Somehow this book fell into my shopping cart, despite the houseful of bookcases and the pile of unread books on my bedside table. And I knew the minute I opened it I would be sucked in, and I am. I love the way he makes ordinary objects sinister and ordinary events gripping. I love the imagery and the way he talks about creative work as simultaneously something supernatural and something that deserves a solid work ethic like any other job. Most of all, I love stumbling across a quote from Christian mystic Dame Julian of Norwich and feeling like I caught the inside joke. Stephen King delivers solid entertainment and something to think about, too.
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Omigod, Cuz!! I picked up Duma Key yesterday from the library!! Synchronicity! Loved the book, of course.
Amazing, wasn’t it? And geez, I can see the paintings, can’t you?
I don’t WANNA see the paintings!! Brrrr…..
(Perse shambles from out of the dark, dark sea)
It was the doll that got to me. *shudder*
Do you mean Noveen and the ventriloquist act? Oh, yeah–chills, chills, chills. Best Stephen King book I’ve read in YEARS!
I was thinking of the painting with the doll (the Lucille Ball doll Reba). But yeah, the whole doll motif was uber creepy. The Reba twin doll that showed up after the visit from the dead twins. Noveen. Eeeeeeeee! Yeah, this is King at his best.