- Paperback: 704 pages
- Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks; Reprint edition (12 July 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 034089895X
- ISBN-13: 978-0340898956
- Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.6 x 4.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (102 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 213,543 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Popular novelist Dickens is an apt comparison - stands among the best things that this formidable writer has done'
(Sam Leith, Saturday Telegraph )'Thrilling, genuinely terrifying, beautifully textured and full of wonderful invention'
(Daily Mail )'Stephen King's career-best novel, LISEY'S STORY, a psychological thriller of extraordinary sensitivity that takes the reader deep into the dark places in us all'
(Matt Thorne, Independent on Sunday )'Up there with his finest ... Please don't ever give up writing, Stephen King'
(Evening Standard )'King is the greatest popular novelist of our day, comparable to Dickens - and one of the reasons for his pre-eminence is that (like Dickens) he keeps his readers with him all the time...A consummate and compassionate novel - one of King's very best'
(Toby Litt, Guardian )'A wondrous novel of marriage, a love story steeped in strength and tenderness, and cast with the most vivid, touching and believable characters in recent literature . . . A dazzling novel that you'll thank yourself for reading long after the final page is turned.' (Nicholas Sparks )
'Accomplished . . . unputdownable . . . his mesmerising best' (Observer on BAG OF BONES )
'An incredibly gifted storyteller' (Guardian )
'Contains some of the most powerful and affecting passages that King has ever written'
(Barry Forshaw, Daily Express )'The true narrative artist is a rare creature. Storytelling - the ability to make the listener or the reader need to know, demand to know, what happens next - is a gift...Stephen King, like Charles Dickens before him, has this gift in spades.' (The Times on CELL )
'King has that rare skill of making you believe it could happen' (Sydney Morning Herald on CELL )
'Gory, extremely entertaining and with a plot to imagine oneself in, this is another winner from the cellphone-avoiding horror master' (Daily News, New Zealand on CELL )
'A cracking good story with a sting in its tale' (Herald Sun, Australia )
'This is a roller-coaster ride that will thrill many' (Sydney Morning Herald )
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Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark.
Lisey knew it when she first fell for Scott. And now he's dead, she knows it for sure.
Lisey was the light to Scott Landon's dark for twenty-five years. As his wife, only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author - that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality.
Now Scott has gone, Lisey wants to lock herself away with her memories. But the fans have other ideas. And when the sinister threats begin, Lisey realises that, just as Scott depended on her strength - her light - to live, so she will have to draw on his darkness to survive.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Room for improvement...,
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This review is from: Lisey's Story (Paperback)
SK is a fantastic writer!
Sadly I found this book to be really sllllooooowwww, to the point I gave up reading it. I used to think I should read every book I begin, but after seeing quite a few bad books to the tedious end, I gave up thinking I'd like to spend the time reading a decent story. SK is brilliant, sadly this book (from what I read of it) isn't...
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not classic King.,
By grrarghh "grrarghh" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Lisey's Story (Paperback)
Unlike many of the reviewers here, I finished the book, purely because I hate to leave something I've started. However, I can fully appreciate why so many failed to finish it.
It's DULL! Really, really, mind-numbingly, ponderously dull! I was reading it at work when I had some downtime and a colleague asked me many times how I was getting on with the book. I had to honestly reply that I didn't know as the narrative is so convoluted, with constant flashbacks and side-steps that I was left in a state of cognitive flux. I found it difficult to see what King was getting at (I knew nothing of the storyline when I started) and when the penny dropped, I found it hard to care. The characters are mostly dislikeable and those who aren't are uninteresting. It reminded me in many ways of Rose Madder, which up till Lisey's Story was the King book I had had the most trouble liking. At least King had the excuse of being blitzed out of his mind while he was writing Rose Madder. There's no such excuse here. It seems to be a vanity project, existing solely for King to show just how literary he really is. There was really no need for him to do this. I know he's a good writer; God, I've read enough of his work. This won't dissuade me from reading further King novels, but I'd advise others to think carefully before embarking on an exercise which is essentially sound and fury signifying nothing.
18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of King's finest?,
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This review is from: Lisey's Story (Hardcover)
At first I had reservations about Lisey's story. Those others of King's books told from a female perspective (Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, Rose Madder) are amongst my least favourite of his novels. Thus, I was prepared to be disappointed - and, initially, I was.
The story is told as two narrative threads - firstly, in the present day, secondly as a series of memories from the heroine of the story - Lisey Landon, wife of the deceased author Scott Landon. Scott Landon who had troubles of his own - many of which seem to mirror King in real life. Ultimately, however, one starts to care about the characters, and age and near-death has certainly not dulled King's ability to describe the minutiae of life in such absorbing detail. By the end of the story, the characters - and the portrayal of the twenty-five year marriage - between Scott and Lisey seemed real, and the feelings - although not the events - described could mirror any long marriage. There are also enough references to others of Kings works to keep the hardened fan happy. Deputies Ridgewick and Clutterbuck from Needful Things make appearances, the Territories are never far away, and there's also mention of a little place called Shooters Knob, Tennessee. If there is a downside - and why I haven't given five stars for this review - it is because there is nothing entirely new here. There are shades of Rose Madder, The Talisman and at least one of the stories in Four Past Midnight... but King, at his literary best, is still the best around. Despite his so-called retirement after his near-fatal accident, King seems as prolific as ever and, with other books apparently in the pipeline, I hope that they are as enjoyable as this.
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