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Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King

25 reviews

yellowpurple500's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The scariest king book I've read so far. I genuinely had a jump scare at one point. If you find real life situations scarier than things like monsters, this is the horror story for you.

There are no chapters. Just one long story as told from the narrator in one sitting. This added so much to the story. It felt like I was right there in the room. The accents are shown through stylistic spelling choices which also adding to this as you read the whole book from this perspective.

This book is going to linger with me for awhile.

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finnsnowbevi's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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siobhanward's review against another edition

4.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was told as a single, 300 page long stream of consciousness narrative, which I find can be really hit or miss. In this case, it was well done, Dolores was an interesting and surprisingly sympathetic character and the story kept me guessing the whole time. It took a little bit to wrap my head around the style and the writing, but this felt so different than most of what I've read from King that I really enjoyed reading it. I'm also glad that I wasn't just making stuff up when I was picturing Kathy Bates as Dolores the whole time. I thought that I might have just been mixing this up with <i> Misery </i>, but it turns out she played the lead in both movies.

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taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Just finished Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King in honor of the Eclipse taking place today. It felt like a very fitting read, and not that I expected anything less from one and only Stephen King, it delivered. While I hope no one follows in Dolores’s footsteps during the eclipse, I loved the format of this account. I don’t quite know if I would have liked the format from any other author, but for King’s style, it works pretty flawlessly. My one complaint is that the lack of chapters makes it hard to put down and read over multiple sittings. Not impossible, just difficult. You have to pick your moments of natural pauses to stop, and I just found there weren’t many of them. This feels like it is meant to be read in one shot, and if you can manage that, all the power to you! The pacing and flow were great, and I really wish I could have read it all in one sitting to get the narrative as Andy would have heard it in that room. I think the characters felt real, and though they suffered trauma throughout, it made them feel more realistic and grounded in the story. Though not my favorite SK novel (That spot is still reserved for Misery) there is definitely a reason why King is known for his writing, and this is certainly another great example.

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