The Ones I've Read 1.Carrie 2.Salem's Lot 3.The Shining 4.The Dead Zone 5.Fire-Starter 6.Cujo 7.Christine 8.Pet Sematary 9.IT 10.Misery 11.The Stand 12.Insomnia 13.Gerald's Game 14.Bag Of Bones 15.Cell 16.1922 17.11/22/63 18.Doctor Sleep 19.Mr.Mercedes
I thought Needful Things was amazing, but I can see why not everyone likes it. It isn't as well-written as some of his best, but I loved it. I also thought Insomnia was incredible.
lukesfx I liked geralds game, not loved, but definitely liked. My mom also hyped it up for years so maybe I expected too much? Idk. But yeah I definitely would love to reread shining. I read it gosh 15 years ago? I remember not caring for it too much idk why and I also remember the hedge animals did nothing for me yet other people say that’s one of the scariest parts in the book. I wish I liked it! I just remember not.... Ive been on a king bender this year can’t wait to read more of his books! Finished the outsider and about halfway done with the institute
You don't know what you're missing about The Shining. Yes, he changed. He can't write books like Cujo, Christine, Shining or others. Why ? Because the times were living in. Computers, cell phones.
Gabi X So t(ere are some things in your comment that made me confused 1. When you’re talking about the books you mentioned the book that he was criticizing saying that he can’t write great books anymore. 2. He wrote the shining before Cujo and Christine
I mean it's not like he couldn't write stories that are set in the 70s-80s if he wanted so I don't get your point, I mean I don't entirely agree with the whole thing about King not being able to write good stories anymore, Under the Dome, 11/22/63, Revival and Doctor Sleep were pretty good IMO but your point about him not being able to write stories like Cujo doesn't make sense, if he wanted to write stories set in the 70s-80s he could.
@@jamesfitzgerald8267 yeah. A bunch of his books are set before they were written: half of IT, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, The Body, Apt Pupil (I just read different seasons, hence my choice of examples), 1922, 11/22/63.
11/22/63 you didn’t like the ending? Of about 20 reviews I’ve watched I think 20 didn’t just like the ending, they LOVED it. People were balling as they recounted the touching, heartbreaking end. I just finished it and loved every page including the ending. It was a Casablanca ending. Sacrifice your happiness for the greater good....
This is the most entertaining review video I've ever seen! Also, I completely agree with you when it comes to the Mr. Mercedes trilogy. I was so ready for a series without supernatural elements!
Stephen King used to be a very good writer, but I stopped reading him after The green mile, which I consider his best novel of the 90s decade. Different seasons in my opinion is his best short stories collection (Shawshank Redemption is the novella I prefer most of all) and my favourite King's novel is Pet Sematary, I've read 4 or 5 times.
I loved this... I have a similar collection and agree with King bungling the ends. He's a pantser. That's why the ends suck but the characters are amazing.
I love your collection! I'm only just recently getting into Stephen king. I only own IT and the shining and I haven't started either of them yet. I'm excited to read them. Cujo and misery sound good too
Needful Things was a bit long and the ending took a mild dump but it's still a great story. Desperation and the regulators are both pretty kick ass from beggining to end. Both have the same characters fighting the same monster yet neither one is a sequel and they both stand on their own.
*looks up Stephen king book collections* *sees one that is long enough to be interesting* *18 seconds in* Him: Whatever works your boat (mutters the same thing) God I got that one wrong Uh! subed right away! Great author taste and a sense of humor similar to mine, I can't wait to binge watch your videos man!
Great video man. I've been waiting a long time for a video that goes deeper into your book collection. In your book collection videos you just kind of skip ahead but this was very nice. And by the way, it was nice to see someone with a different opinion than other King fans. Like your view on the Shining that was really cool. Great video!
"whetever works your boat" reminds me of what I said to my kid the other day who wouldn't be quiet "shut your horse... mouth.." I guess I was also trying to tell her to "hold your horses."
Didn’t care for the shining either surprisingly, felt like I spent half of the book waiting for it to start and then suddenly it was ending. Better than the movie but I wouldn’t waste my time again
just subbed you, I was looking for a kind of king list as I am missing a few. You are spot on with your critique of old Kingy love your quirkiness, your very entertaining keep it up.
I"m reading IT now after being told a hundred times that I needed to read it. I'm also kinda crying cause I had a good portion of Stephen King books as well but my ex took them when we split and what i have is after I've bought them again. Also you are missing Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar. Good book. I read it in four hours.
You're talking about Gwendy Button Box right? Cause I did figure that out while reading that one. I think I've heard rumors that IT was supposed to be a version of Randall as well. I could be wrong on that one of course.
bro tell me how do u read that book in three days. tell me man. i cant read so fast 4 months reading IT on and off enjoying it but wanted to read more books but at this speed i cant.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video 😂 your personality really stands out and I love it! I want to know what you mean by “bloated” when describing books haha.
First I read was the dark tower series. Will probably always be my favourite. Then I would prob go, salems lot, the stand, the talisman. Didn't read many of his books yet. I read 3 quarters of "IT" and found it so slow so I stopped.. Currently reading the shining, really enjoying the characters , it'll probably be a good one
I know this will sound weird to some people and to some they will sadly know where I'm coming from. Stephen King saved my sanity as a teenager. When i read his books i could leave my horrible home life for a few chapters at a time. If I'm honest more than a few chapters at a time. But i digress. When people talk about his drug/alcohol abuse. He's human. Shit happens. Mr. King is the one who told us He had a problem. He's overcome His addictions and is a better man for it. Also from what I see and hear His kids are well adjusted human beings. Be like Stephen King!
I also actually really enjoyed Dolores Claiborne as well. Did not care for desperation at all, that's the only other King book I've put down aside from IT. It would probably be my least favorite from King so far. I'd like to try out the Regulators and see if I like it any better. And his newest book that he wrote with his son really just seems like a political statement to me, an ultra feminist statement which I really am not in the mood to read right now, so I haven't bought it yet, will at some point though so I can have it in my King collection.
I've only kept two books of his so far on my shelves. Cujo and Christine, did not care for Salem's Lot, really wanted to throw Dreamcatcher into a wall and The Shining was meh except for one scene and I lost my copy of Pet Cemetery.
For Stephen kings next book .It will be about a boy with ADHD that can control toy trains, He use his new found powers to terrorize his Neighborhood.Stubbing many teachers and parents toes.
Yeah he was writing it as Bachman when he got outed as being Richard Bachman around the early 90s. I believe that to be true but now that i wrote it out it seems too similar to the plot of the dark half but perhaps it was influenced by the real deal. Definetly the dark half is Bachman-esque
I'm not sure if you assessment of King's books can be taken seriously. You just said that The Dark Half didn't have a Kookie Weird-ass ending, which is wrong. I guess having a write-off with character that rollout out of a grave, and having said character be taken apart by ravens is your idea of a normal ending? lol
Have read nowhere near as many Stephen King books as you but based on what I have read: disagree on the shining, personally I loved it, agree completely on misery it was so good but didn’t enjoy the book within the book parts, agree on Gerald’s game as I went into it with high hopes but found it so boring, 100% agree on the dark half and tho k it’s one of his most underrated books then finally agree with IT as loved most of it but not the ending.
Only read 2 Brooks of the author, so i was just listening to discover new things, but it all del Weiss with via comments. Then He raid that the it of Muschietti are gold movies, the i understood.
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"The Bib... I mean On Writing." Love that
NerdWriterGirl1984 it should’ve been called Stephen King’s Bible On Reading
PRAY TO THE KING!!!!
The Ones I've Read
1.Carrie
2.Salem's Lot
3.The Shining
4.The Dead Zone
5.Fire-Starter
6.Cujo
7.Christine
8.Pet Sematary
9.IT
10.Misery
11.The Stand
12.Insomnia
13.Gerald's Game
14.Bag Of Bones
15.Cell
16.1922
17.11/22/63
18.Doctor Sleep
19.Mr.Mercedes
I thought Needful Things was amazing, but I can see why not everyone likes it. It isn't as well-written as some of his best, but I loved it. I also thought Insomnia was incredible.
I've read 13 Stephen king novels so far, under the dome is still my favorite
Beautiful collection. I love looking at collections on bookshelves, it’s so satisfying!
I'm OCD and I can't stand looking at the non oranges books, it's an eye sore
Me too
Respectfully disagree I thought needful things was fantastic
Your remarks on "Rage" had me in a fit of giggles.
I respect you opinion but I can't understand why you don't like the shining 🤔
And I also thought Christine was a good book to
I remember not liking the shining thaaaaat much but I read it years ago
lukesfx I liked geralds game, not loved, but definitely liked. My mom also hyped it up for years so maybe I expected too much? Idk. But yeah I definitely would love to reread shining. I read it gosh 15 years ago? I remember not caring for it too much idk why and I also remember the hedge animals did nothing for me yet other people say that’s one of the scariest parts in the book. I wish I liked it! I just remember not.... Ive been on a king bender this year can’t wait to read more of his books! Finished the outsider and about halfway done with the institute
@@ettabosley7542 I loved Christine
Shining and Salem’s Lot were over hyped for me. By the time I read them, I was like “meh”
You don't know what you're missing about The Shining.
Yes, he changed. He can't write books like Cujo, Christine, Shining or others. Why ? Because the times were living in. Computers, cell phones.
Gabi X So t(ere are some things in your comment that made me confused
1. When you’re talking about the books you mentioned the book that he was criticizing saying that he can’t write great books anymore.
2. He wrote the shining before Cujo and Christine
I mean it's not like he couldn't write stories that are set in the 70s-80s if he wanted so I don't get your point, I mean I don't entirely agree with the whole thing about King not being able to write good stories anymore, Under the Dome, 11/22/63, Revival and Doctor Sleep were pretty good IMO but your point about him not being able to write stories like Cujo doesn't make sense, if he wanted to write stories set in the 70s-80s he could.
@@jamesfitzgerald8267 yeah. A bunch of his books are set before they were written: half of IT, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, The Body, Apt Pupil (I just read different seasons, hence my choice of examples), 1922, 11/22/63.
One day you could make a video about how to not make a Stephen King ending.
Duma Key is the most underrated King book ever. It is fantastic.
11/22/63 you didn’t like the ending? Of about 20 reviews I’ve watched I think 20 didn’t just like the ending, they LOVED it. People were balling as they recounted the touching, heartbreaking end. I just finished it and loved every page including the ending. It was a Casablanca ending. Sacrifice your happiness for the greater good....
Lol I thought I was the only one that felt the same about Misery. The book itself is great, but the book in the book is a pain to get through.
Skip it then, it doesn't add to the story or drama... skip it... duh...
@@michealmyers5328 Lol its funny this needs to explained....
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patrick Rothfuss did the 1st person 3rd person switch thing. An amazing writer.
This is the most entertaining review video I've ever seen! Also, I completely agree with you when it comes to the Mr. Mercedes trilogy. I was so ready for a series without supernatural elements!
Stephen King used to be a very good writer, but I stopped reading him after The green mile, which I consider his best novel of the 90s decade. Different seasons in my opinion is his best short stories collection (Shawshank Redemption is the novella I prefer most of all) and my favourite King's novel is Pet Sematary, I've read 4 or 5 times.
I loved this... I have a similar collection and agree with King bungling the ends. He's a pantser. That's why the ends suck but the characters are amazing.
I love your collection! I'm only just recently getting into Stephen king. I only own IT and the shining and I haven't started either of them yet. I'm excited to read them. Cujo and misery sound good too
My five fav Stephen king books
1.christine
2.it
3.pet semetary
4.the shining
5.cujo
Add Misery and you have Stephen King’s top six.
Pet Sematary is an extraordinary novel I have read it; I think The Sand would be an amazing one too.
Im looking forward to pick up The Sand soonest
Needful Things was a bit long and the ending took a mild dump but it's still a great story. Desperation and the regulators are both pretty kick ass from beggining to end. Both have the same characters fighting the same monster yet neither one is a sequel and they both stand on their own.
*looks up Stephen king book collections* *sees one that is long enough to be interesting* *18 seconds in*
Him: Whatever works your boat (mutters the same thing) God I got that one wrong
Uh! subed right away! Great author taste and a sense of humor similar to mine, I can't wait to binge watch your videos man!
Welcome aboard the boat of craziness!
Wtf why did you spoil end of watch that wasn't even funny
Stefano Poeta It was.
I'm sorry I watched this video. Also he sounds so irreverent towards a lot of his work
Thanks for the heads up! I wondered why there were many dislikes then I saw your comment. I shall move away from this video now
I made the mistake of reading THE OUTSIDER first so I already knew ...
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A lot of these people don't get your humor, I'm dying this is so funny lmaooo. Still informative too, I dig it.
I just finished my first Stephen king book IT . It was amazing
Do you recomend this to me? Was the orgy scene too much?
@@nasiagoumpourou6444 did not ruin it if that is what you want to know.
@@nasiagoumpourou6444 its not an orgy. they run a train on her. how is this so hard for people to understand??
@@deg1studios nice
@@nasiagoumpourou6444 No, just bizarre and sudden
"I like fires"... well that aged well
Great video man. I've been waiting a long time for a video that goes deeper into your book collection. In your book collection videos you just kind of skip ahead but this was very nice. And by the way, it was nice to see someone with a different opinion than other King fans. Like your view on the Shining that was really cool. Great video!
He just spoiled end of watch for meeee :(
Nah, he played the pronoun game. You don't know who the "he" is Who dies. Is it Hodges? Is it Brady? Is it Jerome? Is it Hodges former partner?
I mean it is called "End of Watch"...
2:11 a book falls down behind you
dog rocket I know I saw
Lol😂
6:11 You are so funny! I can’t get enough of your humour!
That part made me laugh too
I agree about Misery, I couldn’t stand that we had to read a book within a book.
Can you review your Dean Koontz collection? I've read more Koontz than King but like them both.
I can do that. It'll just be hard for me to remember what title goes with which story lol
5:46
The way you said welcome at the beginning wallcome
"whetever works your boat" reminds me of what I said to my kid the other day who wouldn't be quiet "shut your horse... mouth.." I guess I was also trying to tell her to "hold your horses."
Didn’t care for the shining either surprisingly, felt like I spent half of the book waiting for it to start and then suddenly it was ending. Better than the movie but I wouldn’t waste my time again
geez this guy talks like hes drunk
Laura laura abut he’s so funny 😂
IT was also the first King book I ever bought and read and I LOVED it. It will stay with me forever. Best f*cking book ever.
The books written by Bachman were page-Turners on Overdrive - BTO
just subbed you, I was looking for a kind of king list as I am missing a few. You are spot on with your critique of old Kingy love your quirkiness, your very entertaining keep it up.
2:05 Did you just call The Body “okay”? THAT’S HOW I GOT INTO STEPHEN, AND IT IS MY FAVORITE BOOK EVER!!!
6:18 "THE REGULATORS!"
12:43 "he recovered fast" hahaha
Thanks for the honesty, your taste in Stephe's books are little similar, so I have a little idea what to keep buying.
1:57 How can you not mention Shawshank?
You’re right about Joyland. I read it just over 2 years ago and have forgotten it more than his stuff I read ten years ago
Revival was fucking horrifying.
Totally agree with the shining lol really hard to finish that one lol and I also loved the deadzone
Dude! You didn’t read “The Eyes of the Dragon”?! U gotta man! I tell ya; it’s phenomenal!
Have you read the institute?
I thought Needful Things moved. But agree with you on the all the rest. Eyes of the Dragon is fantastic, btw.
My top 5
5. The dark half
4. The shining
3. Revival
2. pet cemetery
1. IT
"Christine... Not my fav book"...
ME: are you fucking crazy?!?!?!
I"m reading IT now after being told a hundred times that I needed to read it. I'm also kinda crying cause I had a good portion of Stephen King books as well but my ex took them when we split and what i have is after I've bought them again. Also you are missing Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar. Good book. I read it in four hours.
You're talking about Gwendy Button Box right? Cause I did figure that out while reading that one. I think I've heard rumors that IT was supposed to be a version of Randall as well. I could be wrong on that one of course.
I actually really like Dreamcatcher save for its very saggy middle. But right after that it picks up the pace
When he said i dont care about the shining i was like how the f
bro tell me how do u read that book in three days. tell me man. i cant read so fast 4 months reading IT on and off enjoying it but wanted to read more books but at this speed i cant.
Do you have any videos on Robert McCammon?
I thoroughly enjoyed this video 😂 your personality really stands out and I love it! I want to know what you mean by “bloated” when describing books haha.
First I read was the dark tower series. Will probably always be my favourite. Then I would prob go, salems lot, the stand, the talisman. Didn't read many of his books yet. I read 3 quarters of "IT" and found it so slow so I stopped.. Currently reading the shining, really enjoying the characters , it'll probably be a good one
"THE BIBLE."
Alool Dessin " I mean ON WRITING!"
Alool Dessin my favourite fantasy book
I know this will sound weird to some people and to some they will sadly know where I'm coming from. Stephen King saved my sanity as a teenager. When i read his books i could leave my horrible home life for a few chapters at a time. If I'm honest more than a few chapters at a time. But i digress. When people talk about his drug/alcohol abuse. He's human. Shit happens. Mr. King is the one who told us He had a problem. He's overcome His addictions and is a better man for it. Also from what I see and hear His kids are well adjusted human beings. Be like Stephen King!
Why Do you Hate Night Shift
I get heavily inspired by what a guy says about a book. And now next time I read Misery I'll also probably skim through the story...
Did you read Danse Macabre
I'll never forget stumbling onto 'desperation'. Creepy as shit!
2:11 so know ones gonna talk about the book that fell on its own in the background
"And It Resets! No, No. It's An Ending, WHAT REALLY?!" Funniest over dramatic moment ever😄😆
I also actually really enjoyed Dolores Claiborne as well. Did not care for desperation at all, that's the only other King book I've put down aside from IT. It would probably be my least favorite from King so far. I'd like to try out the Regulators and see if I like it any better. And his newest book that he wrote with his son really just seems like a political statement to me, an ultra feminist statement which I really am not in the mood to read right now, so I haven't bought it yet, will at some point though so I can have it in my King collection.
very nice collection
I didn’t like the girl who loved Tom Gordon either! Great video ✨
Can you review the heart of the knight by Gabriel Ramirez it's on Amazon
i actually realllly liked the dreamcatcher :(((((
Looks like you’ve got some TBRs
Great collection. You have made up mind to add Dolores Claiborne and the Bachman books to my tbr. Thanks.
1:12 I agree The Shining movie is kinda overrated and the book is just ok. I liked Doctor sleep much better than The Shining.
I skipped the writing part in Misery to anyway nice collection
Don't dis Dreamcatcher man. That's one of my favorites.
Great video. Could you do something similar for Koontz and Clancy?
Night Shift not one of your favourites??!!!! The very best horror anthology ever IMO 😎👍🏼
I really enjoyed watching this.
Needful Things was pretty great. Even the ending was ok,not great but not horrible. The story was worthy of a Rod Serling Twilight Zone story
Whatever works your paper boat
I started with The dark half, fantastic book
Kinda shitty to spoil the endings to books with no warning :(
1:16 Night Shift
Why you dont like many books I like all of then
Dude. If you still haven't read Black House, you should. Its fantastic.
I've only kept two books of his so far on my shelves. Cujo and Christine, did not care for Salem's Lot, really wanted to throw Dreamcatcher into a wall and The Shining was meh except for one scene and I lost my copy of Pet Cemetery.
For Stephen kings next book .It will be about a boy with ADHD that can control toy trains, He use his new found powers to terrorize his Neighborhood.Stubbing many teachers and parents toes.
was the Dark Half sorta a run off of the Richard Bachman books? any help would be great
letart ruleu I believe it is. It’s my second favorite book of the King!!! It’s really good!
Yeah he was writing it as Bachman when he got outed as being Richard Bachman around the early 90s. I believe that to be true but now that i wrote it out it seems too similar to the plot of the dark half but perhaps it was influenced by the real deal. Definetly the dark half is Bachman-esque
Can you make video on Michael Crichton book collection ?
Only King book I didnt like at all out of the 9-10 I read is Dark Half. Almost didnt give him another chance after that book. Almost lol
I'm not sure if you assessment of King's books can be taken seriously. You just said that The Dark Half didn't have a Kookie Weird-ass ending, which is wrong. I guess having a write-off with character that rollout out of a grave, and having said character be taken apart by ravens is your idea of a normal ending? lol
It
You really don’t sound like a King fan. You hate his books more the you like them
you should read the regulators.. actually maybe dont... cuz you liked desperation... and i thought that stunk.
Have read nowhere near as many Stephen King books as you but based on what I have read: disagree on the shining, personally I loved it, agree completely on misery it was so good but didn’t enjoy the book within the book parts, agree on Gerald’s game as I went into it with high hopes but found it so boring, 100% agree on the dark half and tho k it’s one of his most underrated books then finally agree with IT as loved most of it but not the ending.
Only read 2 Brooks of the author, so i was just listening to discover new things, but it all del Weiss with via comments. Then He raid that the it of Muschietti are gold movies, the i understood.
I think The shining is the best