Has anyone read Black House by Stephen King and

[agnes]

some other guy I can't remember his name...

It showed up in my kitchen randomly a couple weeks ago (lots of family in and out of our house if you're wondering). I just started reading it.

So far it's very boring and waaaaay too much non-details going on. They finally just introduce the main character, Jack, almost 100 pages in.

Does it get any better?

[mollymoe]

I haven't read the book but I just had to say, the book appearing on your table sounds like the beginning of a scary book.

[specka]

Did you read The Talisman? Black House is the sequel. You can read it as a stand alone but I wouldn't.

[agnes]

No, I have not read The Talisman. But if it's anything like Black House, maybe I don't want to?

It really doesn't seem like a sequel to anything, though.

[agnes]

Aug 30, 2012 14:05:18 GMT -5 mollymoe said:

I haven't read the book but I just had to say, the book appearing on your table sounds like the beginning of a scary book.

lol that's why I added in the family in and out of the house part

[natablue]

Lurker here - it was one of my least favorite SK books. I'm not to stop reading a book after I started, so I slogged through it. I was so happy when I was done. It was a bear for me to finish. I have not read the Talisman.

[MrsAxilla]

The Talisman was awesome! Black House not so much.

[specka]

Yeah, The Talisman was amazing. I would give that a try instead. I hope that Black House doesn't turn you off from giving it a shot because it's one of my favorite SK books.

[apelila]

The Talisman is one of my favorite books ever! I really didn't enjoy Black House, especially in comparison to The Talisman.

[bugaboo]

I had it but realized it was a follow up to The Talisman, so I read that first. It made a bit more sense afterward. I liked Talisman a bit better.

[duckduck]

Aug 30, 2012 20:56:47 GMT -5 agnes said:

Aug 30, 2012 14:05:18 GMT -5 mollymoe said:

I haven't read the book but I just had to say, the book appearing on your table sounds like the beginning of a scary book.

lol that's why I added in the family in and out of the house part

I have nothing to add to the actual discussion, but this part made me giggle. In The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allan, one of the characters actually has books follow her around. They're usually books that have to do with something she's dealing with at the time; self-help books that are obviously relevant to her relationship situation, cookbooks when she needs to find a dish to take to a potluck, etc. Sometimes if she doesn't read them and they really think she needs to, they multiply and she gets tons of copies of a very persistent book! Everyone in my IRL book club was so jealous.