Reviews

Duma Key by Stephen King

rcy's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

2.0

This had no business being so long and has not aged too well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

esaunders98's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

bucknut's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

sealon1707's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

literary_kel's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

andreasvb's review against another edition

5.0

(lydbog)
En undervurderet King-roman, som jeg ikke tror ret mange overhovedet ved eksisterer. Klassisk i den forstand, at den bygger langsomt og roligt op, krydret med nogle snigende forudanelser og mystiske hændelser. Og, som altid i denne type King-romaner, kommer vi bare til at elske de fantastiske karakterer vanvittigt meget. Wireman er endnu en tilføjelse til Kings sidekick-hall-of-fame. Han kommer helt op på siden af Wolf og Tom Cullen.

Der er noget virkelig godt arbejde med omgivelser og setting i denne bog, og jeg synes at slutningen lander ret godt. Et par scener jeg ikke glemmer - første møde med Wireman, præsentation af malerierne for et lille publikum, alligatoren.

Mindende mig om bøger som The Outsider, Thinner, Firestarter, The Institute og lidt om Misery. Alle mere hovedkarakter-fokuserede romaner, end de store ensemble-romaner.

amzy789's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

csondra's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

emleemay's review against another edition

3.0

Great concept but I feel like this is King at max waffle. Any other author would have been forced to cull at least 100 pages. Probably 200.

giorgiaelisa's review against another edition

4.0

L'inizio è un pò lento, ma superati i primi capitoli la storia ti prende e verso la fine io non sono stata in grado di staccare gli occhi dalla pagina. Dovevo sapere la fine e sino all'ultimo sono stata con il cuore il gola per la tensione.
Non mi hanno convinta del tutto le prime parti di descrzione della "trance" pittorica di Edgar, ma sono comunque contenta di aver comprato il libro di tasca mia.
Mi aspettavo più parti incomprensibili, dato il trauma di Edgar, invece non è stato così. Magari leggendolo in inglese potrò avere di questi problemi.