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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Inventive stories and with good characters but he writes very simply, which is not a bad thing in itself, it's just not my style.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I was about a quarter of the way through The Stand at the beginning of the pandemic. Certainly gave it some weight.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Pretty much. I don't remember what I was reading of his but I couldn't handle every second word being a swear word and stopped. Think I got the furthest with Misery.