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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...

[Jojo87]

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

[Ebony]

Oh thanks God ithis isn´t a comparison between a movie and a book. Never saw the movie...(but I would like to)
I can only agree with this:


[...] 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.

So I don´t really know what is my favourite book...;)

[JohnDalglish]

Never saw the movie...(but I would like to)


Hi,

Yeah, keep your eyes open for it, Kathy Bates IS Dolores IMO.

Long days and pleasant nights

[Mark R]

The first time that I tried to read this book, I just could not get into it at all. I then left it and picked up another SK novel promising myself that I would go back to it. I kept this promise and as really pleased that I did so. Why I could not get into this was a mystery in itself, this was a fantastic read and have read it again since.

I went out and picked up the movie and thought the cast were perfect for this great story, It has shown me that it is always worthwhile going back.

[Seb Shaw]

I can not think of enough superlatives to describe the movie. To be honest I'm not sure Shakespeare himself could! My feeble attempt though would be to say that this was utterly spellbinding! The cast, crew, directer, screenwriter, costume, editor, lighting etc.

Kathy Bates is just the most magnificent actress of our generation, perhaps of all time.

I finished this movie with an emotive tear in my eye and that rarely happens to a 19 year old like myself, but I guess that's the magic of King...

if you have not yet read/watched Dolores Claiborne, well y'all just better or those darn 'dust bunnies' ya make ya regret it......

[JRM]

I personally prefer Gerald's Game to Dolores Claiborne, but that's just me.

[michal]

I love this book and I think it was very special -the way it's all told in that heavy old-woman slang. Funny, sad and touching - all at the same time.

[Agincourt Concierge]

Dolores Claiborne is one of my all time favorites...

I think many find it a hard read.... or don't care for it because...

1. It's narrated by Dolores..
2. No chapters... so it's like ... one long continuous narrative...

but hey... there is a DT reference.... an Insomnia reference.... Gerald's Game (which I love....)...Shawshank....

this is a great story about women..... their strengths ... their weaknesses.... their ability to overcome all the men in their lives that make everything so damn difficult.... from the police... to the banker... to the husbands... Selena's boss....

and yes... Kathy Bates IS Dolores... I can picture no other actress in that lead.... she was outstanding...

and I love Vera too.... she did what she had to do to survive... and I have come to her way of thinking.... "sometimes being a b*tch is all a woman has to hold on to...."

For those that don't care for this one... try it one more time.....

[BeeStDeevil]

this was my very first book i read from S.King. at first i was confused, than after i read it another time, i told myself, 'got to get other books', and i do my best to get them...believe in Bosnia it's hard to buy, but i hope i'll do it.

[Homer403]

My favorite part of the movie was the scene where the camera is focused on Dolores's hands....."You can tell what a persons life is like by looking at their hands" and her hands are rather ruff.I thought that was pretty cool!