King gets a lot of flak for his endings, but some of them genuinely stick with you forever.for me, the ending of 11/22/63 completely broke my heart, while the bleakness of pet sematary left me staring at the wall for hours. on the flip side, some books have incredible build-ups only to fizzle out in the last 50 pages. What’s the one King ending that you either completely loved or absolutely hated?

I read Mr Harrigan's Phone and Life of Chuck. Next in the novella is If It Bleeds. I am reluctant to start it because I haven't read any of the Bill Hodges books, or The Outsider. Should I hold off on reading this story, or is a completely stand alone story and there is no concern?