by Stephen King
Five stars for one of my very favorite Stephen King stories: the enthralling and legendary 1993 novel, Dolores Claiborne. As old as this book is, and considering it was made into a big budget film starring Kathy Bates (my favorite King adaption, by the way), almost everyone knows the plot — so I w...
4.75 starsI never would have thought I could be so interested in this type of story. It's just an old lady telling about her life, but I hung on every word. It's great IMO.
I managed to reread Dolores Claiborne in under 24 hours. I was thirteen when I first read it, and even then it only took three days. With no chapter breaks and one of the best vernacular-heavy voices King's ever taken on, this book's engine very nearly purrs. Dolores Claiborne is, in my opinion, Ste...
This was a fabulous read. Stephen King is a master of the monologue. He was able to sustain the voice of Dolores Claiborne throughout the whole novel. It was like she was right in the room with me till her story was finished. Vera Donavan's memorable phrase, "Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman c...
Stephen King is definitely my favourite author. I am always blown away by his creativity and his ability to always re-invent himself. Even though he is best known for his horror stories, he does write outside that genre and very well indeed, in my opinion. That doesn’t mean I didn’t have any issues ...
"In the end, it's the bitches of the world who abide..."
Is there anymore needed to say than it's written by Stephen King? I don't think so.. :))Dolores Claiborne, a woman of 66 comes into the police station and says she was not responcible for the death of Vera, her boss, for which she was a maid for almost 40 years. She says, though, that she is respons...
Was the vision of the little girl in the striped dress ever explained and I just missed it, or is it just an unexplained mystery?
I loved the movie and the book. Great story.
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