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Finishing out 2017 by finally completing my first Stephen King book. This is apparently his first or at least one of the earliest. Horror is not my favorite genre, so it took me a while to get engaged and finish it. That said, it wasn't a bad read. May force myself to watch the two movies based on this book. Needless to say, horror movies are also not much liked by me.
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I was curious how Stephen King's early works would compare to later ones. Would the years of experience be obviously evident vs. his first book?
The writing style that we are used to today, seems fully formed even in his first book. Its detailed and gripping narrative, the switching of voices and narrators, all just like his later books.
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