Worm Book Club discussion

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I’ll almost always give a Stephen King book 5 stars (or five creepy eyeballs because the dude is insane). I started this one a year ago and for some reason put it down even though I only had 40 pages left. Even so, it was an absolutely excellent read; terrifying, exciting, and very novel in the take King has on the concept of aliens and UFOs. He’s very good at taking an age-old idea and making it feel completely new and freshly horrifying — “‘Salem’s Lot” put vampires in a light I’ve never experienced before, “It” took me for a brand new circus ride with clowns, and “Pet Semetary” illustrated fresh graves rather left undug.

I wouldn’t say “The Tommyknockers” is King’s best work, but then again, I can’t really say what his best work is. All of his novels come together in an intricately woven interconnected universe (yes, many of his books share characters, places, and events that follow a specific timeline...how he was able to construct and plan this throughout more than 50 separate novels, I will never know). A Stephen King book can’t really disappoint, because each one is written with such care, detail, and raw emotion that you can’t help but get swept up by his storytelling, no matter what the story is.

Onto the next Stephen King novel I suppose. 🙃

Hahah I like the creepy eyeballs! ☺

Also, after looking up the summary this book sounds a lot like the TV show Haven--it says the show is loosely based on another Stephen King book but it definitely got some inspiration from this one too!! That's wild! I watched that show forever ago and now seeing your review of the book + its similar elements to the show, I think I gotta check it out..... hmmm......

**Also just in case you're gonna consider checking out the show, I think I'd recommend it?? Idk, I watched it a long time ago so I can't say for sure if I'd still like it or not, but it was good at the time!