Bag of Bones: A Novel by Stephen King (MOBI)

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Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, a powerful tale of grief, of love’s enduring bonds, and the haunting secrets of the past.Set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, Bag of Bones recounts the plight of forty-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, who is unable to stop grieving following the sudden death of his wife Jo, and who can no longer bear to face the blank screen of his computer. Now his nights are plagued by vivid nightmares, all set at the Maine summerhouse he calls Sara Laughs. Despite these dreams, or perhaps because of them, Mike returns to the lakeside getaway. There he finds his beloved Yankee town held in the grip of a powerful millionaire, Max Devore, who will do anything to take his three-year-old granddaughter away from her widowed young mother. As Mike is drawn into their struggle, as he falls in love with both mother and child, he is also drawn into the mystery of Sara Laughs, now the site of ghostly visitations, ever-escalating nightmares, and the sudden recovery of his writing ability. What are the forces that have been unleashed here—and what do they want of Mike Noonan? First published in 1998, Bag of Bones was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller. It was lauded at its publication as “hands down, Stephen King’s most narratively subversive fiction” (Entertainment Weekly) and his “most ambitious novel” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).

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⭐I’m in the process of reading “Bag of Bones” for the second time. I’m really glad, so far, that I made the decision, because there was so much that had been missed in the first reading. This tale has everything I could ever want in a novel. A haunting sense of love for a lost wife, a compelling need to love a new young woman with the same intensity, a ghost or two, a most charming three-year-old girl (and a great ending which brings the child into the author’s (Mike Noonan) own life story), a fine summer storm that just seems to be located precisely where it should be within this novel, a lonely piece of Maine’s woodlands, a near-perfect description of the agonies of writer’s block, and an even better description of a middle aged author’s ability to find his way out of the dilemma. I’m aghast at all the years I knew that this novel existed, and time I wasted in NOT reading it. Sure wish I could happen upon another Stephen King effort that I might like just as much.

⭐Sure, I liked Stephen King before this book. 11.22.63, IT, The Stand. The Shining, The Bill Hodges trilogy, Outsider, The Institute are all favorites of mine.If you aren’t a King fan or haven’t figured it out yet: the reason why so many of his books resonate with so many people isn’t the Horror, it’s the Heart.This Book is LOADED with heart.A man who is haunted by grief, loneliness and depression due to the sudden loss of his wife and the impending loss of his writing career is also haunted by something supernatural. Why is this haunting happening? What will stop it? The main character, a realistically-flawed and very-likable character, meets a beautiful young woman and her daughter who are both in danger. Can he help them? Can he love again? Can he resurrect his career and purpose in life?While the action and supernatural in this book are amazingly written and intense; King steals his own show with his mastery of language. King’s ability to capture the nostalgia and create the essence of several different eras in this small Maine vacation town is a truly wonderful. I can’t think of another writer who could bounce so elegantly compose not just dialogue, but colorful dialogue for an aging tech mogul, a wordsmith author, young and old residents of the backwoods of Maine, an early 1900’s African-American band, a New York Lawyer, and a precocious 4 year old.King is truly a master of language, a master of heart and a master of creative horror; he weaves all of those together is this story. The result is a hauntingly beautiful experience. Definitely one of my favorite King books.

⭐I am a big fan of Stephen King. Hate his politics, but have been crazy about much of his work for many years. I moved to the US last year and many of my books were left in Canada. I was feverishly trying to remember this particular book, as I enjoyed everything about it. This book just grabbed you by the throat and dragged you right into the setting and the story. Really I can’t say enough, except damn, I wish I wrote that!

⭐I am a Stephen King Constant Reader. However, I don’t shy from being critical of the authors novels. I like most of them, but there are a few I couldn’t finish because of varied disappointments in the story–“Under the Dome” for example. I am slowly making my way through the author’s body of work, and I had been meaning to make “Bag of Bones” my next King novel. I am so glad I did so.I can see a clear contrast in the author’s early works, when compared to his latter and most recent novels. His later books are a little more tame and character driven. The ghost and goblin effect is still strong, but the newer books have taken on a deeper, richer story texture, and the character development is significantly greater. I think the effect is that these newer stories tend to stay with you much longer. They develop a more lasting kinship with the reader that his earlier works did not evoke. “Bag of Bones” is a good example of the new King relative to the old. Another good example is “Duma Key”. I think the notion that King has “slipped a cog” in his ability to tell a story is baseless. Actually he is as good as ever, maybe better–a few duds notwithstanding–eg…”Under the Dome”.I highly recommend “Bag of Bones”. Great story and a dynamic plot–told in a “first person” style. The many characters all have an interesting place in the story. The seven hundred odd pages are filled with suspense, terror, and romance. I found myself sitting for long readings of the prose, and felt tinges of disappointment when I had to put down the book to do other things–eg..sleep. To me, that is high praise from a reader. I knew from the beginning that I was on a good read. Some days you know from the start if the fish are biting or not. Well, the fish were biting good in this lake. It was a good day of fishing–or week, should I say, and knew from the first chapters that the fishing trip would be a successful one.Don’t worry, the book is haunting. It is a very dark story. If you came seeking King’s reputation to “scare the livin shit out of ya”…then I think you will be richly rewarded. The author is very long-winded in certain areas of the novel, and these tend to be the darkest and most spooky parts. Again, you won’t be disappointed.I am going to put “Bag of Bones” on my short list of favorite King novels….along with: The Dead Zone, 11/22/63, Duma Key, Misery, Dolores Claiborne, The Shining, Salem’s Lot, Lisey’s Story, etc.As you can see, I rated 5 stars. Very deserving! …and I highly recommend this novel to readers.

⭐It’s my second time reading this book.The first time was during summer, 15 years ago. I was totally absorbed by the book.The characters, the location everything was so new to me and I remembered enjoying every moment of my reading, so a month ago I decided to re read it but in English this time (I read it in French the first time).I must admit I had forgotten the story so it was like ready it for the first time and I loved it as much, maybe even more since I am now older, there is things I can understand better.You get attached to the characters, you hope thinfs are not what they are and you want everyone to be happy, but life catch up with us and we have to face the fact that life is hard, things don’t always go the way we want them to. This book is also a great reminder of what is important to us, sometimes it’s good to pause and see what really matters.

⭐Bag of Bones, published in the late ‘90s, ticks all or most of the boxes for recognisable King tropes – including a writer seeking sanctuary at a remote retreat in a sinister, tight-knit community with plenty of dark secrets. The log-built, lakeside house where bestselling author Mike Noonan goes after his wife Jo’s premature death in Derry seems to be the perfect place for him to grieve, but there’s a problem – it’s haunted. Meanwhile, Mike is caught up in a local custody dispute involving an almost comically evil software tycoon desperate to wrest his granddaughter away from her librarian mother after the death of the little girl’s father. At times it reads like Grisham with a supernatural twist. But in its most memorable passages, it’s pure horror, of the heart-pumping kind it’s impossible to stop reading. The momentum is thrilling and relentless as the novel reaches its closing stages. Some of the sections I like most relate not to the ghouls terrorising Mike and other characters, but to more pedestrian scenes where Mike is writing, or talking about writing. King is good at writing about writers, and about his trade – eg Misery and The Dark Half. It’s a long read (with some questionable spectral sex scenes) and at times there’s a slight sag in the narrative pace, but it rapidly picks up again. In the King canon, Bag of Bones is perhaps nothing out of the ordinary – it could be said to be pretty formulaic by his standards. But it works by bringing to life a small community haunted by a horrific past, and the life of the first-person narrator, Mike – level-headed and witty, wise and likeable, even as his entire life is turned on its head… King’s novels are so densely textured that they quickly become immersive and the reader invests heavily in the protagonists, and the plot. The stories go far beyond superficial shock and horror, creating incredibly detailed portraits of people and places. In that sense, Bag of Bones is an important King novel, offering many insights into his views on writing (through Mike’s eyes) while spinning a ghostly yarn that quickly becomes addictive. Mike says at the end that he’s ‘lost his taste for spooks’. But if you’re a King fan, and haven’t already encountered Bag of Bones, you should read it; if you’ve not read any of his work, this is as good a place to start as any – in the darker recesses of New England, in the company of perhaps the greatest storyteller of modern popular literature…

⭐Very disappointed.This was my first Stephen King novel, and very disappointing.Earlier I read his non-fiction book, ON WRITING. And I was very inspired by the way he looks at the writing.Of course other thing I was wondering was the magic behind his novels’ sales numbers.But then again, WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT.I guess his sales numbers are rising on his powerful ordinary, middle class American language , and narrative.Well I do not want to be very prejudged here without reading his other novels, but this side of him is very powerful).Reader would love his books even without a story.When I was learning English, I loved the American accent. And I was wondering how ordinary, middle class American would talk.If you are like that also, then Stephen King is your author.Story of the book is very chaotic, messy, well if there is one.While reading, eventually I started to think that this book was scheduled on demands of publishers, and written without passion.In fact plot is a story of a blocked writer.And writer decides to go to their second house near a lake after the mysterious death of his wife, and starting to feel blocked.And this house is haunted. But he just kept staying there, and goes through the entire thrill, and horror.Maybe, in this book, Stephen King is confessing his psychology and his relations with publishers.Well if you take only this book of his as a reference point, then you can conclude that Stephen King is a big commercial popular writer with very shallow psychological and philosophical fiction.Saying that he is fantastic reflecting the psychology of ordinary, middle class American, sometime, maybe most of the time, moronic ones.He is wonderful at keeping the suspense geared up with his powerful narrative.This is maybe the most powerful thing about him.Suspense.How does he create that?As you read through you start to move into a sphere, a journey that even the author does NOT know where it heads on.Then you start feeling like like you are journeying together with author, or even on your own.In a way, he steals your conscious, and this sucks you into the story.Well saying that quiet often your journey gets smashed, and then you disengage from the story.Why?Because story becomes boring.Take this for example.He starts talking with ghosts in the house, even cooperating with them. And sometimes he faces their terror, horror in a so cool way.And all this happens so naturally ordinarily, then suspense disappears, And it becomes boring, and then you disengage.Yes it is a fiction, but too much of, bad, and a boring one.and then take the number of people in the 150 years of history of house and the surrounding of the lake.Soooo many names,and then I had to look at Internet to recap who is who and who did what.A few words on the nook itself.I loved the fonts of the book. A novel should be written with these fonts and size.Also split of the book into 29 chapters sizing from 15 to 30 pages makes it easier to set milestones for reading.

⭐Let me start by saying I’m a massive King Fan, and love nearly all of his books (having read about 90% of them), however I’ve found Bag of Bones just awful. I have no idea how it’s received such great reviews. I look forward to reading whatever book I’m currently into nearly every night as I winddown for bed, but with Bag of Bones it’s more of an arduous task that I have to complete….. and have nearly give up on several times. Kings writing is fabulous as usual but I think the characters are poor (particularly the two main leads). If anything, I’d say the book would be more aimed toward females as it’s more of annoyingly and somewhat cheesly romantic story/theme, peppered with the occasional supernatural.As a benchmark of taste though, my personal favourites are Needful Things, Salem’s Lot, Duma Key, Outsider, Revival and many more.I’m also a happily married man with 4 girls and hence enough romance/girl stuff to fill a lifetime 😉

⭐Writing this review a few weeks after I finished the book I cannot remember what it was about! I can remember doggedly carrying on reading (to get my monies worth) and hoping it would end soon so I could start a book that would be worth reading and entertaining. SK’s glory days are long past and he churns these lumps of dross out just to earn more money that he probably doesn’t need and because his publishers know they will earn too. Its an affront to people like me who respected SK as an author and imaginative story teller.

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