tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487897975553552090.post1722027350589532166..comments2024-02-06T10:29:58.974-05:00Comments on Finding My Virginity: Book Club Friday: Horror of HorrorsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09711743439868985297noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487897975553552090.post-92026363368678341142013-10-04T19:37:14.328-04:002013-10-04T19:37:14.328-04:00I agree, troublesome characters can be written in ...I agree, troublesome characters can be written in a sympathetic light, but this was definitely not it. You're not missing anything, I promise.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711743439868985297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487897975553552090.post-17665683596885881102013-10-04T19:34:45.164-04:002013-10-04T19:34:45.164-04:00I do think the wife has one strong redeemable feat...I do think the wife has one strong redeemable feature. She loves her son more than anything, and all her choices are based on what she thinks is best for her son. Otherwise, yeah, ugh is right.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09711743439868985297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487897975553552090.post-31249209146289569792013-09-20T19:02:29.170-04:002013-09-20T19:02:29.170-04:00Sometimes a really good book can feature an alcoho...Sometimes a really good book can feature an alcoholic asshole in a sympathetic light (see my fictional boyfriend Robert E. Lee Prewitt in 'From Here to Eternity' as example). Sometimes not. I've never read an entire Stephen King book - only a short story from the 'Salem's Lot' universe - and I've never really felt compelled to. I think I can safely skip this one. Erin O'Riordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14829574740027964039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487897975553552090.post-29144365551689943182013-09-20T07:19:05.016-04:002013-09-20T07:19:05.016-04:00I felt very similarly about the Shining. But then ...I felt very similarly about the Shining. But then I couldn't see the end as "horrible" because I literally didn't care at all what happened to him because I found him so disagreeable. And King wrote the wife without a single redeeming feature really. Ugh. xxAmandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14647707557228625706noreply@blogger.com