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Summary: I couldn't put it down. One of the best King has written.
Review: I loved this book. I just finished it a few minutes ago when I should have been cleaning house. I couldn't stop. It was great. It was refreshing not to have all the blood and gore. It was scary without being gory and had the love story in there to blance things out. I too am waiting on the next edition of the Gunslinger but I want it to be good so if it takes him time to get it written correctly that is fine. I just hope he has many many more great novels in him. People should know you can't do the same thing day in and day out because you get stale. Breaking it up and doing different things helps the creative juices to flow....keep them flowing Stephen.
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Summary: This novel dragged like the proverbial BAG of Bones
Review: It was the most boring King book I have ever read. I vowed to stop reading after the ridiculous plot of Rose Madder, however I got sucked back in with the promise of a love story and a new direction for King. But, I plodded through thinking when is this story going to get interesting. I never did. He was also way off the mark for romance. (blah,blah,blah) many others agree.
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Summary: Excellent! Great tale, King's has never been better.
Review: This is the greatest King book ever. Don't understand the negative reviews, especially since 95 percent are 4 and 5 star reviews. Perhaps it's the reader's reading grade level. King's new master work is pure prose. My favorite Stephen King novel was The Talisman, and of course The Shining and the The Stand. Couldn't put this one down. Have read 16 books this summer from Amazon.com and this was the best. Want another book that will scare the hell out of you, then read Brad Steiger's new book, Alien Rapture. It is a scifi-horror /conspiracy that has characters as in depth as King's new novel. I purchased both books for gifts. I highly recommend this book very much. If you want something more real from the author of Hot Zone, then read 'Cobra.'
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Summary: Raging metaphors and writers block topped with vommit?
Review: The first chapters actually made me think that King had this one written for him. His character, Mike goes from vomiting because of acute writers block to an erection. ( This guy has too much time on his hands) The story drags but King's (or his ghosts (no pun))style recovers every twenty or thirty pages with some plaster in the form of clasic King metaphor to hold the reader. This point character is a different hero than most of King's others in previous books. ie; Mike is timid, introverted and has a problem with being truthful with his publisher and agent. If I tried to plug a hole in my schedule with my agent by pulling a ten year old manuscript out of the safe deposit box, I'd be toast. The reason? my agent knows me and I assure you she would know the work was aged. This is a great "insight to a writers thoughts" after the first few successes. I thought the fantasy of his agent makin' big silly with the gals at the publishing house just prior to making a nine million- three book contract was hilarious. And the psychic teener? Now that's real life in the 90's---there is always some baggage that goes with a sharp looking single Mom. You want the Mom you gotta be cool with the kid--- but this one's psychic--sheesh. Bittersweet ending to a well written manuscript.--I just didn't care for the story and think it could have been done in 300 pages.
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Summary: Truly a "haunted love story"
Review: Stephen King has moved beyond the simply bizarre to write a beautiful, haunting tale of love, secrets and revenge. Mike Noonan, the hero of the tale, is a fully realized character who has lost everything that mattered -- his wife, his writing -- and at the end, finds a new meaning and purpose in his life. The other characters, especially Mattie and Kyra Devore, are also wonderfully drawn. The themes of racism, hatred and love are explored deftly. The supernatural sequences are written in King's patented hair-raising style, but the novel shows King at the height of his storytelling powers. He shows us that we have much more to fear from ourselves and our secrets than we do from anything that may go bump in the night. This is an excellent novel, both for King fans and for anyone who just wants to read a ripping good ghost story.
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Summary: Bag of Bones??? Where's the Meat???
Review: Well, well, well...long awaited & much hoopla over a novel that fell a little short of my expectations.....Ghost story???whoo hooo.....magnets moved by unseen fingers....chilling...oh so frightening......some early 20th century racism & violence mixed in with a lukewarm love story....come on folks, expect more from the "former" Master of the Macabre. Stephen, Stephen, Stephen.....you need to get out more. Try another geographic location for your next novel would ya??? Sorry, but this latest attempt just didn't have enough meat to dig my teeth into. Better luck next time S.K.
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Summary: I ignored life for two days to read this one!
Review: As a native Mainer (no, not Mainiac, as my uncle from Missouri liked to say), I have always enjoyed Mr. King's books set in our state. I don't think you can truly understand the nuances of the Yankee characters if you happen to be from away. But if Mr. King makes the characters half as believable to the rest of you as he does to me, you have to love his books. Not since Dolores Clayborne or It have I been so enchanted by a novel. I never thought I would be so emotionally wrenched by Stephen King as I was was Bag of Bones. He just keeps getting better and better. And to all you negative reviewers - Open your heart and read it again!
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Summary: One of his better books.
Review: I quit reading King for a while because he had gone farther in the goul than I cared to read. I've been a fan since Salem's Lot. I found that Bag of Bones was more like the former King. Not so much goul and lots of story. The book kept my interest from page 1 to the end. Write more like this one Stephen.
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Summary: Quickly Becoming One of My Favorite SK Books!
Review: I am currently reading Stephen King's latest: Bag of Bones. It is a well-written, heart-felt read. Highly recommended for those who prefer a slightly deeper book.
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Summary: Excellent! Great tale, King's has never been better.
Review: Don't understand the negative reviews, especially since 95 percent are 4 and 5 star reviews. Perhaps it's the reader's reading grade level. King's new master work is pure prose. My favorite Stephen King novel was The Talisman, and of course The Shining and the The Stand. Couldn't put this one down. My wife is an editor and we both agreed this is his best book, EVER! Have read 16 books this summer from Amazon.com and this was the best. Want another book that will scare the hell out of you, then read Brad Steiger's new book, Alien Rapture. It is a scifi-horror /conspiracy that has characters as in depth as King's new novel. I purchased both books for gifts. I highly recommend these books very much. Other excellent books are 'Cobra Event' from Preston', and 'Blood Work' by Connelly.
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