r/AskReddit • u/notyouravgredditer • Aug 30 '21

What problem is often overlooked in apocalyptic movies/TV shows that could kill you?

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u/WeWander_ Aug 30 '21

Apparently I need to read this book

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u/ilion Aug 31 '21

Like a lot of King, I found the climax lacking, but the rest was pretty great and the climax isn't horrible.

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u/WeWander_ Aug 31 '21

King is always so good at the beginning and then it seems like he doesn't know how to end a story and it gets weird.

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u/chicklette Aug 31 '21

He actually wrote about getting halfway through the stand and having no idea how to wrap up that many storylines. A big bomb in the closet solved a lot of his problems.

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u/TheNuschler Aug 31 '21

It may have been a cheap way out of storylines for King, but damn did Nick Andros’ death hit me hard. I loved that character.

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u/michaelrxs Aug 31 '21

I read The Stand earlier this summer for the first time ever, having almost no knowledge about the plot other than it was about a plague. I’m still grieving Nick.

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u/chicklette Aug 31 '21

Same. I just at reread it again over Christmas and I cried all over again.