[ebooktalk] Re: AN OLD FAVOURITE

  • From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
  • To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:49:30 +0100

I found the whole Christian mythology thing got in the way with that one.  Also 
I think there were elements of the plot which were rather unlikely, although my 
reading of it may well have been clouded by my then early parenthood.
On 21 Apr 2013, at 21:21, Trish Talbot wrote:

> I'd forgotten that "The Green Mile" was by Stephen King, Clare.  I enjoyed
> that one, too.  Never seen the film though.
> Trish.
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> I didn't remember that you were a fan of King, Ian. I'm a bit wary of him. I
> thought the Green Mile was a really cracking book and film, and I loved the
> Shining until the horror really got going towards the end, when I think he
> must have started on an evening of his dodgy substances. The writing and
> characterisation in these two books was brilliant, but somehow the synopses
> of other books don't encourage me back to him, though I ought to know by
> this time how misleading a lot of blurbs are. Clare
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