# Stephen King: Good or not?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-good-or-not/144343>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 22, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-good-or-not/144343 "2002-12-22T06:41:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SmileyDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-good-or-not/144343/61 "2002-12-27T03:59:57Z")

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I mean the winter one.

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-good-or-not/144343/62 "2002-12-27T08:53:59Z")

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> DF was great. But can somebody clear up the ending?

**SmileyDeath** , I’m assuming you’re speaking of Different Seasons (which would be DS, not DF)? The ending of Breathing Lessons, IMHO, was not metaphor. It was about a young lady so determined to do something, that not even death could stop her. This is the kind of thing King does a lot: really strange stuff happens in his stories, and one of the things that makes it horror, is the ‘why’ is never explained. I love it!

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**Author:** ![SmileyDeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@SmileyDeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmileyDeath)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-good-or-not/144343/63 "2002-12-27T13:08:40Z")

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> \*Originally posted by norinew \*  
> \*\ ***SmileyDeath** , I’m assuming you’re speaking of Different Seasons (which would be DS, not DF)? The ending of Breathing Lessons, IMHO, was not metaphor. It was about a young lady so determined to do something, that not even death could stop her. This is the kind of thing King does a lot: really strange stuff happens in his stories, and one of the things that makes it horror, is the ‘why’ is never explained. I love it! \*\*

No, the ending hinting towards the house being a giant dimensionial gateway.  
That’s what I meant.

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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2002, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-good-or-not/144343/64 "2002-12-27T13:46:08Z")

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Ooops, sorry. It’s been some years since I’ve read it. In order to help you out there, I’d have to dig up the book and re-read it. Perhaps someone else on the board could be more helpful than me.

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