James Mustich's 1000 Books to Read Before You Die discussion

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Part II--pretty intense.

So here's my question: Jake goes back in time to help Harry...to give him a better life. So...would this do it? I mean, Harry seems to be adjusted to his life, seems to be at peace, though we can't know that for sure, but it seems so from the few hints King drops. But instead of what did happen, Jake changes things--would those changes have made things better, or traumatized him for life? Traumatized him without the 'shield' of a damaged brain?

Same with the girl that Al saved from being shot. No one would wish for someone to be paralyzed, but her life seemed to be full and worthwhile. It could very well have been the adversity that she had to overcome that made her the person she was. If you take away that adversity...maybe she'd just have been an average person. Who's to say what's right?

I wonder if King is going to address these things as the book goes on.

I figure everyone got the It connections.

Wow, I tore through that. Very intense, very good. I did get the It connections, but since I haven't actually read It, I felt a little left out.

I wondered about the implications for the people as well - the woman in the wheelchair seemed to have built a great life for herself - how do we know that her alternate path would be better? The same for Harry.

On the other hand, I have had two people I cared about die in different random accidents, being in the wrong place at just the wrong time. If I could go back and tweak their days just a little bit, they would still be alive. There's no question, if I could do it, I would. So what if somehow that changes the future? It would be worth the risk.

I think the connections to It are an inside note to his fans, but it doesn't make any difference to the story. In It, Ritchie and Bev played pivotal roles. There not so worried about stranger danger because they went through something far worse.

There was a similar kind of note in The Tommyknockers--some characters had to drive through the town of Derry, and they made some comments that would have significance for readers of It.

Bryan "goes on a bit too long" wrote: "Part II--pretty intense.

So here's my question: Jake goes back in time to help Harry...to give him a better life. So...would this do it? I mean, Harry seems to be adjusted to his life, seems to b..."

He does address those things.