Lori’s Reviews > The Stand > Status Update
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In this last bit of 1st "book" we finally have momentum with additional character development, and survivors moving out of the chaos that was left from the sickness' toll.
Interesting updates (by King) that IMO don't always stand up. And loving the "Easter eggs", eg Harold running while mowing :: Lawnmower Man
Still noodling on King's treatment of women, but not liking it albeit from our new "enlightened" times
— Feb 13, 2026 04:17PM
Interesting updates (by King) that IMO don't always stand up. And loving the "Easter eggs", eg Harold running while mowing :: Lawnmower Man
Still noodling on King's treatment of women, but not liking it albeit from our new "enlightened" times
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Lori
is on page 288
This section mostly world and character building.
The 70s framework should have been left alone: it works. The "updates" to modernize when republished, do not work.
With this even more modern reading, the bigotry is not unfamiliar but the words of it are jarring
Amazing: all of this happens within one week. One week! I can't help but think that now, 40 years later, it would take longer. Perhaps not
— Feb 03, 2026 03:09AM
The 70s framework should have been left alone: it works. The "updates" to modernize when republished, do not work.
With this even more modern reading, the bigotry is not unfamiliar but the words of it are jarring
Amazing: all of this happens within one week. One week! I can't help but think that now, 40 years later, it would take longer. Perhaps not
Lori
is on page 201
A challenge: some of King's updates do not make sense. I wish he'd left it all in the 70s. While today's newer/younger readers may not know some of the references, they also certainly don't know 80s references which, in my opinion, jar with some of the nuances that existed in the 70s but not the 80s.
Of note: chapter 16, especially as I already "know" the book/ending, feels like one long foreshadowing.
— Jan 26, 2026 06:27PM
Of note: chapter 16, especially as I already "know" the book/ending, feels like one long foreshadowing.
Lori
is on page 201
Doing a slow read of this after finishing my first read (and loving it!) in 1980.
As of 1.26.26 through chapter 25.
Themes I find fascinating: morality vs feeling; faith + judgement
King's treatment of mothers: I appreciate Larry's mother who knows exactly who her son is and loves him anyway
— Jan 26, 2026 06:26PM
As of 1.26.26 through chapter 25.
Themes I find fascinating: morality vs feeling; faith + judgement
King's treatment of mothers: I appreciate Larry's mother who knows exactly who her son is and loves him anyway
