- Hardcover: 529 pages
- Publisher: Prentice Hall & IBD; BCA edition (24 Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0684853507
- ISBN-13: 978-0684853505
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 17 x 4.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (90 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,079,422 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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 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 mum with a marvellous psychic daughter). There is also good- humoured 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, Amazon.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'An incredibly gifted writer...so fluid that you often forget that you're reading' (Guardian ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
‘Splendid entertainment’ (Frances Fyfield, Express )
‘Will make perfect holiday reading’ (Daily Mail )
'An incredibly gifted writer...so fluid that you often forget that you're reading' (Guardian ) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Bag of Bones (King Classics) (Paperback)
I was up until midnight last night finishing off this book, which has taken me ten years since it's original release - but unfortuneatly it was one of King's books that passed me by. However, I recently decided to go through all of King's work again, starting with Carrie, and Bag of Bones was next in line. I think the reason I delayed reading this book, was because it wasn't King's typical early "horror" style of writing - but a more developed of late King style, where he incroporates more of a supernatural, psychadelic thriller atmosphere, rather than going for all out horror and gore. This, however, isn't a bad thing, and to be honest, after reading this book, I have come to realise that King's more developed style is his best--and Bag of Bones, in my oppinion, is also his best.
Never before have I felt so involved with the characters--not to the same degree as I did with this book. It follows the story of Mike Noonan, and Irish writer living in Derry, America, who's mourning the sudden death of his wife Jo. So much so, that he encounters writers block--a writers worst nightmare. After confronting his fears of returning to his holiday home where they shared so many wonderful memories together, Mike encounters a young woman called Mattie, and her three year old daughter Kyra. Ironically enough, Mattie has problems of her own, after the death of her husband, now her extremely wealthy father-in-law is seeking custody of Kyra claiming that Mattie is not fit to be a mother. And so, the story unfolds as Mike gets involved with the case, and eventually finds the two girls irresistable. Romance, horror, thriller, dark comedy--there's a lot of genres incorporated into one, and although my synopsis of the story makes it sound like a romance story, it's so much more than that. The story is well told, nicely paced, and the ending (although some have stated is a bit of an anti-climax) is superb. I really can't understand any of the complaints with this book, but I guess each to their own. The book leaves you satisfied, with everything that needed to be answered, answered, but leaving just enough questions to make you want to read it all again. I feel quite sad in a way to have finished this book, because the character are so real, that it's easy to get tied up in the problems that surround them. Amazingly enough, the book that surpassed me previously has ended up being possily my favourite book on my shelf. I really couldn't recommend this book enough.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing new here!,
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This review is from: Bag of Bones (Paperback)
I guess that you are either a Stephen King fan or not - I am one of the latter. I did enjoy his early work, however, I am afraid that SK's recent efforts have been dismal. I got this book because of the wonderful reviews and thought it would be different. Alas it was not to be. This tomb is, as usual, too wordy - the story could have covered 300 pages instead of the lengthy 600 plus pages King produced. Sorry - but no more King for me.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Dissapointing and very long winded,
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This review is from: Bag of Bones (Paperback)
I seem to remember reading a review that said this was up to the standard of his earlier work, however, it isn't and it's defintely the weakest SK book I have read. I found it very slow, long winded, and the author seemed to repeat things over and over.By the time I'd found out what was going on I'd almost lost interest and that whole custody case thing was utter rubbish, it was at odds with the whole climax of the story, I won't put it here as it might ruin the story for others, but email me if you want to know what I mean. This book should have been a short story at most.
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