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Entry Stephen King book for a kid? (lemmy.world)
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I read a ton of Stephen King as a kid and I think my kid will be into it, but I'm not sure which book would be a good entry point. He has so many different types of story from weird to horror to mind bending. What would you use as a good entry for his horror? For an 11 year old.

Update... Thank you so much everyone! This thread is making me want to reread the books myself too ๐Ÿ˜„

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[โ€“] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

As much as I love Dark Tower, I would never suggest DT books as an entry point in the "Kingverse". If you've read a dozen other books of him (mostly random), you'll actually have a lot better time starting DT because you'll be able to pick up certain threads that would otherwise remain invisible.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 1 year ago

    100% this ^ It's "good" without the background knowledge but it's way more interesting if you get a lot of the references.

    I didn't know what The Dark Tower was, I just happened to find the first few in a used book store. It wasn't until maybe book three that I started recognizing some stuff because I'd read a fair amount of King but over a long stretch of time.

    These days I'm reading random ones and understanding more about The Dark Tower. I should probably re-read it sometime soon.

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