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