Like I said before, I remember when I read it I was probably only 14 or 15 and I remember it scaring me even though I couldn't remember why or much of the story. Maybe some of it was that I was living in a small town. And as I said before, King is a master at taking the everyday mundane things of life and turning them on their heads, so maybe it rang a bell with me at the time that my own place in life wasn't so safe and cozy after all. Ha ha ha. I remember some of the story now and I vaguely remember the scene wit the kids in the woods being powerful and frightening. Tanks for the review. I look forward to your review of The Shining, that was a book that at that age truly terrified me. It is so full of creepy shit that I remember to this day the night I read it and going to school the next day without having slept. I think The Shining was the last book that truly scared me although I remember parts of It being scary also but not like Salem's Lot or The Shining.
I think the scene with the kids in the woods was the creepiest scene in the book for me, though the stake pounding and the knife trap disturbed me more.
I first read The Shining about eight years ago and I remember it being one of my favourite King books, so I'm looking forward to it too.
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Nate reads Stephen King, Book 2: 'Salem's Lot
15/02/2012 10:02:07 PM
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Excellent! (A few comments, and a question for you and Tigr.)
17/02/2012 11:57:34 PM
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