My biggest problem with King's books is that they bore me. I want to be frightened, but the strongest emotion he gets from me is disgust and disappointment.
Sooooo true. I'm rereading IT right now and I can't believe that I like it so much as a teen, because it's repetitive as hell, same proceedings over and over with every character, endless minutia... The horror elements are so all over the place that it turns out goofy and childish, all the characters are archetypical with no dimension. It's weird to me that King is being in the conversation as a great writer like he was Faulkner or sum. Ridiculous. You can't even use his novels to kill time
His grounded stories are so much better than fantastical. Regardless i agree he will spend two pages telling about what a diner waitress who dreamt of being a dancer, what lipstick she wears, her favourite song on the jukebox and when she takes a smoke break; whereas his explanation of the fantastic he will just wrap up in two lines like’ oh yeah, the clown is now a space turtle and now its a big spider’. Never sticks the ending either just writes himself into a corner and uses a maguffin or deus ex machina to get out of it.
He drags the books way too much in order to produce "long books" So much unnecessary descriptions and details. Almost the first 75% psrt of the books are boring and only the last 25% are actually worth reading. My experience with SK hasn't been very good. I really don't understand how people go crazy for him snd exaggerate too much like "I couldn't sleep" "i had nightmares" "my heart was pounding" "it was terrifying and so scary" Didn't Scare me in the least 🤦
Exactly,like i saw clowns getting traumatised and getting terrified over Misery on reddit,like bro i had to force myself to complete that loaded pile of horsesh1t
@@suprith3072but Misery is one of his best novels, though 😂 I don't know why he's so obsessed with churning out fat books like that. Probably the sheep people get impressed by it, like yeah, the book is enormous so it gotta be a masterpiece. That's BS because his best work is in smaller format like short stories, novellas or shorter novels like Misery or Pet Sematary. Things like The Stand, IT or Under the Dome are total garbage
I've read every all of Stephen King's books, including the Richard Bachman books and his latest novel Later. His new book Billy SUmmers releases next month, August 3 2021, and I will read that too. I love Stephen King but I agree, King can ramble on subjects you coudlnt care less about and are not really important to the main plot or storyline. BUT, then I read a book like 11/22/63 and it just totally blows me away and reminds me why I love Stephen King. In recent years, King's books seem to be hit and miss, I will openly admit that. His earlier stuff is way cooler
That's interesting. When I finished 11/22/63 my first thought was that it could have been trimmed 300 pages easy. Yet after The Stand I didn't really want any of it trimmed. Agree though that some of his recent stuff is a bit tired. I was really disappointed in how he re-hashed the ending of Misery in his recent book Finders Keepers. Elevation was hot garbage.
Matheson’s _I Am Legend_ was a joy to read. The guy just kept the atmosphere alive from start to end. King OTOH is too much of a try hard at world building, but it just hurts the brain.
He uses more words than necessary. You can't write a book that is over 500 pages or evn 1,000 without bullshiting. It's all chaff. He's the only person I know who can write full chapters that mean absolutely nothing. I'd rather read my own epitaph than anything he writes.
King at his best is very good. He can be captivating, and you can fall into the story with no problem. King at his worst tends to drag on and on about some subject that’s not really that intrinsic to the story, but he keeps droning on about it, or there’s a character that makes you ask, “Why is this guy here? He adds nothing to the story, he’s apparently just there to be there.” Yes, I know you need backstory in writing, but it doesn’t need to be parsed down to microscopic bits.
As a big fan of some of Kings myself i can see all your points. What I like is how. He creates his characters but also think he often would have benefitted from an editor who would just slash his excess.
King tends to write in a conversational tone where it's like he's speaking to you personally. He's definitely got "diarhea of the keyboard (as he puts it) and it's not for everyone. He is also more interested in the journey than the destination and has no problem meandering on his way there. Ultimately, King's writing is for people who enjoy hearing stories more than reading them, and those who aren't invested in the ending.
@mikewazowski145 I wasn't intending that to be literal. An ending is obviously necessary for any story, but it's always been one of King's weaknesses. Of course, a book's climax is difficult to pull off when compared to cinema. An example would be reading about a lightsaber duel as opposed to seeing it. The Dark Tower series is definitely a case where, if the destination is as important as the journey, then you're probably going to find the whole thing unsatisfying.
There is something about his books that just don't click for me. I always feel like he drags the story WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY too much. I listened Misery and to me, that book cut have been resolved and executed in half the length. I plan to give it another chance with Pet Semetary
Same it’s a late reply but i finished reading Misery yesterday and oh my god i was exhausted and i felt like i regained my life after completing the novel because it was a loaded piece of sh1t,the novel literally gets interesting after Annie kills that young cop.. that’s literally where actual story begins and guess what that’s the 270th page lmao and the novel ends on 370😂.
i remember being bored one summer in high school and decided to highlight every mention of semen or "cum" with a yellow sharpie in Stephan Kings The Stand uncut version. (it was quite a lot of yellow) i remember the remaining series by D.J. Molles being essentially better in every regard to The Stand while being just as fucked up and obscene at times. King has such a habit of rambling on about mundane shit like medical terms which i think he researched on but had no first hand experience with.
"Diarrhea of the mouth" is the phrase you are looking for. I'm in the same boat as you - want to read and love his books, but can't due to the walls of text you have to get through to get to the good parts. The one exception to this is the old version of the Gunslinger which to me seemed to get straight to the point.
@@jamestheeggplant5446 your criticism is against against the dialogue,mentioning the amount of talk in a negative light imply that tou think it's a bad thing.
@@manoknowfish 90% talk about trivial shit and leftwing morality. 10% story telling and not even the stories make sense. It was perverted garbage. The book I’m reading now will be the last book I read of his.
I feel you bro I am the exact same as you where I just cannot bring myself to enjoy or like Stephen King and One Piece too hahaha. Its like ... how should I say it.... just like you said , where its too much basically meaning like the authors of both in my opinion does a little too much to the point where it feels exaggerated and weird. But I totally agree, it's best to cut straight to the point.
I agree with what you're saying in large part. However, have you given his short stories a chance? They often get to the point flawlessly and aren't burdened with pages and pages of irrelevant details. Look at "Skeleton Crew" for example. It's a superb book! I think that King's brilliance is to be found in his books of short stories.
I like Ray Bradbury’s short story challenge: write 52 short stories, one for each week of the year, and chances are that not all of them will be awful.
I don't like the negative and racial description of black people in his books. He just rattles on producing door stop books. The only ones i would probably recommend is Carrie.
You are correct. He'll switch from one person's mind to another in the same scene, his dialogue is twee, and we'll get the background on every character no matter how insignificant. Also, every character is assigned some ''unique'' voice, and they are gratingly folksy. I so want to like him. I really do. I read him in high school and then read Salem's Lot in early college. At the time, I enjoyed the story. What I would suggest to King is that he draws up plots and let a better writer do the actual lifting.
If you like, use like the word like like as much like you do like a lot of people like would like probably like hate your like prose too like. So like try not to like use like as much when you like speak. Like. By the way. I didn’t give u a like like cause u like already have like enough.
Yeah I can’t get into king solely because his prose is terrible. Cormac McCarthy is my favorite author & his prose is almost embarrassingly so much better & beyond the cornball way king writes.
I haven't read his books but only watched some of the films. However I am familiar with his horror concepts. I don't find any of his horror concepts scary because none of them make me feel like it could cross over to real life. Like, Christine to me is the silliest concept ever created. IT is also ridiculous. The shinning is basically a boring haunted hotel. The mist is also boring and was saved by the movie's ending that he didn't even write. The ending is the only part of that movie that I like. Don't get me started on Pet Sematary. I just can't.
I'm so glad to have come across this video. I thought i was the only one who didn't like SK books. But the peer pressure is overwhelming!!! I've really tried to love Him but i just can't. His books dry out by brains ! And his analogies are, I'm sorry to say this ( i know his fans are gonna trample me), Dumb and stupid like "“a huge and moony grin, like that offered to tourists by cow skulls in the desert” and "the taste of death was in his mouth. a moronic mealy taste, like a spoiled apple”. what? death tastes like stupid mealy spoiled apple? So unrelatable and unrealistic But STILL! I'm trying to read his other books because i REALLY REALLY want to understand how people are so crazy for Him and love his books, i mean, he's s world wide bestseller
His books often sell because they're TITLES that keep getting drilled in your ear non-stop until you cave in and buy one of them. That's where I think his power lies is his mentions but not anything concrete. Even with JK Rowling, Clive Barker and all these other authors, all you get is mostly noise but no substance. You'll be lucky to come across a book that you can actually read without feeling like shit about it.
@@suprith3072 The Fear Street series from RL Stine was the first time I ever had a relaxed interaction with books as well as his other franchise Goosebumps. For some reason Im just used to that small town sort of vibe or anything that gives me a great deal of balance or consistency. But it all comes down to what is centering you.
@@KrisBryant99 i can read anything in the world other than pure romance based books,i’m more into Thriller/Suspense/Horror/Mystery genres so i gave Misery and Salem’s lot a go and oh god i felt exhausted after completing them,i’ll surely give it a go of the book series you just told me.
@@KrisBryant99 Bro the series you suggested has like 40 books in total💀 but numbers aren’t intimidating for me,i just don’t want to read 100 pages of a family having a breakfast,I’m excited to try Fear street
King has simultaneously terrified me and made me laugh. I have felt uncomfortable things so viscerally that I can't not consider him to be a great storyteller. He is both a genius... and a troll. He unapologetically invites you into his world and it's up to you to decide if he's being serious or not. He's also the author of the novella that helped me survive my early teens after I lost my mother.
I’ve read all King’s books including Billy Summers. I’ve noticed an awful digression in his writing. Could be his age or his editors just don’t care because he is a money machine. His focus on characters can be very annoying because he tells way too much about their backstory. I agree. More on the relevancy to the plot.
Fair points made. I read a lot of King but it turns into love/hate at times. When he writes something cringeworthy like poison pinata I can almost hear him saying out loud 'Fuck em if they don't like THIS one.' Then other times he's on cruise control and can pierce into your soul or make you laugh your ass off.
King is the GOAT. Haters going to hate. He has It, The Shining, Shawshank Redemption, Carrie, Pet Semetary, Children of the Corn, The Stand, Salems Lot, 11/22/63, Misery, The Dead Zone....dude could whip his ass with the pages and he will still be GOAT.
So in terms of proving you wrong I can’t king isn’t for everyone and it’s your opinion and you have the right to it I would say that the things you don’t like about Stephen King are the things I do like about Stephen King like I like his text years and I just get where he’s coming from with a piñata or that she fell off his cracker from the green mile I see it as king giving his text Flavor If you want a straightforward writer read the words are dark by Richard Lehman that is dry a book as you can get
I don't agree. I think his style is really easy to get into and his text flows really well.everyone's got their own opinion I know. His characters really work too, sometimes they can be painted in overbroad strokes - but it works. IT is probably his longest novel but also one of my favourites.
He is not that easy to get into . If you are mentally weak then you will have problems reading as some of the scenes are really scary and sometimes brutal . But that's not the problem with me but many people are distributed while reading King
Three-quarters of his prose can be pared down. Chuck Merrill just pretends to edit. King's worst habit? Using the phrase: "For a moment ..." over and over.
Lol, I'm 15 seconds into the video and this kid says he's gonna tell me why he dislikes Stephen King books, then he holds up a Stephen King book and says that he doesn't dislike it.
Most of the times, the first half of a Stephen king book is more about the setup for the book. I will recommend you to give him another chance, read atleast 2 of his bestsellers and then you will probably enjoy his books.
Hey, I am glad there are yoing lads like you who like to write. I have read so many books in my life and all i can say is, dont try to replicate King if you want to become a good writer. He is certainly not. Just overhyped and mainstream because it is written in a very easy language so most people can enjoy reading it.
I tried to read a Dean Koontz novel once, I couldn't get through it because of his poison piñata syndrome. Intensity I think it was. Maybe it was just that book I do'nt know, haven't given him another chance.
I cant stand King's writing. Im not denying his ability, skill, or prolific accomplishment but i cannot stomach his annoyingly loquacious writing style. A lot of words in his books; a disproportionate lot to what happens in the plot.
Reading his bigger books first if you haven’t read King before is a huge mistake; start with his smaller works. Cujo, Salem’s Lot, Misery, Pet Sematary, Carrie, etc. are good, easy books to start with. THEN work your way up to his beast books lol.
@@chungboislim2061 well, no--was looking for Stephen King's books review, since I do like his work and was looking for recos (meaning, I care), and among many videos by normal people I found this guy telling us, how he dislike SK's books with capslock--hope this answer will help u to enlight uor hard path from being a snowfkake to a normal person attitude :)
@@chungboislim2061 I typed "Strphen" --did u think I rebuilt the whole suit because of u, did u now? Seems like uor imagination works just fine, so put it in to some better use then youtube wittiness display :)
Stephen king style of writing a book I can’t stand, it very cliche and it like he doing it for the money and so on. I prefer those authors that have a small amount of book they really worked on for a while not just a bunch of cliche bs he put in every book
My biggest problem with King's books is that they bore me. I want to be frightened, but the strongest emotion he gets from me is disgust and disappointment.
So true
Sooooo true. I'm rereading IT right now and I can't believe that I like it so much as a teen, because it's repetitive as hell, same proceedings over and over with every character, endless minutia... The horror elements are so all over the place that it turns out goofy and childish, all the characters are archetypical with no dimension. It's weird to me that King is being in the conversation as a great writer like he was Faulkner or sum. Ridiculous. You can't even use his novels to kill time
Perhaps you could give the word "like" a bit of a rest.
His grounded stories are so much better than fantastical. Regardless i agree he will spend two pages telling about what a diner waitress who dreamt of being a dancer, what lipstick she wears, her favourite song on the jukebox and when she takes a smoke break; whereas his explanation of the fantastic he will just wrap up in two lines like’ oh yeah, the clown is now a space turtle and now its a big spider’.
Never sticks the ending either just writes himself into a corner and uses a maguffin or deus ex machina to get out of it.
He drags the books way too much in order to produce "long books"
So much unnecessary descriptions and details. Almost the first 75% psrt of the books are boring and only the last 25% are actually worth reading.
My experience with SK hasn't been very good. I really don't understand how people go crazy for him snd exaggerate too much like "I couldn't sleep" "i had nightmares" "my heart was pounding" "it was terrifying and so scary"
Didn't Scare me in the least 🤦
Because people are brainwashed sheep.....
Exactly,like i saw clowns getting traumatised and getting terrified over Misery on reddit,like bro i had to force myself to complete that loaded pile of horsesh1t
He is a mediocre and overrated writer.Just got lucky, every freaking book of him is boring
@@suprith3072but Misery is one of his best novels, though 😂 I don't know why he's so obsessed with churning out fat books like that. Probably the sheep people get impressed by it, like yeah, the book is enormous so it gotta be a masterpiece. That's BS because his best work is in smaller format like short stories, novellas or shorter novels like Misery or Pet Sematary. Things like The Stand, IT or Under the Dome are total garbage
I've read every all of Stephen King's books, including the Richard Bachman books and his latest novel Later. His new book Billy SUmmers releases next month, August 3 2021, and I will read that too.
I love Stephen King but I agree, King can ramble on subjects you coudlnt care less about and are not really important to the main plot or storyline.
BUT, then I read a book like 11/22/63 and it just totally blows me away and reminds me why I love Stephen King. In recent years, King's books seem to be hit and miss, I will openly admit that. His earlier stuff is way cooler
That's interesting. When I finished 11/22/63 my first thought was that it could have been trimmed 300 pages easy. Yet after The Stand I didn't really want any of it trimmed. Agree though that some of his recent stuff is a bit tired. I was really disappointed in how he re-hashed the ending of Misery in his recent book Finders Keepers. Elevation was hot garbage.
Matheson’s _I Am Legend_ was a joy to read. The guy just kept the atmosphere alive from start to end. King OTOH is too much of a try hard at world building, but it just hurts the brain.
Billy summers was so boring
He uses more words than necessary. You can't write a book that is over 500 pages or evn 1,000 without bullshiting. It's all chaff. He's the only person I know who can write full chapters that mean absolutely nothing. I'd rather read my own epitaph than anything he writes.
Exactly. He could write an entire page or two describing a box of cornflakes. Such tangents kill atmosphere.
You absolutely can, but it's very hard to do, and King doesn't even try.
Lmao that last sentence is great.
King at his best is very good. He can be captivating, and you can fall into the story with no problem. King at his worst tends to drag on and on about some subject that’s not really that intrinsic to the story, but he keeps droning on about it, or there’s a character that makes you ask, “Why is this guy here? He adds nothing to the story, he’s apparently just there to be there.” Yes, I know you need backstory in writing, but it doesn’t need to be parsed down to microscopic bits.
As a big fan of some of Kings myself i can see all your points. What I like is how. He creates his characters but also think he often would have benefitted from an editor who would just slash his excess.
King tends to write in a conversational tone where it's like he's speaking to you personally. He's definitely got "diarhea of the keyboard (as he puts it) and it's not for everyone. He is also more interested in the journey than the destination and has no problem meandering on his way there.
Ultimately, King's writing is for people who enjoy hearing stories more than reading them, and those who aren't invested in the ending.
Ya his endings are really bad. Poor writer for sure. Interesting ideas though
@mikewazowski145 I wasn't intending that to be literal. An ending is obviously necessary for any story, but it's always been one of King's weaknesses. Of course, a book's climax is difficult to pull off when compared to cinema. An example would be reading about a lightsaber duel as opposed to seeing it.
The Dark Tower series is definitely a case where, if the destination is as important as the journey, then you're probably going to find the whole thing unsatisfying.
There is something about his books that just don't click for me. I always feel like he drags the story WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY too much. I listened Misery and to me, that book cut have been resolved and executed in half the length. I plan to give it another chance with Pet Semetary
Same it’s a late reply but i finished reading Misery yesterday and oh my god i was exhausted and i felt like i regained my life after completing the novel because it was a loaded piece of sh1t,the novel literally gets interesting after Annie kills that young cop.. that’s literally where actual story begins and guess what that’s the 270th page lmao and the novel ends on 370😂.
i remember being bored one summer in high school and decided to highlight every mention of semen or "cum" with a yellow sharpie in Stephan Kings The Stand uncut version. (it was quite a lot of yellow) i remember the remaining series by D.J. Molles being essentially better in every regard to The Stand while being just as fucked up and obscene at times. King has such a habit of rambling on about mundane shit like medical terms which i think he researched on but had no first hand experience with.
"Diarrhea of the mouth" is the phrase you are looking for. I'm in the same boat as you - want to read and love his books, but can't due to the walls of text you have to get through to get to the good parts. The one exception to this is the old version of the Gunslinger which to me seemed to get straight to the point.
“Poison piñata” sounds like something King concocted from his heady drug days… or daze.
His books are 90% talk.
Yes, and?
@@manoknowfish they suck
talk is good when it pertains to the overall story. I would say its more like fluff and/or stream of consciousness but that's just me
@@jamestheeggplant5446 your criticism is against against the dialogue,mentioning the amount of talk in a negative light imply that tou think it's a bad thing.
@@manoknowfish 90% talk about trivial shit and leftwing morality. 10% story telling and not even the stories make sense. It was perverted garbage. The book I’m reading now will be the last book I read of his.
I feel you bro I am the exact same as you where I just cannot bring myself to enjoy or like Stephen King and One Piece too hahaha. Its like ... how should I say it.... just like you said , where its too much basically meaning like the authors of both in my opinion does a little too much to the point where it feels exaggerated and weird. But I totally agree, it's best to cut straight to the point.
I agree with what you're saying in large part. However, have you given his short stories a chance? They often get to the point flawlessly and aren't burdened with pages and pages of irrelevant details. Look at "Skeleton Crew" for example. It's a superb book! I think that King's brilliance is to be found in his books of short stories.
I think I might check out his short stories. I'm still curious about him, so thanks for the recommendation!
I like Ray Bradbury’s short story challenge: write 52 short stories, one for each week of the year, and chances are that not all of them will be awful.
I don't like the negative and racial description of black people in his books. He just rattles on producing door stop books. The only ones i would probably recommend is Carrie.
Carrie was surprisingly good for a debut. He went straight to the point with that. Then he published Salem's Lot and we know the rest 🤦
You are correct. He'll switch from one person's mind to another in the same scene, his dialogue is twee, and we'll get the background on every character no matter how insignificant. Also, every character is assigned some ''unique'' voice, and they are gratingly folksy. I so want to like him. I really do. I read him in high school and then read Salem's Lot in early college. At the time, I enjoyed the story. What I would suggest to King is that he draws up plots and let a better writer do the actual lifting.
I’m not sure those are negatives tho I like his books because they read like a movie and doesn’t rely on constant “and she said” “and he thought”
He always writes scary stories about little kids being kidnapped and killed. He’s creepy in real life.
No kidding. If you check out his Twitter as well, he posts some questionable things
@@catguy4996 can you give some examples?
@@KrisBryant99he's as woke as it gets. He pulls up in dresses and stuff
If you like, use like the word like like as much like you do like a lot of people like would like probably like hate your like prose too like. So like try not to like use like as much when you like speak. Like. By the way. I didn’t give u a like like cause u like already have like enough.
i dont need to prove you wrong. I like his stories, you dislike them, and thats ok
I think you’d really dig bukowski if you don’t already. Dark stories, cut to the chase, check him out
Yeah I can’t get into king solely because his prose is terrible. Cormac McCarthy is my favorite author & his prose is almost embarrassingly so much better & beyond the cornball way king writes.
You need to give him more of a chance he’s my favorite author and I’ve only read 2 of his books
Do you even read much? Fav after 2 books?
I've read 11 of his books and only liked 2. He's not very good!
Read SALEM'S LOT if you haven't already, you won't be dissapointed!
I haven't read his books but only watched some of the films. However I am familiar with his horror concepts. I don't find any of his horror concepts scary because none of them make me feel like it could cross over to real life. Like, Christine to me is the silliest concept ever created. IT is also ridiculous. The shinning is basically a boring haunted hotel. The mist is also boring and was saved by the movie's ending that he didn't even write. The ending is the only part of that movie that I like. Don't get me started on Pet Sematary. I just can't.
Where can one read an example of YOUR work?
I'm so glad to have come across this video.
I thought i was the only one who didn't like SK books.
But the peer pressure is overwhelming!!!
I've really tried to love Him but i just can't. His books dry out by brains !
And his analogies are, I'm sorry to say this ( i know his fans are gonna trample me), Dumb and stupid like "“a huge and moony grin, like that offered to tourists by cow skulls in the desert” and "the taste of death was in his mouth. a moronic mealy taste, like a spoiled apple”. what? death tastes like stupid mealy spoiled apple?
So unrelatable and unrealistic
But STILL! I'm trying to read his other books because i REALLY REALLY want to understand how people are so crazy for Him and love his books, i mean, he's s world wide bestseller
His books often sell because they're TITLES that keep getting drilled in your ear non-stop until you cave in and buy one of them. That's where I think his power lies is his mentions but not anything concrete. Even with JK Rowling, Clive Barker and all these other authors, all you get is mostly noise but no substance. You'll be lucky to come across a book that you can actually read without feeling like shit about it.
@@KrisBryant99bro i really need some novel suggestions from you because i felt exhausted after reading books of all the authors you mentioned
@@suprith3072 The Fear Street series from RL Stine was the first time I ever had a relaxed interaction with books as well as his other franchise Goosebumps. For some reason Im just used to that small town sort of vibe or anything that gives me a great deal of balance or consistency. But it all comes down to what is centering you.
@@KrisBryant99 i can read anything in the world other than pure romance based books,i’m more into Thriller/Suspense/Horror/Mystery genres so i gave Misery and Salem’s lot a go and oh god i felt exhausted after completing them,i’ll surely give it a go of the book series you just told me.
@@KrisBryant99 Bro the series you suggested has like 40 books in total💀 but numbers aren’t intimidating for me,i just don’t want to read 100 pages of a family having a breakfast,I’m excited to try Fear street
King has simultaneously terrified me and made me laugh. I have felt uncomfortable things so viscerally that I can't not consider him to be a great storyteller. He is both a genius... and a troll. He unapologetically invites you into his world and it's up to you to decide if he's being serious or not. He's also the author of the novella that helped me survive my early teens after I lost my mother.
He is not a genius. He is a dumb egomaniac with a weird fixation on kids.
I’ve read all King’s books including Billy Summers. I’ve noticed an awful digression in his writing. Could be his age or his editors just don’t care because he is a money machine. His focus on characters can be very annoying because he tells way too much about their backstory. I agree. More on the relevancy to the plot.
Each with their own!I like character background stories!
@I am me wow, i did not know that lol
Trump broke him and he hasn't been the same. He is batshit on Twitter.
@@grandmarqueehe always been a democrat puppet 🤷
Fair points made. I read a lot of King but it turns into love/hate at times. When he writes something cringeworthy like poison pinata I can almost hear him saying out loud 'Fuck em if they don't like THIS one.' Then other times he's on cruise control and can pierce into your soul or make you laugh your ass off.
King is the GOAT. Haters going to hate. He has It, The Shining, Shawshank Redemption, Carrie, Pet Semetary, Children of the Corn, The Stand, Salems Lot, 11/22/63, Misery, The Dead Zone....dude could whip his ass with the pages and he will still be GOAT.
How is he a hater? It's his opinion. Disagreeing doesn't mean you are hating.
So in terms of proving you wrong I can’t king isn’t for everyone and it’s your opinion and you have the right to it I would say that the things you don’t like about Stephen King are the things I do like about Stephen King like I like his text years and I just get where he’s coming from with a piñata or that she fell off his cracker from the green mile I see it as king giving his text Flavor If you want a straightforward writer read the words are dark by Richard Lehman that is dry a book as you can get
I don't agree. I think his style is really easy to get into and his text flows really well.everyone's got their own opinion I know. His characters really work too, sometimes they can be painted in overbroad strokes - but it works. IT is probably his longest novel but also one of my favourites.
He is not that easy to get into . If you are mentally weak then you will have problems reading as some of the scenes are really scary and sometimes brutal . But that's not the problem with me but many people are distributed while reading King
Three-quarters of his prose can be pared down. Chuck Merrill just pretends to edit. King's worst habit? Using the phrase: "For a moment ..." over and over.
This video is hilarious! You should do more like these!
The things you deslike are the things that makes it and excellent author. His own adjective, the he describes stuff is wonderful.
Lol, I'm 15 seconds into the video and this kid says he's gonna tell me why he dislikes Stephen King books, then he holds up a Stephen King book and says that he doesn't dislike it.
That’s how you actually tell why you don’t like his books?
He writes interesting subjects in the worst way.
agreed
Most of the times, the first half of a Stephen king book is more about the setup for the book. I will recommend you to give him another chance, read atleast 2 of his bestsellers and then you will probably enjoy his books.
Someone PLEASE protect this guy because he is sooooo on point!!!! hahaha
Hey, I am glad there are yoing lads like you who like to write. I have read so many books in my life and all i can say is, dont try to replicate King if you want to become a good writer. He is certainly not. Just overhyped and mainstream because it is written in a very easy language so most people can enjoy reading it.
he kinda cheats the endings sometimes
I tried to read a Dean Koontz novel once, I couldn't get through it because of his poison piñata syndrome. Intensity I think it was. Maybe it was just that book I do'nt know, haven't given him another chance.
I cant stand King's writing. Im not denying his ability, skill, or prolific accomplishment but i cannot stomach his annoyingly loquacious writing style. A lot of words in his books; a disproportionate lot to what happens in the plot.
Hilarious CZcams name.
King rambles a lot. He has decent ideas but because he is so popular he doesn't edit down much that he really should.
Dean Koontz is soooooo much better and underrated!!!
Really?? I mean, is you serious??
You talk like Stephen King writes.
Reading his bigger books first if you haven’t read King before is a huge mistake; start with his smaller works. Cujo, Salem’s Lot, Misery, Pet Sematary, Carrie, etc. are good, easy books to start with. THEN work your way up to his beast books lol.
Hello!
Sorry, but you speak very fast. Why do you dislike his books? There are many words, pages, Long stories or what else?
Will not watch this. Do not giving a fuck, why it is uor choosing to DISLIKE Stephen King's work.
You searched it, clicked on the video, and then commented on it. Normal people don't do that with things they don't care about lol.
@@chungboislim2061 well, no--was looking for Stephen King's books review, since I do like his work and was looking for recos (meaning, I care), and among many videos by normal people I found this guy telling us, how he dislike SK's books with capslock--hope this answer will help u to enlight uor hard path from being a snowfkake to a normal person attitude :)
@@masindog Hard to imagine what this looked like before you edited it.
@@chungboislim2061 I typed "Strphen" --did u think I rebuilt the whole suit because of u, did u now? Seems like uor imagination works just fine, so put it in to some better use then youtube wittiness display :)
@@masindog what????
King is a successful millionaire writer.You aren't.
No shit. Now what?
Popular does not mean good nor does it mean bad it just means popular. It might suggest good and hopefully it does but it certainly does not imply it
Stephen king style of writing a book I can’t stand, it very cliche and it like he doing it for the money and so on. I prefer those authors that have a small amount of book they really worked on for a while not just a bunch of cliche bs he put in every book
Yeah, he's a pulp money writer just like L. Ron Hubbard.
Since he started to write books long ago he actually invented some clichés.
@@ivan4ikok yeah, it nothing original he like her find these formula for books the same way movies are. And he just feed books out for the money.
@@NoName-yi7mg Really? Come on there. I dont think you'll find many authors who write in so many different genra and diverse stories as King.
@@austridge31 Ignore these people, man!They're clueless!
He has some great books, some good, some average, and some that stink. So what?