I've been reading this over the past month or so (i'm a teacher so I usually read as the students are doing their exams) and I'm about halfway in.
A part of me is losing interest in the story, I feel like the most exciting parts have already happened (the superflu pandemic) and now it's just the characters slowly discovering eachother across the USA.
Does the book get better? I know it's a silly question to ask but King always has this case of writing slow books which have quite climactic endings. The Stand, however, feels like the he wrote a story from a very exciting beginning and now it's going to turn stale.
Gabriel Moore
The Stand has a notoriously shitty ending. I read it years ago and remember absolutely nothing
Jayden Reyes
The book does not get better.
You'll come to despise all of the characters and their holier-than-thou attitudes. Harold Lauder (I think that's his name), who's supposed to be somewhat of a villain, will be the only character you'll like because he genuinely despises the rest of the characters as much as you do.
Angel Jackson
Stu and Nick seem to be the only real likeable characters at the moment. Larry was good until he got stuck with the boy who's acts like he's from a tribe.
I'm partially reading The Stand due to Randall Flagg being in it. I'm planning on moving onto the Dark Tower saga after this
Owen Martin
King himself admits he completely fucking lost it a bit over halfway through. That said I enjoyed it up until the last fifty pages. The end is fucking abysmal, as always from King.
Sebastian Myers
The last chapter with Harold in the book is probably one of the best pieces of writing he's ever produced imho,that and the chapter showing the random people dying due to incompetence and chance
Brayden Martinez
Dark Tower great not a great ending though as is typical of King. It has grown on me since but I remember but really angry with the ending. Can't wait to see them fuck up all that we good about for the film
Cameron Peterson
The Stand is kino is book form
Jose Wilson
>tfw the only book you've read by King is 11/22/63 >disliked it >has high ratings on amazon and goodreads am i to intelligent for stephen king?
