February 24, 2012

"Bag of Bones" by Stephen King

Most people who read Stephen King’s works would agree that in recent years the master of horror may have let himself go a little. There has been a somewhat noticeable decline in the quality of his works, in every department including writing style and originality.

However, Mr. King is only human and you cannot expect anybody to keep making masterpieces that each exceed the previous one; everyone falls at some point or another… it’s how you get up that matters. Well, it seems that recently Stephen King has bounced back with a few quite amazing works, including a move tie-in called Bag of Bones.

To sum up the premise of the story in a nutshell, it follows the life of a widowed novelist Mike Noonan who is still unable to write anything. On top of that, he keeps having vivid nightmares set at a place called Sara Laughs, which inexplicably calls to him.

Bag of Bones by Stephen King (Book cover)
At some point, Noonan decides to return to the lakeside cabin, where he actually finds a small town ruled under the iron fist of a dictator. As the journey begins, he encounters more and more characters, including a single mother who is desperately trying to keep her three year-old daughter, not to mention a variety of different ghosts.

As a relationship develops between Mike and Mattie (the single mother) the evil forces at the lake’s edge are growing stronger… what do these forces want with Mike, and what will he do?

Without spoiling too much about the story I would like to first of all assure you that it’s much better than the movie (for those who have had the displeasure of seeing that). While of course this may not be King’s best novel, it’s certainly a good indicator of the fact that he is back in form.



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Here is a man who probably needs no introduction. Stephen King is known by virtually everyone as being the master of horror, coming up with classics such as It and The Shining, but his literary talents to extend beyond that as he delivered plenty of memorable novels in other genres, including 11/22/63 and Under the Dome.

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