Well, here goes my second Stephen King book (the only other being 11/22/63); and I don't know anything by or about Peter Straub (other than what I've now read on the back cover). It's an interesting thing to read a story co-written by two authors whose styles are not familiar to me. I couldn't even guess if they were taking turns or combining their two voices into one throughout.
It was a fun read; a little meandering at time, although a more apt description would be that I found it bogged down in episodic adventures at the expense of gunning for the end of Jack's ultimate mission. Again, I don't know if this a normal thing for either King or Straub in their writing (I definitely didn't feel it in 11/22/63) or if this was the result of two writers taking different approaches to the story.
One thing to be said for King's books is that he has a proven track record of coming up with pitchable hooks for series and movies, and The Talisman has that as much as his other stuff. So - where's the movie, or more likely the show?
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