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false <![CDATA[Lisey's Story]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254199m/10566.jpg 10566 36 Since his first novel was published in 1974, Stephen King has stretched the boundaries of the written word, not only bringing horror to new heights, but trying his hand at nearly every possible genre, including children's books, graphic novels, serial novels, literary fiction, nonfiction, westerns, fantasy, and even e-books (remember The Plant?). With Lisey's Story, once again King is trying something different. Lisey's Story is as much a romance as it is a supernatural thriller--but don't let us convince you. Who better to tell readers if King has written a romantic thriller than Nora Roberts? We asked Nora to read Lisey's Story and give us her take. Check out her review below. --Daphne Durham <hr size="1">Guest Reviewer: Nora Roberts <img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/books/promos/a-plus/angels.tilt.1.jpg" border="0" align="left">Nora Roberts, who also writes under the pseudonym J.D. Robb, is the author of way too many bestselling books to name here (over 150!), but some of our favorites include: Angels Fall, Born in Death, Blue Smoke, and The Reef. Stephen King hooked me about three decades ago with that sharply faceted, blood-stained jewel, The Shining. Through the years he's bumped my gooses with kiddie vampires, tingled my spine with beloved pets gone rabid, justified my personal fear of clowns and made me think twice about my cell phone. I've always considered The Stand--a long-time favorite--a towering tour de force, and have owed its author a debt as this was the first novel I could convince my older son to read from cover to cover. But with Lisey's Story, King has accomplished one more feat. He broke my heart. Lisey's Story is, at its core, a love story--heart-wrenching, passionate, terrifying and tender. It is the multi-layered and expertly crafted tale of a twenty-five year marriage, and a widow's journey through grief, through discovery and--this is King, after all--through a nightmare scape of the ordinary and extraordinary. Through Lisey's mind and heart, the reader is pulled into the intimacies of her marriage to bestselling novelist Scott Landon, and through her we come to know this complicated, troubled and heroic man. Two years after his death, Lisey sorts through her husband's papers and her own shrouded memories. Following the clues Scott left her and her own instincts, she embarks on a journey that risks both her life and her sanity. She will face Scott's demons as well as her own, traveling into the past and into Boo'ya Moon, the seductive and terrifying world he'd shown her. There lives the power to heal, and the power to destroy. Lisey Landon is a richly wrought character of charm and complexity, of realized inner strength and redoubtable humor. As the central figure she drives the story, and the story is so vividly textured, the reader will draw in the perfumed air of Boo'ya Moon, will see the sunlight flood through the windows of the Scott's studio--or the night press against them. Her voice will be clear in your ear as you experience the fear and the wonder. If your heart doesn't hitch at the demons she faces in this world and the other, if it doesn't thrill at her courage and endurance, you're going to need to check with a cardiologist, first chance. Lisey's Story is bright and brilliant. It's dark and desperate. While I'll always consider The Shining, my first ride on King's wild Tilt-A-Whirl, a gorgeous, bloody jewel, I found, on this latest ride, a treasure box heaped with dazzling gems. A few of them have sharp, hungry teeth. --Nora Roberts <hr noshade="noshade" size="1" class="bucketDivider" /><div class="bucket"> 4512687 2004 Lisey's Story total:6397|5:1400|4:2008|3:1849|2:733|1:407| 6397 22452 8756 847 4 11 false true Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 11:26:54 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 11:51:30 -0700 2008
But I've always found King special. He recreates how I used to feel about Enid Blyton when I was a kid. Just a pleasure to read -- and once I pick up one...more...]]> 4 4 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 05:55:12 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 12 15:46:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 6 true false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 25 17:16:49 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 07:06:50 -0700 2007 Its initial promise wore thin after about the 70th time the word "smucking" appeared. After about ...more...]]> 5 3 false false Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 29 16:23:50 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 24 16:10:58 -0700 2009
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ETA: I don't really like it much. I had it on my TBR list since it came out. I suppose I read a good review of it somewhere. I'm almost 100 pages in and feh. Not much has happened and while I don't dislike the protagonist I find her k...more...]]> 1 3 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun May 27 22:45:39 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 24 23:54:14 -0700 2007 Garbage. Stephen King has apparently lost all of his previously considerable talent. This book reads like a mismash of about 4 of his other books (most notably coming to mind, the Stand, Rose Madder and the Dark Half) this book is absolute crap. Booya moon is ...more...]]> 1 3 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Apr 18 16:57:05 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 11:57:00 -0700 2008 On Writing and I can tell how much he wants to be accepted by the literary establishment and this seemed his ticket out of the Steele-Patterson-Evanovich crew. He even got a female editor to make his female ...more...]]> 1 3 false false Fri Jul 27 15:20:20 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 15:41:15 -0700 2007 1 6 false false Thu Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 11:47:50 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 09:12:40 -0800 2008
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In a nutshell, the book is about Lisey Landon, widow of best selling author, Scott Landon. Two years after his untimely death...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Aug 05 22:01:34 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 05 22:32:19 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 3 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 18:31:34 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 13:21:50 -0700 2007
In his afterword, King specifically mentions how heavily his editor went at this story; he says he had first-year French compositions come back with less red ink on them. I don't care. ...more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Feb 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 10:22:46 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 10:29:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 05 07:55:30 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 07:55:36 -0800 2009
King has gone beyond the horror genre with Lisey’s Stor...more...]]> 3 0 false true Wed Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Jan 24 00:05:21 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 00:05:36 -0800 2009 the thing that bothered me most was the “internal language” of the main characters’ marriage. it was essential to the plot, but didn’t seem very believable to me. i mean, do people in long t...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=10566