My Stephen King Book Collection

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КОМЕНТАРІ • 220

  • @CareyHAuthor
    @CareyHAuthor 6 років тому +140

    "The Bib... I mean On Writing." Love that

    • @Derpy-tq1qo
      @Derpy-tq1qo 5 років тому +2

      NerdWriterGirl1984 it should’ve been called Stephen King’s Bible On Reading
      PRAY TO THE KING!!!!

  • @jacksonpayne3477
    @jacksonpayne3477 5 років тому +38

    Respectfully disagree I thought needful things was fantastic

  • @lbentforleather9654
    @lbentforleather9654 4 роки тому +18

    I thought Needful Things was amazing, but I can see why not everyone likes it. It isn't as well-written as some of his best, but I loved it. I also thought Insomnia was incredible.

  • @factualopinion6947
    @factualopinion6947 5 років тому +13

    I've read 13 Stephen king novels so far, under the dome is still my favorite

  • @ZelphTheWebmancer
    @ZelphTheWebmancer 6 років тому +41

    One day you could make a video about how to not make a Stephen King ending.

  • @SupeRey49
    @SupeRey49 6 років тому +52

    Lol I thought I was the only one that felt the same about Misery. The book itself is great, but the book in the book is a pain to get through.

    • @michealmyers5328
      @michealmyers5328 4 роки тому +2

      Skip it then, it doesn't add to the story or drama... skip it... duh...

    • @user-lx7sg8ks7b
      @user-lx7sg8ks7b 4 роки тому

      @@michealmyers5328 Lol its funny this needs to explained....

    • @iwannhsss1435
      @iwannhsss1435 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/LXJH4tT-DR8/v-deo.html

  • @Dekead1930
    @Dekead1930 6 років тому +10

    Beautiful collection. I love looking at collections on bookshelves, it’s so satisfying!

  • @elidagjika8741
    @elidagjika8741 7 місяців тому +3

    The Ones I've Read
    1.Carrie
    2.Salem's Lot
    3.The Shining
    4.The Dead Zone
    5.Fire-Starter
    6.Cujo
    7.Christine
    8.Pet Sematary
    9.IT
    10.Misery
    11.The Stand
    12.Insomnia
    13.Gerald's Game
    14.Bag Of Bones
    15.Cell
    16.1922
    17.11/22/63
    18.Doctor Sleep
    19.Mr.Mercedes

  • @jahonnak5231
    @jahonnak5231 6 років тому +75

    I respect you opinion but I can't understand why you don't like the shining 🤔

    • @ettabosley7542
      @ettabosley7542 5 років тому +6

      And I also thought Christine was a good book to

    • @divad44
      @divad44 4 роки тому +1

      I remember not liking the shining thaaaaat much but I read it years ago

    • @divad44
      @divad44 4 роки тому

      lukesfx I liked geralds game, not loved, but definitely liked. My mom also hyped it up for years so maybe I expected too much? Idk. But yeah I definitely would love to reread shining. I read it gosh 15 years ago? I remember not caring for it too much idk why and I also remember the hedge animals did nothing for me yet other people say that’s one of the scariest parts in the book. I wish I liked it! I just remember not.... Ive been on a king bender this year can’t wait to read more of his books! Finished the outsider and about halfway done with the institute

    • @angeloviorel9734
      @angeloviorel9734 4 роки тому

      @@ettabosley7542 I loved Christine

    • @civoreb
      @civoreb 3 роки тому

      Shining and Salem’s Lot were over hyped for me. By the time I read them, I was like “meh”

  • @BlackMasterJoe89
    @BlackMasterJoe89 5 років тому +9

    Your remarks on "Rage" had me in a fit of giggles.

  • @gabix7488
    @gabix7488 5 років тому +36

    You don't know what you're missing about The Shining.
    Yes, he changed. He can't write books like Cujo, Christine, Shining or others. Why ? Because the times were living in. Computers, cell phones.

    • @maximumpower98
      @maximumpower98 4 роки тому +2

      Gabi X So t(ere are some things in your comment that made me confused
      1. When you’re talking about the books you mentioned the book that he was criticizing saying that he can’t write great books anymore.
      2. He wrote the shining before Cujo and Christine

    • @jamesfitzgerald8267
      @jamesfitzgerald8267 4 роки тому +2

      I mean it's not like he couldn't write stories that are set in the 70s-80s if he wanted so I don't get your point, I mean I don't entirely agree with the whole thing about King not being able to write good stories anymore, Under the Dome, 11/22/63, Revival and Doctor Sleep were pretty good IMO but your point about him not being able to write stories like Cujo doesn't make sense, if he wanted to write stories set in the 70s-80s he could.

    • @deg1studios
      @deg1studios 4 роки тому +3

      @@jamesfitzgerald8267 yeah. A bunch of his books are set before they were written: half of IT, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, The Body, Apt Pupil (I just read different seasons, hence my choice of examples), 1922, 11/22/63.

  • @harryewings9332
    @harryewings9332 3 роки тому +6

    Duma Key is the most underrated King book ever. It is fantastic.

  • @billkeon880
    @billkeon880 4 роки тому +4

    11/22/63 you didn’t like the ending? Of about 20 reviews I’ve watched I think 20 didn’t just like the ending, they LOVED it. People were balling as they recounted the touching, heartbreaking end. I just finished it and loved every page including the ending. It was a Casablanca ending. Sacrifice your happiness for the greater good....

  • @redundantmartyr
    @redundantmartyr 6 років тому +2

    This is the most entertaining review video I've ever seen! Also, I completely agree with you when it comes to the Mr. Mercedes trilogy. I was so ready for a series without supernatural elements!

  • @mohammedsalah2309
    @mohammedsalah2309 6 років тому +5

    patrick Rothfuss did the 1st person 3rd person switch thing. An amazing writer.

  • @carlrosenmeier7072
    @carlrosenmeier7072 6 років тому

    Great video man. I've been waiting a long time for a video that goes deeper into your book collection. In your book collection videos you just kind of skip ahead but this was very nice. And by the way, it was nice to see someone with a different opinion than other King fans. Like your view on the Shining that was really cool. Great video!

  • @taylor197
    @taylor197 6 років тому +5

    I'm currently reading my first Stephen King book (Carrie). After Carrie, I'm thinking of reading IT, Misery, and Pet Semetary

  • @ettabosley7542
    @ettabosley7542 5 років тому +13

    My five fav Stephen king books
    1.christine
    2.it
    3.pet semetary
    4.the shining
    5.cujo

  • @corajohnston22
    @corajohnston22 6 років тому +42

    He just spoiled end of watch for meeee :(

    • @kateworkman921
      @kateworkman921 4 роки тому

      Nah, he played the pronoun game. You don't know who the "he" is Who dies. Is it Hodges? Is it Brady? Is it Jerome? Is it Hodges former partner?

    • @joeschmoe1150
      @joeschmoe1150 3 роки тому +2

      I mean it is called "End of Watch"...

  • @kerryplatt2545
    @kerryplatt2545 6 років тому +2

    I love your collection! I'm only just recently getting into Stephen king. I only own IT and the shining and I haven't started either of them yet. I'm excited to read them. Cujo and misery sound good too

  • @stefanopoeta19
    @stefanopoeta19 6 років тому +83

    Wtf why did you spoil end of watch that wasn't even funny

    • @scarydaddy5721
      @scarydaddy5721 5 років тому +1

      Stefano Poeta It was.

    • @kickthetragedydropnineteens
      @kickthetragedydropnineteens 4 роки тому +1

      I'm sorry I watched this video. Also he sounds so irreverent towards a lot of his work

    • @narata1541
      @narata1541 4 роки тому +4

      Thanks for the heads up! I wondered why there were many dislikes then I saw your comment. I shall move away from this video now

    • @actung74
      @actung74 4 роки тому

      I made the mistake of reading THE OUTSIDER first so I already knew ...

    • @iwannhsss1435
      @iwannhsss1435 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/LXJH4tT-DR8/v-deo.html

  • @kristinsewell1441
    @kristinsewell1441 5 років тому +2

    I loved this... I have a similar collection and agree with King bungling the ends. He's a pantser. That's why the ends suck but the characters are amazing.

  • @scarydaddy5721
    @scarydaddy5721 5 років тому +2

    6:11 You are so funny! I can’t get enough of your humour!

    • @blending_in
      @blending_in 2 роки тому

      That part made me laugh too

  • @mistressofthelawngnomes810
    @mistressofthelawngnomes810 5 років тому

    just subbed you, I was looking for a kind of king list as I am missing a few. You are spot on with your critique of old Kingy love your quirkiness, your very entertaining keep it up.

  • @lauralaura4345
    @lauralaura4345 4 роки тому +31

    geez this guy talks like hes drunk

  • @StudioSerious1
    @StudioSerious1 4 роки тому +3

    Stephen King used to be a very good writer, but I stopped reading him after The green mile, which I consider his best novel of the 90s decade. Different seasons in my opinion is his best short stories collection (Shawshank Redemption is the novella I prefer most of all) and my favourite King's novel is Pet Sematary, I've read 4 or 5 times.

  • @orchidma2437
    @orchidma2437 6 років тому +2

    I agree about Misery, I couldn’t stand that we had to read a book within a book.

  • @mirfazli9174
    @mirfazli9174 3 роки тому +3

    Pet Sematary is an extraordinary novel I have read it; I think The Sand would be an amazing one too.
    Im looking forward to pick up The Sand soonest

  • @BlackacreDoe
    @BlackacreDoe 4 роки тому +1

    A lot of these people don't get your humor, I'm dying this is so funny lmaooo. Still informative too, I dig it.

  • @drummingninja1065
    @drummingninja1065 6 років тому +11

    Can you review your Dean Koontz collection? I've read more Koontz than King but like them both.

    • @Travismcbee
      @Travismcbee  6 років тому +9

      I can do that. It'll just be hard for me to remember what title goes with which story lol

  • @TheLuhya
    @TheLuhya Рік тому

    I thoroughly enjoyed this video 😂 your personality really stands out and I love it! I want to know what you mean by “bloated” when describing books haha.

  • @melissaclair1508
    @melissaclair1508 5 років тому +1

    "whetever works your boat" reminds me of what I said to my kid the other day who wouldn't be quiet "shut your horse... mouth.." I guess I was also trying to tell her to "hold your horses."

  • @theartwizard4778
    @theartwizard4778 5 років тому +1

    The way you said welcome at the beginning wallcome

  • @simonskulloff8574
    @simonskulloff8574 3 роки тому +2

    "I like fires"... well that aged well

  • @rickcarlisle7005
    @rickcarlisle7005 6 років тому +1

    12:43 "he recovered fast" hahaha

  • @TheFilmAttorney
    @TheFilmAttorney 5 років тому +1

    Needful Things was a bit long and the ending took a mild dump but it's still a great story. Desperation and the regulators are both pretty kick ass from beggining to end. Both have the same characters fighting the same monster yet neither one is a sequel and they both stand on their own.

  • @lifewithahmed81
    @lifewithahmed81 5 років тому

    bro tell me how do u read that book in three days. tell me man. i cant read so fast 4 months reading IT on and off enjoying it but wanted to read more books but at this speed i cant.

  • @Sunflower_Pop
    @Sunflower_Pop 6 років тому +7

    I"m reading IT now after being told a hundred times that I needed to read it. I'm also kinda crying cause I had a good portion of Stephen King books as well but my ex took them when we split and what i have is after I've bought them again. Also you are missing Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar. Good book. I read it in four hours.

    • @Sunflower_Pop
      @Sunflower_Pop 6 років тому

      You're talking about Gwendy Button Box right? Cause I did figure that out while reading that one. I think I've heard rumors that IT was supposed to be a version of Randall as well. I could be wrong on that one of course.

  • @rabbittrainer
    @rabbittrainer 5 років тому +3

    Dude! You didn’t read “The Eyes of the Dragon”?! U gotta man! I tell ya; it’s phenomenal!

  • @JP-fg2vo
    @JP-fg2vo 5 років тому +7

    2:11 a book falls down behind you

  • @vsync_
    @vsync_ 5 років тому +9

    I just finished my first Stephen king book IT . It was amazing

    • @nasiagoumpourou6444
      @nasiagoumpourou6444 5 років тому

      Do you recomend this to me? Was the orgy scene too much?

    • @elichaitman3294
      @elichaitman3294 5 років тому

      @@nasiagoumpourou6444 did not ruin it if that is what you want to know.

    • @deg1studios
      @deg1studios 4 роки тому

      @@nasiagoumpourou6444 its not an orgy. they run a train on her. how is this so hard for people to understand??

    • @Adrian-ou5kc
      @Adrian-ou5kc 4 роки тому

      @@deg1studios nice

    • @stephenryan7855
      @stephenryan7855 4 роки тому

      @@nasiagoumpourou6444 No, just bizarre and sudden

  • @KingBowserVlog
    @KingBowserVlog 6 років тому

    I actually really like Dreamcatcher save for its very saggy middle. But right after that it picks up the pace

  • @aliciacb8284747274
    @aliciacb8284747274 4 роки тому +1

    Didn’t care for the shining either surprisingly, felt like I spent half of the book waiting for it to start and then suddenly it was ending. Better than the movie but I wouldn’t waste my time again

  • @singIeservingfriend
    @singIeservingfriend 5 років тому

    You’re right about Joyland. I read it just over 2 years ago and have forgotten it more than his stuff I read ten years ago

  • @hannahweatherford2540
    @hannahweatherford2540 6 років тому +10

    *looks up Stephen king book collections* *sees one that is long enough to be interesting* *18 seconds in*
    Him: Whatever works your boat (mutters the same thing) God I got that one wrong
    Uh! subed right away! Great author taste and a sense of humor similar to mine, I can't wait to binge watch your videos man!

    • @Travismcbee
      @Travismcbee  6 років тому +3

      Welcome aboard the boat of craziness!

  • @matthewmedley8532
    @matthewmedley8532 6 років тому

    Great collection. You have made up mind to add Dolores Claiborne and the Bachman books to my tbr. Thanks.

  • @samratrudra5034
    @samratrudra5034 4 роки тому

    I get heavily inspired by what a guy says about a book. And now next time I read Misery I'll also probably skim through the story...

  • @JoeyVance845
    @JoeyVance845 6 років тому

    Whatever works your paper boat

  • @DAVEHARSTON
    @DAVEHARSTON 4 роки тому

    Totally agree with the shining lol really hard to finish that one lol and I also loved the deadzone

  • @Furious_Tiger
    @Furious_Tiger 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the honesty, your taste in Stephe's books are little similar, so I have a little idea what to keep buying.

  • @Jalapablo
    @Jalapablo 4 роки тому +1

    I thought Needful Things moved. But agree with you on the all the rest. Eyes of the Dragon is fantastic, btw.

  • @bessdavies6440
    @bessdavies6440 3 роки тому +1

    IT was also the first King book I ever bought and read and I LOVED it. It will stay with me forever. Best f*cking book ever.

  • @shaneodb
    @shaneodb 4 роки тому +1

    First I read was the dark tower series. Will probably always be my favourite. Then I would prob go, salems lot, the stand, the talisman. Didn't read many of his books yet. I read 3 quarters of "IT" and found it so slow so I stopped.. Currently reading the shining, really enjoying the characters , it'll probably be a good one

  • @milesknightestrada3286
    @milesknightestrada3286 5 років тому +1

    6:18 "THE REGULATORS!"

  • @Houseofstrumminskull
    @Houseofstrumminskull 5 років тому

    I really enjoyed watching this.

  • @ivanaj.28
    @ivanaj.28 5 років тому +4

    i actually realllly liked the dreamcatcher :(((((

  • @billkeon880
    @billkeon880 4 роки тому

    The books written by Bachman were page-Turners on Overdrive - BTO

  • @gabrielcomeau3518
    @gabrielcomeau3518 4 роки тому +3

    When he said i dont care about the shining i was like how the f

  • @catalinapinzaru9788
    @catalinapinzaru9788 6 років тому

    I started with The dark half, fantastic book

  • @blacksmithorange8906
    @blacksmithorange8906 6 років тому +1

    Revival was fucking horrifying.

  • @pearcegreatesteverleftback03
    @pearcegreatesteverleftback03 4 роки тому +2

    Night Shift not one of your favourites??!!!! The very best horror anthology ever IMO 😎👍🏼

  • @anarchistjesus7354
    @anarchistjesus7354 5 років тому +1

    Don't dis Dreamcatcher man. That's one of my favorites.

  • @sketchywolfgrl9564
    @sketchywolfgrl9564 6 років тому

    I've only kept two books of his so far on my shelves. Cujo and Christine, did not care for Salem's Lot, really wanted to throw Dreamcatcher into a wall and The Shining was meh except for one scene and I lost my copy of Pet Cemetery.

  • @michaeltoss9307
    @michaeltoss9307 6 років тому

    Great video. Could you do something similar for Koontz and Clancy?

  • @Ang417
    @Ang417 6 років тому +1

    I skipped the writing part in Misery to anyway nice collection

  • @alexisak47trinity84
    @alexisak47trinity84 6 років тому +1

    I didn’t like the girl who loved Tom Gordon either! Great video ✨

  • @alaaqui
    @alaaqui 6 років тому +29

    "THE BIBLE."

    • @joeestrada3177
      @joeestrada3177 6 років тому

      Alool Dessin " I mean ON WRITING!"

    • @lh9350
      @lh9350 6 років тому +2

      Alool Dessin my favourite fantasy book

  • @tyronefeelgood1435
    @tyronefeelgood1435 6 років тому

    My favorite is a newer one it’s actually a series about a detective I really like the change in what he wrote

  • @JesseWolfboy
    @JesseWolfboy 4 роки тому

    Do you have any videos on Robert McCammon?

  • @micaylab1
    @micaylab1 4 роки тому

    "And It Resets! No, No. It's An Ending, WHAT REALLY?!" Funniest over dramatic moment ever😄😆

  • @stevetrowbridge7425
    @stevetrowbridge7425 6 років тому +1

    I also actually really enjoyed Dolores Claiborne as well. Did not care for desperation at all, that's the only other King book I've put down aside from IT. It would probably be my least favorite from King so far. I'd like to try out the Regulators and see if I like it any better. And his newest book that he wrote with his son really just seems like a political statement to me, an ultra feminist statement which I really am not in the mood to read right now, so I haven't bought it yet, will at some point though so I can have it in my King collection.

  • @ajtheslumpgodd
    @ajtheslumpgodd 4 роки тому

    2:11 so know ones gonna talk about the book that fell on its own in the background

  • @gaberamirez7246
    @gaberamirez7246 6 років тому

    Can you review the heart of the knight by Gabriel Ramirez it's on Amazon

  • @billkeon880
    @billkeon880 4 роки тому

    Looks like you’ve got some TBRs

  • @dietwater4620
    @dietwater4620 3 роки тому

    Have you read the institute?

  • @civoreb
    @civoreb 5 років тому +1

    Only King book I didnt like at all out of the 9-10 I read is Dark Half. Almost didnt give him another chance after that book. Almost lol

  • @davidmaggiesmith9758
    @davidmaggiesmith9758 2 роки тому

    2:05 Did you just call The Body “okay”? THAT’S HOW I GOT INTO STEPHEN, AND IT IS MY FAVORITE BOOK EVER!!!

  • @gianfrancoact
    @gianfrancoact 4 роки тому

    Only read 2 Brooks of the author, so i was just listening to discover new things, but it all del Weiss with via comments. Then He raid that the it of Muschietti are gold movies, the i understood.

  • @harryewings9332
    @harryewings9332 5 років тому

    I find listening to your opinions very interesting. Stephen King seems to be an author that really divides opinion. For example, I loved Christine but hated The Running Man.

  • @kianabrash
    @kianabrash 3 роки тому

    I'll never forget stumbling onto 'desperation'. Creepy as shit!

  • @miran4470
    @miran4470 5 років тому

    Can you make video on Michael Crichton book collection ?

  • @annabanabanana
    @annabanabanana 5 років тому +1

    I want to know how many good stories he threw away that we will never know about.

  • @rossadkins8498
    @rossadkins8498 4 роки тому

    Why Do you Hate Night Shift

  • @gustavolins4278
    @gustavolins4278 5 років тому

    I love your videos, but I will love more if they have subtitles available in english. Hugs from a brazilian fan

  • @kenskingcollection1977
    @kenskingcollection1977 2 роки тому

    very nice collection

  • @nklkrck8792
    @nklkrck8792 4 роки тому

    Did you read Danse Macabre

  • @billkeon880
    @billkeon880 4 роки тому

    Needful Things was pretty great. Even the ending was ok,not great but not horrible. The story was worthy of a Rod Serling Twilight Zone story

  • @dominicwyartt3598
    @dominicwyartt3598 2 роки тому

    My top 5
    5. The dark half
    4. The shining
    3. Revival
    2. pet cemetery
    1. IT

  • @august3777
    @august3777 4 роки тому +1

    I'm not sure if you assessment of King's books can be taken seriously. You just said that The Dark Half didn't have a Kookie Weird-ass ending, which is wrong. I guess having a write-off with character that rollout out of a grave, and having said character be taken apart by ravens is your idea of a normal ending? lol

  • @yamatoingramtv2285
    @yamatoingramtv2285 5 років тому

    'Salem's lot was the first book I read by him

    • @stephenryan7855
      @stephenryan7855 4 роки тому

      For me it was Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption

  • @robjabbaz
    @robjabbaz 4 роки тому

    you should read the regulators.. actually maybe dont... cuz you liked desperation... and i thought that stunk.

  • @leilaparvana7622
    @leilaparvana7622 4 роки тому

    Have read nowhere near as many Stephen King books as you but based on what I have read: disagree on the shining, personally I loved it, agree completely on misery it was so good but didn’t enjoy the book within the book parts, agree on Gerald’s game as I went into it with high hopes but found it so boring, 100% agree on the dark half and tho k it’s one of his most underrated books then finally agree with IT as loved most of it but not the ending.

  • @stephenkingreader8279
    @stephenkingreader8279 4 роки тому

    Why you dont like many books I like all of then

  • @simpl3simon806
    @simpl3simon806 6 років тому +5

    You really don’t sound like a King fan. You hate his books more the you like them

  • @Scrapnacks
    @Scrapnacks 3 роки тому

    legit just bought my first Stephen king book and I wanted to get an opinion on it “only one I didn’t finish… no story”… shit

  • @oliverjackson5070
    @oliverjackson5070 4 роки тому

    Planned to read all of Stephen King (Read Carrie, currently on 'Salems Lot) thanks for the End of Watch spoiler -_-

  • @rogerkall69
    @rogerkall69 6 років тому

    Thank you for the spoiler for the end of watch book

  • @coreyschmitz1408
    @coreyschmitz1408 4 роки тому +1

    "Christine... Not my fav book"...
    ME: are you fucking crazy?!?!?!

  • @netabolt6546
    @netabolt6546 5 років тому

    its just my opinion but in my reading through i found cell disapointing. not realy much happened, only at the beginnning and somewhat at the end but the ending ruined everything for me. also there were so many questions unanswered in this book. it started out good and it looked like actual zombies but for half of the book they didn't do anything. i know you love this book and thats awesome and i respect your opinion. also i loved duma key so opinions can be different. although we all agree that dreamcather was not a good book. although i read cell through the ending (wich if felt was kind of rushed) but i dnf'd Dreamcatcher. slow boring chase and i couldnt get myself throught it. that book like Cell started out promising but it ended up beeing 'the slowest longest chase' ever in a book (just like you described it). Christine was good but like you said it was a bit weird that he changed POV in the middle of the book and towards the ending it changed again. kind of weird. Christine was kind of bloated though. allot of stuff that wasn't needed or could been shorter. but overal good book. ending kind of sucks though.
    i read allot of Stephen King but definitely not all of them. On Writing IS the bible for younger aspiring writers just like me. wrote tons of first draft story's and never got to publish a book (although almost! i'm on Beta Readers)

  • @stephenryan7855
    @stephenryan7855 4 роки тому

    1:57 How can you not mention Shawshank?