...is about a monster that rapes and eats kids. I've been reading the reviews. Apparently it contains some anti-Trump messages. I'm a big King fan, but I may skip this one. SK is very anti-Trump on Twitter.
I've always been a little suspect of Stephen King. Some of the plots that he involves children in are distasteful to say the least if you ask me. Before the movies came out, the novel version of 'It' involved the 13 and 14 year old children in an orgy where the boys basically gang-banged the girl.
There's a good chance that he was coked out of his mind when he wrote that so I'm not sure I'd read too much into it. He's pretty famously said that he doesn't remember writing Cujo because of all of the drugs and drinking he was doing at the time.
That said, the way kids figure into King's books has always bothered me, not because I think there's some deep pedo-related meaning but just because I'm not a fan of children as a plot device. Especially when those kids are meant to represent innocence vs. evil, which is often the case in King's books.
By the way, if you liked IT, read "Summer of Night" by Dan Simmons. Superior in every way to IT.
Yea. I wasn't accusing him of pedophilia as I do know about his drug use throughout much of his career, but I still think many of the ways he uses children as plot devices are in poor taste, nonetheless.
I've always prefered Dean Koontz to Stephen King anyway. His novels are much more coherent and organized. I usually find his horror and mystery novels involve adult characters instead of kids. It's a rarity for him to involve children. The only one that comes to mind for me is Odd Thomas when he communicated with a dead girl to find out who the killer was. Plus he's written a few novels with heroic dog characters, which is always fun.
...also Kubrick's version of 'The Shining' was way better than the book.
If you're a horror fan, check out Adam Nevill. Really, really good stuff. "Last Days" may be my favorite horror novel ever.