11.22.63 Journal #4: Seriously?

Usually the thing about King's writing that most deeply connects with me are his characters. They think, speak and tend to make decisions the way normal people would when in similar situations.  Sometimes a characters logic baffles me.

So, I want to lodge a small complaint. . . but it's probably not what you are expecting.

The biggest (certainly most publicized) complaint I have seen about 11/22/63 has to do with the sex.  It has been said that the sex scenes are awkward or poorly written.  I must disagree!  The sex scene complained about was awkward. . . because it was someones first time!  Those leveling the complaint should read the whole book, not just use Kindle to search down the hottie scenes.

My complaint has nothing to do with sex scenes.  It has to do with secrets and our ability to keep them.  In one scene George suddenly realizes that maybe he should let his secret out of the bag and tell his lover the truth.  Now, everything in the reader is shouting at him, "Don't do it, you idiot!"  But something else was worming through the back of my mind.  It went like this, "Seriously, dude?  This is the first time you've been even slightly tempted to tell someone the truth?"

Most of us would be tempted to show off a little.  To take our knowledge for a little spin.  Of course, falling in love when on mission is stupid to begin with.  And telling the truth in this instance is not a good idea!  But the temptation should have been chewing him up.

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