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May 02, 2020 09:02AM
Hi. I love King’s books and I’ve been going through a bit of a plot twist craze lately. I was wondering which King books had a good plot twist in them:
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SK isn't really the "plot twist" type, but Duma Key and The Stand have some moments that may surprise or shock you. Also, as Lily mentioned, The Outsider is good. The "twist" happens pretty early and be forewarned that it is connected to the Bill Hodges Trilogy and there is a HUGE spoiler in The Outsider. The Bill Hodges Trilogy is a Detective series that introduces Holly Gibney(my favorite king character since the Dark Tower characters). Holly is the main character in The Outsider. The trilogy is well worth the read as well, book 2, is my favorite.
Charles wrote: "SK isn't really the "plot twist" type, but Duma Key and The Stand have some moments that may surprise or shock you. Also, as Lily mentioned, The Outsider is good. The "twist" happens pretty early a..."Love Holly, and Book Two of The Mr. Mercedes Trilogy (FINDERS KEEPERS) is the best. BTW: there's a hell of a plot twist, I think, in Mr. Mercedes.
There is a novella or short story called a good marriage was a good one with a twist at the end...
Ah....yes! The Good Marriage does have a nice little twist, so does Big Driver which is in the same collection. Those are both Adult oriented novellas and if I remember correctly Wyatt is one of our younger SK readers, so I'm not sure if it's something he would be interested in, but that is an excellent collection. Full Dark, No stars I believe is the collection. 1922 is also in that collection.
I think you guys are right, that his two biggest twists are in A Good Marriage and Big Driver. Others. like The Outsider are too early to be what I would call a twist.It's funny that they are in the same collection.
I think The Outsider would have been better there had been no ‘twist’ halfway through and had remained true to the first half. Lost all the tension and buildup there. Thank you for the suggestions.
I'm curious to the difference of opinion between old and new readers on A good marriage...
I read a good Marriage recently and thought it was really good. Reminded me of Mr Mercedes in all the best ways. It was a foray into Kings short stories and I think I might finally buy a collection!
Wyatt wrote: "I think The Outsider would have been better there had been no ‘twist’ halfway through and had remained true to the first half. Lost all the tension and buildup there. Thank you for the suggestions."In playwriting and movie scripting, they call it the third act twist. that means that the twist is supposed to come near the end of the story to sort of trick the viewer into realizing that everything they have expected to that point is either wrong or at least off target.
does anyone know a short story called night watch by Stephen King i can't find it in any collection
Sakshi wrote: "does anyone know a short story called night watch by Stephen King i can't find it in any collection"No. The closest I can think of are "Night Surf" and "Graveyard Shift," both collected in NIGHT SHIFT.
