u/Fucking_secuels

Anyone else excited about this gem?

I've been an avid reader for years, and I've read King's stories about vampires, indescribable monsters, and even aliens with almost dark devotion... But I've never had so much trouble finishing a book because of the discomfort it caused me.

Something strange happened with Rage. It took me months to finish reading it. And not because it was badly written or because of some reader's block.

Now I realize that part of the problem lay in the writing, or rather, the language of the book. It was incredibly well-written for such a young author (my God, he started writing it in high school!), but it was also raw, visceral, and brimming with barely contained (and then completely uncontrolled) violence. The words didn't flow naturally; they buzzed like a swarm of angry wasps.

I wasn't reading about a troubled, unbalanced kid named Charlie Decker. I turned the pages and found myself being Charlie Decker. And I didn't like it one bit.

Max Cady is perhaps one of the best antagonists I've ever seen in film, without a doubt. And in my humble opinion, it's Robert De Niro's best performance.

Is "If It Bleeds" perhaps one of King's best collections? I think it's been a long time since the master published a collection of stories where all of them were of the same high quality.