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false <![CDATA[Bag of Bones]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166254250m/10589.jpg 10589 48 Bag of Bones is partly inspired by Daphne du Maurier's classic Rebecca, but there's more than homage in this novel of horror and romance. Like du Maurier's Manderley, King's scary old place (on the shore of Maine's remote Dark Score Lake) is haunted by the late lady of the manor. There are many gory ghosts afoot, though: men, women, and wailing kids. The hero, a thriller novelist, stirs up hell's plenty of angry shades while investigating his wife's death. It turns out she either had a dark secret herself or was onto some dread scandal lurking in Dark Score Lake. As in King's previous book, Wizard and Glass, the fabric of reality is thin, and nosy narrators are in peril of plunging right out of this world and into a rather hostile otherworld. Bag of Bones is a writer-haunted book, too. The spirits of Herman Melville and Ray Bradbury are deeply felt, and so are the tale's two romances (the hero muses on his marriage and falls for a young single mom with a marvelous, psychic daughter). There is also good-humored satire of the real bestseller book world--the hero complains that "the publicity process is like going to a sushi bar where you're the sushi." In its deep concerns with love, sprawling families, the writer's life, endangered children, and good old-fashioned storytelling, the book resembles a John Irving novel. It is also absolutely classic Stephen King, packed with nifty turns of phrase, irreverent wit, and lurid ghouls who grab you from beneath the bed while you cower under the covers. --Tim Appelo 3254516 book 1988 Bag of Bones total:10630|5:2422|4:3376|3:3436|2:1148|1:248| 10630 38466 12776 515 5 10 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Fri Aug 31 08:15:21 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 08:38:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 5 false false Wed Jun 20 00:05:54 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 00:09:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Feb 04 07:39:26 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 07:41:39 -0800 2009
The opinion on Stephen King’s best work differs depending on who you talk to; but for me, it will always be Bag of Bones.

It’s the one novel of Kings that I’ve read more than any other (nine times) a...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Oct 26 19:07:42 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 02 21:08:17 -0800 2008
This is my favorite King book so far. And that's really saying a lot, because I like a lot of King stuff.

The strength of Bag of Bones (a completely appropriate title on so many levels once you get through it), lies in its completely realistic starting point....more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 20:53:19 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 29 13:20:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 17:04:50 -0700 2007 Sat Oct 27 17:04:50 -0700 2007
The best thing about this novel, aside from reaching the end (660 pages… it could have been pared back to 450 and I would have been happy), was its int...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998 Thu Sep 20 12:42:11 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 15:54:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Dec 15 05:38:07 -0800 2008 Thu Jul 12 06:44:41 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 15 05:38:07 -0800 2008 3 Bag of Bones --which he published in 1998--, although I have loved, has quite thrilled me as much as this masterpiece, which I am now reading with the same grip for the third time. Mike Noonan's slow descent from m...more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Apr 02 06:58:47 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 06:17:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jul 15 17:39:04 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 16 19:58:59 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Feb 04 19:48:52 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 19:51:33 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Mon Nov 09 21:20:51 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 17:22:09 -0800 2009 Nothing interesting even happened until about the middle of the book.
The beginning was just a long, boring drag though nothing, and Mike grieving over his wife's death, for 4 years..
I wanted to stop reading, but I invested a bit of time in to it, and d...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed May 20 19:58:30 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 20:07:22 -0700 2009
At any rate, this book had some freaky moments, and some "huh?" moments, and was just sad from start to finish.

Mike is reeling after the unexpected and sudden death of his wife. He quest...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Apr 14 19:14:53 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 19:45:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 20:38:50 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 18:18:32 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 3 0 false true Sat Dec 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 04:25:19 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 06:56:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 03 10:29:20 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 01:49:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Aug 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 15:56:41 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 08:53:35 -0700 2009 1 Stephen King, and it was recommended to me by a friend who adores him. I really enjoyed this book once it got really into the story. I found it slightly slow starting, and I had a hard time picking it up at times because I felt that there really wasn't anything going on...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 25 20:14:16 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 20:14:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Feb 17 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 08:42:34 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 08:43:36 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=10589