The fade while reading the fizzy drink scene XD “But wait, first he has to tell you about plays, dances, a potluck, a benefit gig,” That made me laugh XD I mean…you’re not wrong. That was a lot of wheel spinning. But when you put it that way, it sounds ridiculous.
I’ve been looking through TH-cam for a solid review on this book and it took me a while to find yours, which is the first one that has actual insight from someone who obviously understands narrative and storytelling. Thanks for the worthwhile listen! I agreed with all your criticisms, the only main one you left out of my own would be how it fails as a science fiction time travel story by basically just saying “magic;” if people mess with the past, the future doesn’t logically get altered from cause and effect chains of events, it gets broken because the fabric of reality magically gets broken from some changes but not others? And I didn’t expect Robert Heinlein level of sci-fi intelligence from Stephen, I’ve read a lot of his books and I like him for his strengths of casual, engaging prose and creating atmosphere, not for his weaknesses of being unable to do believable, nuanced characterization or profound mind-bending. Just thought I should add it to the discussion regarding this book. Oh and to your point about ribbed condoms, that also stuck out to me like a sore thumb and I looked it up: not invented til the 80s. Another King weakness is editing/polishing.
Thanks so much for saying so! I super appreciate it. This was my first video and as soon as I posted it, I felt like there was a lot I should have mentioned or changed, haha. Hard to fit it all in when talking about books! I completely agree with your point. The whole fun of alternate timelines/time travel is SEEING the logical consequences of this person being absent, or this person being saved. SK seemed to opt for the Lovecraftian schtick so he wouldn't have to put the thought into showing real ripple effect. I also have to say again how little King immersed the reader in the time and place. Even if you put aside the romanticizing of the 50s, the book takes place in rural Texas in the past but there's no way you'd know it, he might as well have written another book set in Bangor, haha. I seriously think he did a far better job at depicting the 50s (and even racism) in IT. Some day maybe I'll do a long rambly video about how I went from being SK's biggest fan to a jaded cynic about his work, lol. Thanks again :)
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The fade while reading the fizzy drink scene XD “But wait, first he has to tell you about plays, dances, a potluck, a benefit gig,” That made me laugh XD I mean…you’re not wrong. That was a lot of wheel spinning. But when you put it that way, it sounds ridiculous.
I’m so glad that I stopped reading before the romance 😅. Nice review!
Great job on your first video! Even if I don't agree. Looking forward to the next one.
Great review! I really liked how you compared it to different books. And that ending was fantastic xD
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I’ve been looking through TH-cam for a solid review on this book and it took me a while to find yours, which is the first one that has actual insight from someone who obviously understands narrative and storytelling. Thanks for the worthwhile listen!
I agreed with all your criticisms, the only main one you left out of my own would be how it fails as a science fiction time travel story by basically just saying “magic;” if people mess with the past, the future doesn’t logically get altered from cause and effect chains of events, it gets broken because the fabric of reality magically gets broken from some changes but not others? And I didn’t expect Robert Heinlein level of sci-fi intelligence from Stephen, I’ve read a lot of his books and I like him for his strengths of casual, engaging prose and creating atmosphere, not for his weaknesses of being unable to do believable, nuanced characterization or profound mind-bending. Just thought I should add it to the discussion regarding this book. Oh and to your point about ribbed condoms, that also stuck out to me like a sore thumb and I looked it up: not invented til the 80s. Another King weakness is editing/polishing.
Thanks so much for saying so! I super appreciate it. This was my first video and as soon as I posted it, I felt like there was a lot I should have mentioned or changed, haha. Hard to fit it all in when talking about books!
I completely agree with your point. The whole fun of alternate timelines/time travel is SEEING the logical consequences of this person being absent, or this person being saved. SK seemed to opt for the Lovecraftian schtick so he wouldn't have to put the thought into showing real ripple effect. I also have to say again how little King immersed the reader in the time and place. Even if you put aside the romanticizing of the 50s, the book takes place in rural Texas in the past but there's no way you'd know it, he might as well have written another book set in Bangor, haha. I seriously think he did a far better job at depicting the 50s (and even racism) in IT.
Some day maybe I'll do a long rambly video about how I went from being SK's biggest fan to a jaded cynic about his work, lol. Thanks again :)
I agree. I liked the intro...but the middle is slow and a lot of filler, this could have been cut down. I prefer his other works.
I'm putting it in the TH-cam void for EVERYONE to see ~ but I'm gonna need that video u mentioned about the shining and ur thoughts
We'll see if I actually get that far!
First o__o