The Stand

[carisma_sensei]

I started reading Stephen King's The Stand short before the pandemic spread across the globe. Quite fitting of me to do that. Just in time, girl!

I'm loving it to pieces. I already loved the story, as shown in the TV series from the 90s. And even though they changed bits and pieces of it for TV, as I know now by reading the book, it remains one of my all time faves.

The book is exquisite, as I always hope for in King. He may be my favourite writer and someday I want to read him in full english. But it's way easier to get a hold of any book in spanish here so we never give it much thought lol.

Do you think translated versions lose magic? I do. Sometimes you just feel there's something off with the translation. I hate when that happens! Even then, I love me some Stephen king.

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[sodium_amytal]

Ahh, The Stand is so good! (actually any book by King is A+++ but yeah :P) I loved the mini-series, even though they changed things for it. I actually kind of prefer it to the book, since the book is so long. LOL.

[carisma_sensei]

The book is loooong haha I'm reaching page 500 not without effort lol. I love reading but I tend to fall asleep! Because it's SO relaxing to me (not because it's boring).

The mini-series is amazing. I actually imagine the characters as pictured in the series, which makes no sense in some cases (like Harold omfg).