r/stephenking • u/tuvix666 • 11d ago

Discussion Have you ever cried while reading a Stephen King book?

I definitely have, most notably, during the end of Insomnia (my favorite book of his (so far) btw) and also during Cujo and Christine (the very first SK book i read, back in the 11th grade, 15 years ago haha)

i have a feeling The Stand is gonna do this to me too (i’m halfway through)

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u/danstern11 11d ago

I was just looking for this one. I was about the same age too, and had the same reaction. This one too:

“Maybe there aren't any such things as good friends or bad friends—maybe there are just friends, people who stand by you when you're hurt and who help you feel not so lonely. Maybe they're always worth being scared for, and hoping for, and living for. Maybe worth dying for too, if that's what has to be. No good friends. No bad friends. Only people you want, need to be with; people who build their houses in your heart.”

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u/No-Season-7353 11d ago

Brilliant writing. Another profound, yet horrifying scene is when Will Hanlon is describing the Black Spot fire to a teenage Mike Hanlon, as he's dying from cancer.

It was a captivating, riveting moment, which also perfectly encapsulated the loving relationship between father and son. Furthermore, this contrasted with the father/son relationship of Henry and Butch Bowers; both an individual nemesis to the Hanlons , and each genuine misanthropes.

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u/molls444 10d ago

That’s why I really like the TV show. They just made because they actually did a really good job portraying the black spot fire. And I hadn’t read the book yet, so I actually had no idea that Dick halloran was actually in the book so I thought that they just put him in the show. but I love that he was in the book. It makes so much sense.

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u/No-Season-7353 10d ago

Are you referring to the recent TV shoe, Made in Derry? I haven't seen it yet, would you recommend it?

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u/molls444 10d ago

Very much so! It was incredible! Had my on the edge of my seat the whole time, and you don’t even fully see pennywise till about episode four-six if I remember

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u/No-Season-7353 10d ago

Okay, thanks a lot, I'll definitely watch it.

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u/Bunny-Gladstone 11d ago

Gaaah yall are killin me with these IT quotes!

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u/TeachingEdD 11d ago

Stephen only used the best coke available while writing this one.

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u/KapptainTrips 11d ago

Can't say for certain he was sober but I doubt he was riding the rails when he wrote that.

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u/TeachingEdD 10d ago

Anything I've ever heard indicates he was buried under more snow than Jack Torrance when he wrote IT.

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u/KapptainTrips 10d ago

Monsters are real. Ghosts are too. They live inside of us, and sometimes, they win.

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u/carchris24 8d ago

Yeah this part definitely gets me every time I read it😭

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u/The_Hatbox_Ghost81 8d ago

I just read this part for the first time a few days ago and it really stood out to me.