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That’s not to say that all of King’s work-or every action film, for that matter-is void of any themes or motifs that might stir up intellectual thought, but I think the core of those stories is plot, character, excitement, and enticing the audience. Now, I’ve long mused about the dichotomy between storytelling fit for entertainment (think of authors like Stephen King, or movies like, say, Die Hard) and storytelling fit for stimulating thought (think of authors like Chuck Palahniuk, or movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind). But I think it resulted in a story that was pretty boring, onerous, ponderous, and decidedly depressing. There was a story there, but I didn’t write TLALB to explore the characters or to explore the plot I wrote it to explore a notion. Just listen to that title! I’ve talked about it in recent blog posts, but I’ll say it here again: that story suffered from a bad case of I-am-an-intellectual-author-with-a-message-and-no-real-story-a-tosis. When I was in college, I wrote a novel called The Lovely and Lonely Blue (hereafter, TLALB). This is like if one of Chuck Palahniuk’s books became 90% less sexual and then, still full of bitter-yet interesting-musings about life and societal expectations, fused with one of the Grimm brother’s fairy tales and perhaps something like Outlander (though set much less in the past than in the present). Recommendation: Read this if you’re ready to absorb a pensive, intellectual, nearly literary piece of historical fiction with dazzling prose and a fascinating premise. Thanks!īook Review: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue For book reviews and much more, please take a glance at my site and consider subscribing to my one-email-a-month newsletter.

The invisible life of addie larue reddit