Reviews

Bag of Bones by Stephen King

mscodysshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

2.75

lay_kone's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Classism, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Racism

kcrawfish's review against another edition

4.0

This book is full of hard topics. They’re fresh on the mind because they thicken toward the end.

I do love ghost stories, and this book lies mostly there. Material dangers haunt the characters, but the ghosts become far more powerful and dangerous.

Flaws include a bit of exposition, and a flat struggle near the first half. Overall I enjoyed it.

greyingnoob's review against another edition

5.0

It's a Stephen King novel :)

halloqueen9's review against another edition

5.0

This is my favorite book of all time. It's the perfect combination of action, love (without mushy romance), spooky, intrigue... I just love it.

tsavoie's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

3.0

badseedgirl's review against another edition

3.0

1998 Bram Stoker Award winner
1999 Derleth Winner (BFSA)
1999 Locus Horror Winner

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rkking's review

3.0

 

I really appreciate a well-done ghost story. Juxtaposing the living world and its plot with the underlying paranormal effect of the ghostly elements really jives with me. I was really looking forward to finally reading Bag Of Bones, and while I did appreciate the ghostly side of things, this book has one major weakness; pacing.
This book is just too long for what it says itself to be. Don't get me wrong, the important plot points were indeed very important, but it took far too long to get to each one.
I enjoyed Mike as a character, for I'm a sucker for writer protagonists, and I empathized with everything going on around and to him. The underlying mystery that needed solving was intrigue as well. But yes, it all too far too long to actually get there.
I really feel is this one had been pared down to a novella length, or even 'normal' novel length, it would have had more of a punch.
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nezumi13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

bookstin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75