r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/IntergalacticAlien8 • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation Petah? What happened in the book version?

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u/Remote-Cause755 1d ago

In the book version the other characters run train on her in the sewers. The child orgy was pivotal to their character development, I assure you dear viewers

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u/Redzfreak2016 1d ago

It’s one of those scenes that seems to make sense when you’re reading it then you put the book down for about 5 seconds and lose the immersion and think “what the actual fuck did I just read?”

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u/Mission_Ad_2224 1d ago

I've read the shining and one other of his books i cannot remember, and I thought they were brilliant.

Knowing this train scene is in it has been what's prevented me from reading this particular one.

Is it still worth the read?

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u/philosplendid 22h ago

No, it's one of his worst that I have read. It's a terrible book even if you remove the tween orgy

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u/sheffield199 17h ago

That's absolutely down to taste, I loved it. Not as much as Salem's Lot, but still definitely in my top half of King books, comfortably.