Ob. Lit. Crit.

[digitaldiscipline]

Just started Black House, and my initial reaction (after having just re-read The Gunslinger over the weekend) is that it's wordy as fuck.

perhaps reading a draft of a screenplay for Neuromancer has my literary preferences skewed towards the brisk and austere (feel free to peruse the last half dozen entries here for my own stylistic wibblings), but i want to reach through the cover of the book and whack Straub & King's heads together and shout, "GET THE FUCK ON WITH IT."

meh. . .

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[felisdemens.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Black House is a seriously weak read, particularly in comparison to the Talisman. The only reason I kept my copy was because of the Dark Tower tie-in. I was disappointed, because I almost always enjoy King, I think Straub is a demi-deity, and I absolutely loved the Talisman.

Don't expect it to improve. The end is just as boring-ass as the beginning. But at least it's consistent...