/lit/ opinion about his books?

The Jaunt is his best work and it's like 2 pages long.

>>9887734
I think that Misery is best, or one of bests. This ending, for me 10/10

>>9887727
The man is a legend. He creates some of the most authentic characters I've encountered in literature.

Pet Semetary made me want to have children, oddly.

>>9887740
misery's great but the ending wasn't anything particularly special

The Girl Who Lived Tom Gordon was crazy as fuck, but then again I was thirteen when I read it. Dream catcher was a crazy cool movie, when I was still master bating in dial up cable internet

>>9887727
Hearts in Atlantis is a better novel than American Pastoral.

I once watched a copy of The Stand impregnate a woman. No fucking shit.

>>9887734
A lot of his shorts are good reads.

>>9887734
fpbp
he can't write an ending for shit but his short stories are amazing

>>9887727
He's hit or miss, but he's pretty good when he's on.

>>9887727
Mindless fun. Some of them attempt to be deep--to varying degrees of success--but most are just a good way to pass the time, and there's not a damn thing wrong with that.

I find his non-horror work to be far better than the stuff he's most well known for.

>>9887727
Cervantes desu

>>9887727
I dont know the name in english but i liked that one where a bunch of guys have to run for miles until only one is left kinda like battle royale, i regret that i gave away that book

11/22/63 is the only one of his that I've read and it's absolute shit. Worse than Harry Potter.

>>9887727
He referred to himself as the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries, which is accurate. Fine for what he's trying to accomplish and has some solid books/short stories. I'll always have fond memories of his work because he was in the group of kind of shitty authors that made me enjoy reading at a young age.

Listen say whatever the fuck you want but the early Dark Tower books are some of the comfiest adventuring I know of

Every few years I realize hes still alive and I have to remind myself that he hasnt died of cancer despite all of photos of him giving me the impression that hes got some terminal illness.

>>9890303
Kinda goes down hill after book 4 though and the ending is one of the worst things I've ever read. Book 4 is the comfiest shit though.

Of no literary quality, but I found them fun as a kid.

>mfw I tell plebs that I like him even though I don't consider him good and their brains implode trying to realize that objective quality exists

How much ancient literature has SK read?

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>>9891709
He himself admits it. I don't know why it's such a shock.

>>9887727
>Great
Dark Tower, IT
>Okay
Everything else he's wrote

what is his best collection

>>9890262
The Long Walk. His best book IMO-all the books he wrote under the Bachman pseudonym are among his best.

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His best work is mediocre and he is overhyped normie tier garbage writing for idiot housewives and man-children. That said, I have read most of his books and do enjoy his direct and clear writing style, and his endless well of ideas. He protrays characters in a very believable way, and his stories always have elements to them that make it seem as if horrors within could really be lurking jusg around the corner sometimes. /lit/ is incredibly elitist, however, so they will never admit to enjoying his books since Stephen King is literally the most normie of adult fiction. Almost every normie that reads novels has a few King books lying around.

I say: try his books out, and if you enjoy them keep going. Form your own opinion instead of taking one from the /lit/ hivemind. Start with Carrie, The Shining, and Salem's Lot. It and The Stand are alright, but they are long reads. Avoid Tommy Knockers; and if you can't stand a King novel after the first 50 pages then drop it. His books typically pull you in and if you aren't hooked by then its too late. I make exceptions to this for books like It and Dreamcatcher. It gets better and better for example but starts off shittily.

>>9887727
He's better than Franzen

>>9892183

this

The guys that I met and that like Stephen king were normies

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>>9891953
Different Seasons and Hearts in Atlantis are his best IMO.

i like his books, yes they are on the simple side but he has does well making stories out of simple ideas.

my favourite is 11.22.63, and the more i read of him the more i think he is better away from horror