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Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
4.5

In some ways, Dolores Claiborne feels like a quintessential King novel. He's said in the past that he based Dolores off his mother, and it's chock full of Maine-isms, small town rivalries, and strong women. Yet it also feels like one of his more underrated, or perhaps undiscovered, gems. While Pennywise and Captain Tripps soak up all the glory, Dolores exists in the background. And maybe she'd like it that way.

All I know is I was quite enamored with this woman from the get-go, and she pulled me deeper into her story the longer she told it. What's here is a fascinating, often emotional and raw, dissection of marriage, small-town life, and the ghosts of our deeds. How the past always, in some fashion, catches up with us.