Pamela answers “I read a couple of Stephen King novels a...”

Lea Ann Cornman asked this question about Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1):

I read a couple of Stephen King novels a few years back....Needful Things and Insomnia. I had a very hard time getting through these and frankly found them boring. I then heard great things about 11/22/63 and I read it earlier this Spring and LOVED, it. What is this one like? I have not read any older King either, Cujo, Firestarter....etc. I want to like King's novels, but I don't want to be disappointed either.

Pamela If you don't want to be disappointed, give Mr. Mercedes a pass. But, if you want to spend a few hours reading the type of best-seller fluff churned ou…moreIf you don't want to be disappointed, give Mr. Mercedes a pass. But, if you want to spend a few hours reading the type of best-seller fluff churned out by Kellerman and Patterson--you know, the cardboard characters, the uninspiring text, the obligatory twists that really aren't--then Mr. Mercedes is right up your alley.

If you want a fascinating read that will keep you up at nights reading 'just one more chapter', then do The Stand or The Shining (not the dreck that is the sequel) or (except for the ending) It.

To misquote Miss West: When King is good, he's very, very good. When he's bad, he stinks.(less)

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