Bag of Bones
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Starts off with some good spooks and a really promising storyline It’s length and the direction it went to in the end weren’t my thing.
This book actually scared me and made me root for Mike, Jo, Mattie and ki. The characters are to die for. King never misses to make the characters lovable and I really did for the most part. But Mike has some characteristics that I just couldn’t stand. The horror aspect doesn’t go through the whole book, it focuses more on mikes relationship and the history of Sara laughs and the town. The last few chapters are really gut and heart wrenching. I didn’t want to write a review but I figured I had to, so I could give a content warning. Spoilers ahead | | | | | | | | | | | | Trigger/content warning Detailed description of rape (and some consensual sex) Fantasies about „doing whatever I want to you“ (the thing that made Mike less likeable) Racism (a lot of degrading language) Death, suicide, murder Children involved in murder Detailed descriptions of fucked up nightmares Vomiting, nausea Detailed description of Panic attacks
Da kenne ich vom Meister anderes. Auch wenn er es wie kein anderer schafft, so detail- und bildgewaltig zu schreiben, hier war ich nicht ganz so gefesselt. Vielleicht auch, weil mich die Handlung nicht wirklich überzeugen konnte. Ein gutes Buch, keine Frage, aber eben nicht herausragend.
This is not the first time I thought a book might be my new favorite King and then changed my minded when he missed the mark onbthe ending once more. This is the first time though where an ending has left me not disappointed but upset. Normally I think King handles the topic of racism in small american towns well and never fails to paint it as exactly the evil thing it is. While reading I thought it was a great story on how old white conservative families still hide the dark deeds of past generations because they secretly agree with it. I dont know why this one turned into a lesson on the horseshoe model of both sides are villains in the end but i was horrified when it did. How could he describe this horrible racist crime in detail only to turn the plot around on the victim, make her evil and then have the nerve to have the main character exclaim in the epilogue how bad he felt for the poor woman after what horrible things happened to her but he couldnt very well let her harm an innocent child?
Description
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Starts off with some good spooks and a really promising storyline It’s length and the direction it went to in the end weren’t my thing.
This book actually scared me and made me root for Mike, Jo, Mattie and ki. The characters are to die for. King never misses to make the characters lovable and I really did for the most part. But Mike has some characteristics that I just couldn’t stand. The horror aspect doesn’t go through the whole book, it focuses more on mikes relationship and the history of Sara laughs and the town. The last few chapters are really gut and heart wrenching. I didn’t want to write a review but I figured I had to, so I could give a content warning. Spoilers ahead | | | | | | | | | | | | Trigger/content warning Detailed description of rape (and some consensual sex) Fantasies about „doing whatever I want to you“ (the thing that made Mike less likeable) Racism (a lot of degrading language) Death, suicide, murder Children involved in murder Detailed descriptions of fucked up nightmares Vomiting, nausea Detailed description of Panic attacks
Da kenne ich vom Meister anderes. Auch wenn er es wie kein anderer schafft, so detail- und bildgewaltig zu schreiben, hier war ich nicht ganz so gefesselt. Vielleicht auch, weil mich die Handlung nicht wirklich überzeugen konnte. Ein gutes Buch, keine Frage, aber eben nicht herausragend.
This is not the first time I thought a book might be my new favorite King and then changed my minded when he missed the mark onbthe ending once more. This is the first time though where an ending has left me not disappointed but upset. Normally I think King handles the topic of racism in small american towns well and never fails to paint it as exactly the evil thing it is. While reading I thought it was a great story on how old white conservative families still hide the dark deeds of past generations because they secretly agree with it. I dont know why this one turned into a lesson on the horseshoe model of both sides are villains in the end but i was horrified when it did. How could he describe this horrible racist crime in detail only to turn the plot around on the victim, make her evil and then have the nerve to have the main character exclaim in the epilogue how bad he felt for the poor woman after what horrible things happened to her but he couldnt very well let her harm an innocent child?