Salem's Lot (spoilers)
FastBalz99
I thought this was one of King's best, but it left no closure. Most of King's
books leave you with the feeling that things are complete (i.e. Desperation,
It, Insomnia, Needful Things, The Stand, ect.) But I felt Salems Lot was left
with almost no closure (other than the fact that some few escaped alive)
We don't know what happens to Father Callahan (maybe he'll be in DT somewhere,
but we didn't know that when Salems Lot came out).
We don't know if the vampires are ever killed or if anyone else ever finds out
about them.
We don't know Ben or Mark ever fully recover from their experiences. Plus I
was left with a bitter taste when Susan died, which never really left. Usually
King doesn't kill of the main female love interest, but he did in this case.
I plan to read the short, Jerusalem's Lot in Night Shift soon, so maybe some of
these questions are answered there.
my $0.02-
--Seth
Kirk Elkins
>SPOILERS
>
> We don't know what happens to Father Callahan (maybe he'll be in DT somewhere,
>but we didn't know that when Salems Lot came out).
I'd bet he'd intended to use him again sooner, but never got around to
it.
>We don't know if the vampires are ever killed or if anyone else ever finds out
>about them.
>We don't know Ben or Mark ever fully recover from their experiences. Plus I
>was left with a bitter taste when Susan died, which never really left. Usually
>King doesn't kill of the main female love interest, but he did in this case.
In the epilogue the "tall man and the boy" return, set fire to the
city, and prepare to stake some vampires. I thought this cleared it
up pretty well.
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Kirk Elkins (to reply remove .nospam)
FastBalz99
>city, and prepare to stake some vampires. I thought this cleared it
>up pretty well.
>
That's true, but one of them (I think Matt) said it would impossible to stake
all the vampires.