of King’s… we’ll say social commentary.
There’s more of everything in other books, but if anyone wanted to give King a shot and they liked horror, this is a good taste.
This edition, though… ugh. H&S printed this as part of their big re-do of the Kingbow and it’s a size that doesn’t match with a spine that doesn’t match in an already questionable theme.
For context, for whatever reason, this second stab at a Kingbow features neutral and pastel colors and absolutely zero organization as a total collection. They could have gone ROYGBIV from first book to last but no. Or they could have kept this fuckin’ thing going to fill in the big gaps but no - newer paperbacks have different spines with colors that don’t fit the theme.
Seriously guys, what the hell? All the heavy lifting was already done! How hard is it to just KEEP GOING?
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1) Ew. I don’t like horror/King/white male authors.
2) I’ve never read a King book but I know he’s popular. If I WANTED to read one, which one should I pick?
I suspect the reason people haven’t read Kings (when they don’t hate the idea in the first place) is because they’ve seen the size of It, Needful Things, The Stand, Tommyknockers, etc etc etc and are intimidated.
So I ask if they like horror, as King does so much more than just horror.
If they say yes, I direct them to this book.
I wouldn’t say it’s his strongest book, but I would say it probably has the most King tropes boiled down to the minimum level before the sauce turns to goop, if you know what I mean.
It’s short but loaded with horror and the werewolf aspect is a comfortable cultural touchstone. People know what werewolves are where they might not be familiar with the lore of, say, killer shapeshifting sewer clowns.
It’s also got enough of King’s… we’ll say social commentary.
There’s more of everything in other books, but if anyone wanted to give King a shot and they liked horror, this is a good taste.
This edition, though… ugh. H&S printed this as part of their big re-do of the Kingbow and it’s a size that doesn’t match with a spine that doesn’t match in an already questionable theme.
For context, for whatever reason, this second stab at a Kingbow features neutral and pastel colors and absolutely zero organization as a total collection. They could have gone ROYGBIV from first book to last but no. Or they could have kept this fuckin’ thing going to fill in the big gaps but no - newer paperbacks have different spines with colors that don’t fit the theme.
Seriously guys, what the hell? All the heavy lifting was already done! How hard is it to just KEEP GOING?
#books #bookrecommendation #booktok #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #booksky #readersofpixelfed #read #readinglog #stephenking #cycleofthewerewolf #hodder
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