Stephen King Fans discussion

Discuss Thinner here. Please mark all spoilers for those reading along.

This has never been one of my favorites, but it's a quick read.

Michael wrote: "When comparing with THE STAND, IT, INSOMNIA, DREAMCATCHER, etc, at a little over an inch, this is one of his thinner books."

Yep. :-) And since I'm reading it along with THE WITCHING HOUR, I'm glad it is. I may have to do a marathon read.

Nick wrote: "Michael wrote: "When comparing with THE STAND, IT, INSOMNIA, DREAMCATCHER, etc, at a little over an inch, this is one of his thinner books."

Yep. :-) And since I'm reading it along with THE WITCHI..."

I absolutely loved The Witching Hour. I think it ties with Interview as her best book. She was certainly a master of her craft at that time.

Kandice wrote: "Nick wrote: "Michael wrote: "When comparing with THE STAND, IT, INSOMNIA, DREAMCATCHER, etc, at a little over an inch, this is one of his thinner books."

Yep. :-) And since I'm reading it along wi..."

I'm enjoying it very much Kandice. I'm not crazy about the narrator of the audio book. But you're right. Rice is a powerful and talented author.

Michael wrote: "Nick wrote: "And since I'm reading it along with THE WITCHING HOUR..."

I think I saw that you prefer to listen to the audio. I'm quite impressed that you can listen to both at the same time. You d..."

I usually read one book late at night and listen to another while I'm jogging or driving. But Witching Hour is so long, I'm listening to it all the time. Since I've already read and listened to THINNER, I'm getting to it any way I can, which means through both media.

Read this not too long ago and enjoyed it. It's a quick and fun read with an interesting story. I enjoyed the ambush part. I thought that was suspenseful. The ending was typical of the Bachman style which I found satisfying as well. Others might not have.

The movie adaptation is godawful. It came out as comical instead of being more sinister like in the book. But that's typical for a lot of the King movie adaptations. In the movie you just don't get a sense of Halleck 'wasting away' like is described in the book. And all of the acting was just terrible. A remake could be beneficial with better CGI effects if done correctly.

Luckily this is a reread for me. Lucky because it’s paired with The Witching Hour. I enjoyed the story and hope to have some input to share with group as I do the reread.

Hi,

I have finished my read of this month's King book - "Thinner" - and have posted my review on the following page for those interested in reading it:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Although it's spoiler free, if you haven't finished your read, you may want to do so first.

To great reading and best wishes,

Scott

Scott wrote: "Hi,

I have finished my read of this month's King book - "Thinner" - and have posted my review on the following page for those interested in reading it:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show......"

Great job, Scott, a terrific review that offers just enough of the plot to catch our interest and enough historical background and opinion to put it in context with King's other books, and let us know that it's a pretty decent piece of work. THANK.

Thank you, Nick. Have a great week.

"It had bobbed up like some evil clown's dirty balloon and he had turned away from it".

Bill when thinking about cancer after his wife brings it up in the car ride back from Mohonk. I'd be curious to know if King had already starting writing IT when he wrote this line.

Interesting observation...

I saw this on Facebook and instantly thought of Billy and his wife. Lol

Finished! This was a reread after many years, so I'd forgotten how good the ending was. Awesomeness.

I have seen the film adaptation. It is pretty cheesy, but I didn't mind watching it since it was amusing and entertaining enough.

This is my first time reading the novel, however, but again, because I saw the film, I knew the overall plot of the story.

I thought it was an enjoyable novel. The overall plot and idea has a very careful what you wish for creepy vibe feel. Granted the idea of Gypsy curses is stereotypical, but like a lot of King stories, this is clearly done in the vein of the supernatural, so it works here.

The inner thoughts of Billy as he was wasting away were intense, the character of Ginelli was interesting to say the least, and while I know how the story ended, it's still a gut wrenching to end the story.

Overall, a quick, but worthwhile and entertaining read.

Thinner would be a good candidate for a remake; the 90's movie version us OK, but too few remember it, and it would be interesting to see what a new director might do with it.

I agree with you F.C. Schaefer