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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
This book took a while to Stephen King, but once it did, I was hooked!
Please get yourself through part 1, it all makes sense & speeds up, I promise!
Definitely a different approach from King, but honestly this may become one of my favourites of his
Please get yourself through part 1, it all makes sense & speeds up, I promise!
Definitely a different approach from King, but honestly this may become one of my favourites of his
Just felt like wading through treacle, so hard to get any sort of flow. Slow paced and distracted. Hated the baby talk too.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
ok so I LOVE and adore Stephen King. He is definitely my favorite author. This book however hit a chord with me that has never been hit before. The Shining and Pet Sematary creeped me out, but this one gave me the Heeby Jeebys from Hell. I actually started this book around mid October and had to stop halfway through and take a break because something happened to Lisey and it literally (not figuratively) gave me nightmares. The second half of the book was just as unnerving as it's directed more to the focus of Scott's (Lisey's late husband) abusive childhood.
I don't want to spoil anything for anyone so I will leave out all details. I really just wanted to note that this book was awesome in an actual Horror sense. If you like psychological stories and a bit of gore then this book is for you. It's not for the faint of heart at all!
I don't want to spoil anything for anyone so I will leave out all details. I really just wanted to note that this book was awesome in an actual Horror sense. If you like psychological stories and a bit of gore then this book is for you. It's not for the faint of heart at all!
There are a fair number of Stephen King books where I get high enough off of them I immediately think they are top 5 King and then over time I lose sight and wonder if I puffed it up (see: REVIVAL). Maybe that is happening here, but this un I'm thinking might be even my TOP FAVORITE maybe. It STARTS smucking SLOW and I was worried it was going to be mediocre but it quickly develops into, I guess, the closest thing to a romance he has written (wait was Eyes of the Dragon romantic or were they siblings? I read it like 20 years ago I don't remember). It is GRIPPING and has a lot of SONG LYRICS and AYUHs like most of Pop-Pop Steve but also it is BEAUTIFUL and BITTERSWEET and TOUCHING in a unique way and is kind of a paean to long term relationships of the maritalform variety, like the inside language that develops, etc.
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A wonderful novel on the meditation of grief, the complexities of marriage, and the undying energy of love. This novel follows the story of Lisa "Lisey" Landon neé Debusher, widowed wife of writer Scott Landon, as she navigates life without him, cleaning out his study, wrangling with repressed memories of their marriage, attends to her mentally ill sister, and fends off a psychotic fan that threatens to hurt her if she doesn't fork over Scott's last manuscript. King claims that he got the idea for this book after his near fatal car accident when his wife, Tabitha, decided to remodel his study while he was at the hospital. He imagined what it would have been like if he died and Tabby was left on her own, thus this story was born. There were times when reading this book that I wondered if I were getting some sort of glimpse into Scott and Tabby's relationship in some way. Not that Kind is insane and disappears into an alternate reality, but rather the intimate nature of the relationship and inside jokes between them. You get the sense of a writer who understands these intimate relationships really well. There were times when you wonder whether Lisey and Scott really like one another, but in a way that is marriage. Not all sunshine and rainbows, but still a persistent love that keeps you bonded together. Lisey's relationship with her sisters is also very interesting and they were all fleshed out. Growing up with a mother, who came from a family of nine, I know exactly how sisterly relationships work and King gets it really well in this book, what he calls "the sister thing". I find a lot of King fans either love or hate this book and I am proud to say that I am in the former camp. I loved the journey through this book, the fun of unpacking the mystery of Scott and Lisey's past as Lisey is packing away the last remnants of Scott's life with her, exploring the fascinating world Scott has created in his mind called Boo Ya Moon, watching Lisey struggle with the pressures of her husband's fame long after he has gone, and the fear of what some crazy fanatics will do for one last story. All of this wrapped in one, pretty, red package. Definitely check it out if you're interested!
I do not know why this book moved me so much; but it did. It was handed to me as part of a module on Horror Stories I'm taking at uni; but what I expected from my first Stephen King book was so entirely different from what I got. Maybe the review by Nicholas Sparks on the front of the cover should have warned me, but it didn't. I started reading this book expecting blood, gore and hopelessness. But it wasn't that. There was some of it, sure, but there was so much more. So much more LOVE. What the two main characters feel seems so sincere, so real, while by no means innocent.
This book will stay with me for a long time, that I am sure of.
This book will stay with me for a long time, that I am sure of.
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes