Fiction

raccoon

(31,419 posts) Wed Oct 23, 2019, 03:13 PM Oct 2019

Reading THE INSTITUTE. **Possible spoilers

I Just finished the first part. I was just getting interested in it, it was about this man who was going to New York. He decided to hitchhike from Florida to New York. And he ended up in a small town in South Carolina (fictional, the small town, not South Carolina. Although I wonder if even King could create a politician as whacko as Lindsey Graham.).

Anyway, I want to keep reading about the characters in SC, not read about the Smart Kid.

Oh, i’m not much younger than Stephen King, and I’ve lived my entire life in South Carolina, and I had to Google to find out what Wickles are.

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Reading THE INSTITUTE. **Possible spoilers (Original Post) raccoon Oct 2019 OP

I'm reading it as well and I can't hardly put it down Docreed2003 Oct 2019 #1

Okay! Putting this one on my list. Haven't read any of Stephen King's work in japple Oct 2019 #2

Oh my, you haven't even gotten to the good parts yet. Cuthbert Allgood Oct 2019 #3

I finished the book this morning. I recommend this one. raccoon Oct 2019 #4

I so wanted to tell you Docreed2003 Oct 2019 #5

Docreed2003

(17,718 posts)

1. I'm reading it as well and I can't hardly put it down

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2019, 03:32 PM

Oct 2019

Just wait till you meet the kids and it really takes off.

japple

(10,292 posts)

2. Okay! Putting this one on my list. Haven't read any of Stephen King's work in

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2019, 03:54 PM

Oct 2019

quite a while, but having been born in SC, I guess I'll have to read it. I know lots of people who are hooked on Wickles. Even the hospital gift shop sold them for awhile.

Cuthbert Allgood

(5,167 posts)

3. Oh my, you haven't even gotten to the good parts yet.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2019, 04:48 PM

Oct 2019

The kids part is awesome.

This is, in my estimation, one of King's best. This is like Firestarter good. Easily top 3 for me with King (only if you count Dark Tower series as one book, of course).

raccoon

(31,419 posts)

4. I finished the book this morning. I recommend this one.

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 01:40 PM

Oct 2019

I wonder if SK hadn't been a writer, he might've been a good psychological counselor. He seemed to have a good grasp of how the kids' behavior changed as events unfolded.

Docreed2003

(17,718 posts)

5. I so wanted to tell you

Reply to raccoon (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 25, 2019, 09:13 PM

Oct 2019

Hang in there, it winds up back in SC!!! I loved this book...one of King's best and an incredible metaphor for the trump era!

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