chy-chy’s Reviews > The Stand > Status Update

1/13: almost done with Ch 43 and we’re finally into Part II of this epic. We’ve met the main cast and just met Julie, who is as despicable on the page as she was in the series. Kinda shocking that Nick slept with her. Also saw the interaction between Stu, Fran, and Harold play out in more detail. While I side with Stu (bc Harold is just awful), him taking a liking to Fran will definitely be a source of misery

1/11: I think it was Ch 37 where we meet a bunch of one-off characters to illustrate the notion of “no great loss”. It’s one of my favorite King tropes as he manages to create fairly complex characters that are inconsequential to the plot, but feel real. Some make you annoyed and some make you sad, but they all pass in the span of a second. Oh, and Rita is dead so…maybe we will meet Nadine?

1/9: ok so I guess Rita is sticking around after all as the real Nadine in the book. Wonder why they changed her name in the mini series? Anyways, her being older and oddly infantile when interacting with Larry is interesting. And while Larry is preoccupied with being a nice guy, he really should have left her before the tunnel 😒 I suspect that split in Larry (the ability to be mean or nice) will be important

1/7: we’ve finally met TrashCan man and he’s got an interesting backstory. I’m also realizing that the TV series likely has limitations to the full breadth of the character for timing. We also meet up with Nick again who might now only have 1 eye? Thanks Ray. And there was some other new guy, Kit, who wasn’t even mentioned in the TV series at all. I’m guessing Las Vegas is going to be a bit more crowded

1/6: just finished ch. 29 and I’m shocked that Harold can actually be worse compared to the TV series. There’s also a Rita (and previously a Yvonne) who Larry was hanging with at the start…it seems odd that the series changed a character name for no reason, but I’m pretty sure Rita = Nadine.