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Just finished NOS4A2 by Joe Hill, and liked it quite a bit. One minorly interesting thing I haven't seen before is that some chapters would end like "and then she tumbled into the" and the next chapter would be titled "Kitchen". This is the first Joe Hill book I've read, so it makes me wonder if he writes any characters that aren't severely broken in some way lol. Looks like there's a TV series adaptation, but it's only got 6.7 on IMDB so I'll probably skip it.
How is Joe Hill's writing compared to Stephen King's? I have mentioned before that for some reason I couldn't get into King, though I haven't read his most famous work, so going to give them a try soon. I have read tons of Dean Koontz though.
I actually haven't read much Stephen King, but my wife says they're pretty similar. He took the name Joe Hill because he didn't want to rely on his dad's name, but then a bunch of people were like "Does Stephen King have a new pseudonym?", so take that how you will.
Ah okay, probably not for me then. I am going to give Stephen King one last chance. Have one book of his that I am going to read, and then get one of his famous one, probably IT, let's see.
Have you read 11/22/63 by King? It’s not his usual style, but I really enjoyed it.
No, that's in the list of "one of his famous books", not sure if I will read that or something else. Whichever is the thinnest, I guess 😀
I think it’s certainly Thinner (oh look, a pun) than IT, and deviates from his other horror genre.
Heh, thanks for the info. Will check it out!