Comments on: advice, literature, my nemeses

By: Yours Truly

Yours Truly — Mon, 17 Nov 2014 19:19:51 +0000

dang, sorry, I just saw this! Stupid junk mail folder!

Yes, I had the EXACT same personal narrative with SK!!! I think he is just not a very good writer, in terms of his actual prose, and that as you get older and smarter that fact becomes unavoidable. As do other things you don’t notice as a kid, like his whole “magical negro” problem and the way he writes women (badly, although to his credit, he at least tries)

By: Adrien

Adrien — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:40:36 +0000

I, too, devoured many Stephen King novels in my youth, some of them multiple times. I read the book IT in 7 days when I was in the sixth grade and was outrageously proud of myself. The Shining was another longstanding favorite. Oh, and the Bachman books. That crazy story The Long Walk – remember that one? Anyway, I went through quite a process of becoming disillusioned some time in the early to mid 90s. I still can’t tell for sure if I got older and wiser, or if the quality of his writing took an extreme nose dive. If I encountered The Shining for the first time today, would I appreciate it? No way to know. I kept reading his new works excitedly, only to find them pretty tedious. I have also questioned for years whether he stopped writing his books altogether at some point. He’s famous enough that people would be lining up to do it for him, and how can one guy be so prolific? Anyway, I was just curious if you had a similar experience of falling out of love with the man, and if so, when you decided it was time to move on.

By: Yours Truly

Yours Truly — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:27:17 +0000

Well it’s true–middlesex is totally good!

By: Allie

Allie — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 19:23:48 +0000

I would like to know more about your thoughts on Eugenides! I was not a fan of the Virgin Suicides, and The Marriage Plot was meh, but I love Middlesex, a lot.