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re: Stephen King's IT....(Update) I take back what I said, book is fantastic
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:52 pm to theGarnetWay
Posted on 4/20/17 at 5:52 pm to theGarnetWay
Sounds like GRRM.
I'm just losing focus when King uses two pages/3-4 paragraphs to basically say, "the house is at the end of the street".
Descriptive flow is essential, but it just appears overly congested at times.
I need to just fight my way through it. I'm excited for the story and I'm just complaining about the prologue basically.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 1:50 am to Scruffy
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Descriptive flow is essential, but it just appears overly congested at times.
You would hate Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man In Full. Two of my favorite books, but valid criticism in overly involved descriptions of clothing, architecture, food, and setting in general.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 8:23 am to Scruffy
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I'm just losing focus when King uses two pages/3-4 paragraphs to basically say, "the house is at the end of the street".
Descriptive flow is essential, but it just appears overly congested at times.
I tried to read the Dark Tower, and got about 100 pages in and had to stop. It was ridiculous in the description. I know i should power through it and it's a good book, but i just couldn't do it.
FWIW, i read an interview by King and he even admitted his earlier books are hard to get through. He says, himself, that he regrets that writing style because he was trying too hard to impress or show off his literary knowledge, when he should have just focused on the story and got to the point.
I'm not opposed to reading through detail, after all, i'm huge on Clancy, and that dude can go into detail for 5 pages on missile aviation mechanics, just to tell you a missile exploded.
Posted on 4/23/17 at 3:25 pm to Scruffy
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Descriptive flow is essential, but it just appears overly congested at times.
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King is always doing this. Anything he writes thats over 700 pages is pretty much in the same boat. I just got the hang of reading him and I skim those pages and paragraphs. Start picking up dialogue again? Slow down and read.
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