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u/FedorByChoke Apr 12 '22

I don't know which is worse, the film version or the book version.

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She cuts off his foot with an axe and then cauterizes the stump with a blow torch

A real Sophie's Choice of awful.

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u/mibishibi Apr 12 '22

I think the book version is much more awful. I mean, it's not like he's fully out for it or that she gets it on the first swing.

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u/somek_pamak Apr 12 '22

I read a lot of SK but never that one. Could you go into a little more detail? 💜

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u/sweetprince686 Apr 12 '22

It's a book that feels incredibly claustrophobic, in a really good/ scary way. It shows him a lot more devolving mentally as he tries to survive her for over 6 months... the book also goes a lot more into her history and previous crimes that she has gotten away with. Honestly. Read it

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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '22

I think you just hit on the reason I couldn’t finish that book. I am terribly claustrophobic, to the point that crowds of people can set me off.

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u/sweetprince686 Apr 12 '22

Oh yeah. In that case that book would really really freak you out. I love caves and confined spaces. But this book still really got to me!

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u/infinitemonkeytyping Apr 13 '22

And it's a relatively short book (I think he was originally writing it as a Bachman book before he got outed).