hey stephen king bud why are we so comfortable with the r slur there is absolutely no reason why luke should be thinking it all the time 💀 enjoying yourself i gather

i am a big fan of these books but i cannot lie to you so far these protagonists are... pretty dumb imo and i am finding it a little hard to connect with them. it is very propulsive though, even as i am not particularly enjoying it i find myself wanting to keep reading on and on and on

i randomly just realized what pc means (watching the tv show in the meantime but they haven't explained it there either) and i feel so dumb like 😭 of COURSE that's what it means how did i not immediately connect the dots (pun absolutely intended)

“The word for Nicky, Luke thought, whether in a good mood or a bad one, was: alive.” i am devastated. i love nicky so much help

desperately trying to enjoy this because i love the story and i love how the show is telling it but i just don't vibe with king's writing 😭 every time a woman or a relation between a man and a woman is brought up my eyes roll so far back they tumble out of my skull help meee i think my tolerance for straight cis man writing doesn't exist anymore atp and i might be being a bit dramatic but i swear this book would be radicalizing me if i wasn't plenty radicalized already lmao

“Luke had no attraction to guys, but when he saw that smile, he could understand why Kalisha and Iris were looking at Nicky as if he were the lead singer in a boyband.” 🤨🏳️‍🌈? you have all the time to figure it out baby queer don't worry

started this because i've been enjoying the miniseries soooo much and immediately i like tim's iteration in the show better. there, he feels much less macho and like your average cishet man who immediately notices How Hot The Female Police Officer Is... also i like how conflicted he is about what happened in his previous job. here, while i don't actively dislike him at all, he is just a guy so far. i like that luke seems a bit more bubbly, although i do love him in the show as well. don't necessarily care for the comments about the pretty redhead and wanting to smooch girls but listen, this is just my issue with male cishet writers i fear 😔 ik there's nothing inherently bad about these comments specifically but as soon as women are mentioned in their books i immediately go like okay we didn't need that now did we......... alas all this being said, i am enjoying it loads although of course these are all things i knew already from the show. excited to continue!

listening to the audiobook and the narrator's voice is sooo soothing!!