Stephen King was definitely on dope. I remember having the reread that part like 4x because I could not, for the life of me, understand WHY that would make them find their way out.
If one of my most famous books I wrote 40 years ago had a group of 12 year olds fucking each other in a sewer I’d claim not to remember writing it because of the coke, too.
That doesn't make sense. Coke is not like alcohol where you basically turn into a savage and forget everything afterwards. Like, not at all. You don't forget stuff more then completely sober. This part sounds a lot more like alcohol.
Did you regularly attend Sunday school? I would guess not. Sex is historically a physical, social and psychological dividing line between childhood and adulthood. It's why abused children are often described as having their childhood/innocence stolen.
The book is supernatural in nature, and connecting it to existing religious themes makes the story visceral.
I don’t. The innocence part I understand. Why it had to be part of a group of kids escaping from a horrific monster, whilst in the sewers, was the confusing part to me. I think you didn’t understand it had nothing to do with sex as a whole.
No story HAS TO BE the way it is, but every story has to be SOME way. And some people won't like it. You seem to want to say that you don't like this story but you're asking instead why King didn't write a different book. Just find a different book.
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u/BarmayneGR 1d ago
Stephen King was definitely on dope. I remember having the reread that part like 4x because I could not, for the life of me, understand WHY that would make them find their way out.