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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
That was just about the worst ending to a book I've ever read. Seriously, King should have ended this one shortly after her escape and left the whole "was there REALLY a man there, or was it all in her head" thing up in the air. Because the actual answer he provided to that question was just awful. She's chained to a bed in the middle of nowhere and some graverobber/necrophiliac just happens to find her and just happens to stand menacingly in the corner without saying anything? Oh, and he just happens to have some physical deformity that makes him look inhuman. I liked it better when it was all in her head. Or even if it was some supernatural angle ("death" coming to get her). But finding out that the scary shadow creature haunting her was actually just some mentally ill guy feels like a cop out.
But seriously, the fact that King can write a book about a woman handcuffed to a bed and NOT make it boring is pretty amazing. It was so tense--she constantly failed at every attempt to get out of her situation, or she's succeed but things out of her control would fuck it up. Honestly, I was on the edge of my seat. Until the end.
One qualm... Maybe I'm a monster, but was her history with her dad really that traumatic...? You have this random woman revealing cigarette burn marks on her breasts from when her brother tortured her, and then you have the main character developing a host of mental disorders simply because her dad felt her up one time. I was expecting something much worse, the way she'd constantly allude to this traumatic "thing" that happened.
Also. She was only handcuffed to the bed for like a day. Why was she getting so worked up about dying of thirst? I mean, she went through all this effort to get that glass of water but at that point it had only been a few hours. Lol.
ALSO --> poor doggo...
Overall, I enjoyed this one more than I had any right to. King dropped the ball on the ending but the rest was pretty exciting.
But seriously, the fact that King can write a book about a woman handcuffed to a bed and NOT make it boring is pretty amazing. It was so tense--she constantly failed at every attempt to get out of her situation, or she's succeed but things out of her control would fuck it up. Honestly, I was on the edge of my seat. Until the end.
One qualm... Maybe I'm a monster, but was her history with her dad really that traumatic...? You have this random woman revealing cigarette burn marks on her breasts from when her brother tortured her, and then you have the main character developing a host of mental disorders simply because her dad felt her up one time. I was expecting something much worse, the way she'd constantly allude to this traumatic "thing" that happened.
Also. She was only handcuffed to the bed for like a day. Why was she getting so worked up about dying of thirst? I mean, she went through all this effort to get that glass of water but at that point it had only been a few hours. Lol.
ALSO --> poor doggo...
Overall, I enjoyed this one more than I had any right to. King dropped the ball on the ending but the rest was pretty exciting.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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:
Complicated
Once again Stephen King has me looking over my shoulder in the dark!
A challenging and immersive story to read.
A challenging and immersive story to read.
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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
WOW! This one messed with my mind! I mean wow not a jump scare or gore but a scare of the mind! And my mind will never forget the true terror I felt! I know one thing and two things for sure my man better not even hold my hands down while we doing it ðŸ˜ðŸ¥¹
I read this book on my flight to Hawaii, expecting to not fully love it because I found the premise a little strange, but I'm a die hard King fan and was intrigued by the Netflix movie preview. This book was a page turner. I mean I didn't want to put it down. Even after I landed in HAWAII of all places, I had to go to my room and try to bust out the last few chapters so I knew how it ended.
Jessie is by far one of the strongest characters King has ever created. She is so well developed and her own life story is just as terrifying as her predicament throughout the book. I love when you can't tell if a character is going crazy or if what they are experiencing is real, and I feel King did an excellent job with Jessie and her hallucinations.
**** SPOILERS ****
This uncertainty is what made the Space Cowboy so effin' CREEPY! Oh my God! The first few scenes he appears in curdled my blood. I was so convinced he was a demonic version of Jessie's abusive father come back from the grave to torture her, and his description in the book gave me actual nightmares. Then, when I got to the twist at the very, very end, I was thrown for a real curve ball.
This is such a great, creepy read. It's a true psychological horror that kept me on the edge of my seat, and it does have a great ending, in fact, I would argue it's one of King's best endings, and we all know he's not always the greatest with conclusions.
Jessie is by far one of the strongest characters King has ever created. She is so well developed and her own life story is just as terrifying as her predicament throughout the book. I love when you can't tell if a character is going crazy or if what they are experiencing is real, and I feel King did an excellent job with Jessie and her hallucinations.
**** SPOILERS ****
This uncertainty is what made the Space Cowboy so effin' CREEPY! Oh my God! The first few scenes he appears in curdled my blood. I was so convinced he was a demonic version of Jessie's abusive father come back from the grave to torture her, and his description in the book gave me actual nightmares. Then, when I got to the twist at the very, very end, I was thrown for a real curve ball.
This is such a great, creepy read. It's a true psychological horror that kept me on the edge of my seat, and it does have a great ending, in fact, I would argue it's one of King's best endings, and we all know he's not always the greatest with conclusions.
4.5 I actually liked the ending for once in a Stephen King novel. I think this will be one I re-read in the future.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What can I say about this book... It's a book. I don't know, I believe this was a wasted effort. The Netflix show is superior to this read. I found Jessie to be annoying and highly repetitive in terms of story, but what can I expect with a one character centered storyline. I thought the book kinda went nowhere and it's a shame it's associated with a truly great book, Dolores Claiborne. There was truly no real threat coming from Raymond (moonlight man), it was essentially pointless to introduce him. I didn't like this two decades ago when I read it and a reread shows me I was correct the first time around. I say skip this. A sorry 2.75/5