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[Derrboy]

This was one of my favorite SK books. I can't really explain why. I liked that it was short (or at least read short) and had so much emotion behind it. Stephen has a way of not only writing the creepy stuff; but also having the ability to write about all the pain and agony behind the characters.

[Jack Roman]

Delores Claiborne wasn't one of my favorite SK books, but I did like the link between Jesse Mahout from Gerald's Game, and Delores Claiborne.

[Mr. Palmer]

It's a fantastic book, indeed. Honestly, though, I hadn't thought much about it for quite awhile. I'll need to push it back up on my TBR pile. Thanks for the reminder!

[Verseger]

hi, im here because i want to know the first publication date of dolores claiborne, 1992 or 1993? when was published the hardcover first edition?

[Moderator]

1993 (http://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/dolores_claiborne.html)

[GNTLGNT]

It is a "good read" and both location and character are well referenced in other portions of King's universe-Gerald's Game, Storm of the Century, Home Delivery, The Reach. I still get the shivers when I think about Vera's fear of the "dust mice". Yikes!

[M2H]

This is probably the only time that I believe that the movie version of Doloras Claibourne was much, much better than the novel. The novel was really, pardon me saying, boring...

[Trueivy]

This was one of my favorite SK books. I can't really explain why. I liked that it was short (or at least read short) and had so much emotion behind it. Stephen has a way of not only writing the creepy stuff; but also having the ability to write about all the pain and agony behind the characters.

I agree! It's one of my favorites too. I got five pages into the book and was mesmerized with KING'S female characters. I love how he writes women, but this is the book that cinched it for me. To me these are two of the best women he ever wrote. This book got me crying, angry, and terrified.

[Adam Halcyon]

*gasp*! Dolores, boring?? Lol, it does take some getting used to, being told in first-person all the way through, but give it a chance; like having a relative speak to you, I find the way SK wrote so soothing (in parts!) that every time I re-read the book, every year or so, it's like sitting down to hear an old and much loved friend tell me a story, just between the two of us. Major credits have to go to the person who adapted the book to the screenplay - it was brilliantly re-worked, thought out... I could not imagine where to start with giving Dolores a voice in the movie without just copying the book. It's probably a better movie in that regard than 'Shawshank' -- just how the hell did the screenplay for the movie ever get STARTED??? Let alone to the absolute quality of the finished product.

[Adam Halcyon]

I'd LOVE to see someone REALLY good have a go at making 'Bag of Bones' into a movie - even tho the main character is a man, the main female character has all the attributes you just described for a strong, independent woman... but I wonder who on Earth could play Mattie Devore amongst today's batch of young women...

[Girl87]

Dolores Claiborne is one of my fave book. Is short enough to read in a week.