Dolores Claiborne

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• Horror of Horrors

  “That was when he felt his entire structure of organized thought begin to slide slowly toward some dark abyss.” —Stephen King, The Langoliers Stephen King has become a household name in at least three senses. He is a writer pretty much everyone in th ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Sun, 22 Aug 2010

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  This has been the first King novel I have read since Cujo bored me to death. Why did I put myself through the pain? Why do they consistently place the new non-horror Steven King books in the horror section at bookstores? Here I was hoping to get a descent scare, like King had done in his previous ... (continue)

  This has been the first King novel I have read since Cujo bored me to death. Why did I put myself through the pain? Why do they consistently place the new non-horror Steven King books in the horror section at bookstores? Here I was hoping to get a descent scare, like King had done in his previous years with such classics as the Stand, Salem's Lot and the Shining.

  Did I ever choose the wrong book. This is basically about a maid named Dolores who gets in trouble because hr husband and her employer both die. It almost felt like a diary. There were no horror elements in this novel at all. It follows the trials and tribulations Dolores has with her husband, employer, her daughter and the cops. This was not a fun book to read and I can't recommend this one to anyone. Good thing I got this hardcover for six bucks in the bargain bin. Boring.

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  CaptHowdy said on Sep 9, 2007 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  First book by Stephen king that I ever abandoned. Although I knew the story from the movie, I just didn't like the way the book was written, with the main character Dolores, telling her story, with basically no real dialogues. I've tried because I normally love The King, but I found the book to slow ... (continue)

  First book by Stephen king that I ever abandoned. Although I knew the story from the movie, I just didn't like the way the book was written, with the main character Dolores, telling her story, with basically no real dialogues. I've tried because I normally love The King, but I found the book to slow to read, almost boring.

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  Dylaniata said on Sep 1, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 332 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0816156417
• ISBN-13: 9780816156412
• Publisher: G. K. Hall & Co.
• Pub date: Dec 01, 1993
• Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, School & Library Binding, Unbound and eBook
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