Lisey's Story

So this is Stephen Kings favorite story he has written and was inspired by his own brush with death when he was hit by a van while jogging. Knowing all that, I really wanted to like this book. I really did. I just didn't. It seemed to be too long with way to much padding that added nothing to the story. It would have been an amazing 300 page novel. I have noticed this more and more with these later King novels. They seem to be bloated and loose, instead of tight and poignant.

It is possible that I have grown beyond Stephen King, which would make me very sad because like so many before me, he was my introduction into horror writing and there was a time when I absorbed everything he wrote as soon as I could get my hands on it.

This really isn't a review for this book. Sorry.