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A review by grandmaleah
Bag of Bones by Stephen King
4.0
3.5 ⭐️I have a lot of thoughts…
— really feel like I need to read Rebecca now because something was missing from my base of knowledge while reading
— I love this setting, ESPECIALLY Sara Laughs. What a great setting for a ghost story—a cavernous lake house
— a few of the chapters were almost TOO good: impossible to put down, tense, wildly entertaining. Devore and Rogette were GREAT villains. Loved.
— my least favourite part: King loves to write himself into his works, which is understandable (blah blah write what you know blah), but this has got to be the most CRINGE version of him. Widowed writer captures attention of woman half his age? But of course he catches her attention, as he’s one of her favourite authors… thus the basis of my issue. The power dynamic was weighted sooooo intensely towards Mike (he has financial power over her, “respect” over her in being her favourite writer, age over her, etc.). Yeah, didn’t enjoy. Couldn’t buy into that love story at all. Would’ve loved this a lot more if their relationship had unfolded in a wholly platonic way.
So yep! Lots to say, but a great book overall.
— really feel like I need to read Rebecca now because something was missing from my base of knowledge while reading
— I love this setting, ESPECIALLY Sara Laughs. What a great setting for a ghost story—a cavernous lake house
— a few of the chapters were almost TOO good: impossible to put down, tense, wildly entertaining. Devore and Rogette were GREAT villains. Loved.
— my least favourite part: King loves to write himself into his works, which is understandable (blah blah write what you know blah), but this has got to be the most CRINGE version of him. Widowed writer captures attention of woman half his age? But of course he catches her attention, as he’s one of her favourite authors… thus the basis of my issue. The power dynamic was weighted sooooo intensely towards Mike (he has financial power over her, “respect” over her in being her favourite writer, age over her, etc.). Yeah, didn’t enjoy. Couldn’t buy into that love story at all. Would’ve loved this a lot more if their relationship had unfolded in a wholly platonic way.
So yep! Lots to say, but a great book overall.