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Since I have no one to talk to about the Stand, I guess I'll have to get out my thoughts here. This is my fifth or sixth read-through of this amazing book. I now count it as my favorite book. I now stop reading just before Nick is killed, because he is my favorite character and I don't need to read about his senseless death again. It seems to me that Frannie, Larry, and Stu shouldn't have waited until the council meeting to figure out what they were going to do about Harold and Nadine. Leo had told Larry that the council was the old way. God had wanted to make Larry understand that time was of the essence, and that they shouldn't wait for a group decision. Maybe they should have gone to Nick that night and figured something out then. I only involve Nick because he was the one (or the One, as you might believe). He was chosen by God to face Randall Flagg, so he should have been part of any plan. They should have tried to find Harold and Nadine right then. Nick, Sue, and the others wouldn't have died if the council hadn't gotten so wrapped up in the bureaucracy of the old ways. America was dead; there was no reason to cling to that. God obviously didn't want it that way; I think he spoke through Leo when Leo fell into that trance. I know that Stephen King wanted to shake up the complacency of his characters. I get that. I always thought it was ludicrous that they thought they should figure out what H & N were doing by committee. It was obvious that it was bad. Just find the bastards! Gah, I'm gonna start reading from the beginning again. I'll pretend that Nick survived and confronted Randall Flagg. That God takes over his body, speaks through him, and rips out Randall Flagg's heart. That the Las Vegas crew begs for forgiveness and flees. I like that ending.