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ejallain 's review for:
Lisey's Story
by Stephen King
I have a great deal of respect and admiration for Stephen King. He is creative, prolific (almost to the point of insanity) and I feel highly underrated as a writer. But the thing that bugs me every time I read a King novel is that it seems that he is just kind of winging the plot as he goes. I realize lots of (most?) fiction authors do this to some extent and I believe King derives great enjoyment from this stream of consciousness plot development technique. I like the creativity and unique twists that he digs up this way ... I just hate knowing that he's doing it. Why? It prevents me from becoming engrossed in the story. Instead of being pulled further into the plot with each new twist I'm saying "wow, what was he smoking when he pulled this out?"
OK, rant notwithstanding, I liked this book. The first half was a bit slow but it picked up considerably around page 300 or so. I enjoyed speculating how close the relationship between Scott and Lisey Landon paralleled that between Stephen and Tabitha King.
OK, rant notwithstanding, I liked this book. The first half was a bit slow but it picked up considerably around page 300 or so. I enjoyed speculating how close the relationship between Scott and Lisey Landon paralleled that between Stephen and Tabitha King.