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Review - Bag of Bones
Mar. 15th, 2009 01:45 amBag of Bones is really pretty weird. It actually spooked me quite a bit, although reading it at three AM didn't exactly help with that. And it took me a long, long time to figure out what was actually going on.
In terms of the characters, I didn't get particularly attached to any of them, but I liked them fine. The main character, Mike, sounds quite a bit like some other King heroes, I think, from his inner voice, but that didn't bother me too much. The thing I really liked was the picture of the relationship between him and his dead wife that was built up. I actually didn't want him to get together with Mattie or anything, although I hated what actually happened with her. The parts with Kyra were really, really cute, and I was really glad of the ending they seemed set to get.
The way the house was haunted with all kinds of different ghosts was confusing. I quite liked that, since you pretty much share in the way Mike feels, but I also felt like the story could have been a lot slicker, quicker. This one really isn't as fast-paced as others. There's reasons for that, of course, it relies on suspense more than anything, and a slow build, but... maybe too slow? And the repetitive dream sequences got kind of annoying.
The climax, though, was confusing and scary and thrilling, and I was pretty glad I stuck with it.
Once again, not my favourite of King's books -- probably won't ever reread it, will probably pass my nice hardback copy along somewhere along the line -- but I enjoyed it.
In terms of the characters, I didn't get particularly attached to any of them, but I liked them fine. The main character, Mike, sounds quite a bit like some other King heroes, I think, from his inner voice, but that didn't bother me too much. The thing I really liked was the picture of the relationship between him and his dead wife that was built up. I actually didn't want him to get together with Mattie or anything, although I hated what actually happened with her. The parts with Kyra were really, really cute, and I was really glad of the ending they seemed set to get.
The way the house was haunted with all kinds of different ghosts was confusing. I quite liked that, since you pretty much share in the way Mike feels, but I also felt like the story could have been a lot slicker, quicker. This one really isn't as fast-paced as others. There's reasons for that, of course, it relies on suspense more than anything, and a slow build, but... maybe too slow? And the repetitive dream sequences got kind of annoying.
The climax, though, was confusing and scary and thrilling, and I was pretty glad I stuck with it.
Once again, not my favourite of King's books -- probably won't ever reread it, will probably pass my nice hardback copy along somewhere along the line -- but I enjoyed it.
