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subburner t1_jcqqhe6 wrote

I absolutely love his insights into human nature. I've been a life long Stephen King fan even though I have serious reservations due to a) his low key misogyny and b) weird writing quirks (Frederika Bimmel bugs me *every time I read that) but his world building is beyond compare.

I didn't enjoy The Shining, but Dr Sleep is my favorite, with Duma Key a close second. Both deal with recovery and 'mundane' mortality that reflect his personal experience in a down to earth manner.

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Ka_Tetof99 t1_jcs0923 wrote

I’ve always felt like he writes human beings as quintessentially human better than most authors. It seems like it comes from a place of a lot of empathy and life experience; his characters’ voices jump off the page at me in a way other authors don’t quite capture.

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sunforthemoon OP t1_jcqs2vd wrote

yes Dr Sleep is such a good book about recovery, and I love the parallels at the start of the book where it says ‘FEAR stands for fuck everything and run’ and at the end when it says ‘FEAR stands for face everything and recover’

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