A Review of The Talisman by: Stephen King and Peter Straub

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The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)The Talisman by Stephen King

My rating: 2 of 5 stars


I have read so many of King's works, I was having trouble finding one, when I came across this title. I didn't check the copyright date before reading and starting really struggling to get through the thing. Of course, I had just finished reading 'On writing', and I suppose it kinda threw me when I was seeing all of King's suggestions being broken one by one.
After you check the publication date you will see it is one of his very early books. Before he started killing his darlings.
The story is good, but it is so descriptive that you just skip a lot of it. I found myself jumping to the next bit of dialogue just to use my imagination a little.
I can't complain. The combination of his book 'On writing' (A FIVE STAR READ- every writer should read it- IMO) and then reading this early work of his, have showed me what I am doing to my readers when I don't murder my darlings a little, too. Lord knows I've written tons of books that similarly over indulge. I can only hope mine improve like his have.
I have 70 pages left and abandoned it for The Stand. It is a whole lot more entertaining. Hardly skip a line. Makes me almost wanna peek at The Talisman Two, published in 2001 to see if the writing is better.
Still love King.



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