Dolores Claiborne

**Ghastly** · October 18th, 2009

The reason she didn't go to jail for the whole Joe incident is because she captivated Frank, Andy and Nancy with her story. You couldn't put someone away with a story like that!

**jlessl** · October 26th, 2009

I love the movie, in fact, bought the DVD because I can watch it over and over. Kathy Bates is excellent. So ... finally got around to reading the book. Unfortunately, I was apparently spoiled by the movie, I guess, because I didn't really love the book. I did not care for the way the book was written, that is entirely a Dolores confession, focused to her point of view, and no chapter breaks. I was so psyched to read the book after reading everyone's stellar reviews and accolades. I don't regret reading the book, but I was disappointed ... something that I've not experienced very often with SK's books.

**Matthew.Degnan** · October 30th, 2009

I have an old edition of this story and on the back it is marketed as horror- is it just me or is this definately not horror?

**jlessl** · November 5th, 2009

I would not characterize it as horror. But SK's books tend to get that tag no matter what the book, due to his reputation (and pigeonhole) as a strictly horror author. Unfortunate. He is so much more.

**JRM** · November 10th, 2009

Originally Posted by the_last_gunslinger

Actually, I found it to be an unbearably slow read. It took me roughly two weeks to get through it. The concept was interesting, but it took so long for anything to happen, and when it did, I found it rather unremarkable.

It turned out being my least favorite King book, so that probably has something to do with why it took me so long to sludge through it, especially when I read it on the heels of the magnificent Duma Key.

I laughed when I read this, 'cuz I'm also just starting Dolores Claiborne after reading through Duma Key. I'm about 30 pages in. Not diggin' it so far.

**jlessl** · December 3rd, 2009

In my humble opinion, the movie was much better. Go figure. Usually the book is better.

**JRM** · December 3rd, 2009

I don't think I've mentioned, but I finished this book. I liked it. It wasn't mind-blowing or anything, but it had some nice surprises here and there.

**davemelnick** · December 3rd, 2009

I njoyed IT a lot more my 2nd time I read it. The 1st time I was scared half to death.

Originally Posted by devious1

is it just me, or does this book read ridiculously fast? i consider myself a fairly swift reader, for the time i am able to dedicate to reading anyway, and yet i seem to be flying through this book like nothing. i read my normal amount yesterday when i started to re-read it (only read it once, just after it came out) and somehow made it through over 200 pages! (normally in this time frame i read about 100 pages of a book). i don't know if it's just the way the story flows or what but the pages seem to be flying by fast!

also, for some reason i didn't like this book that much when i first read it but now am enjoying it immensely. that Dolores is quite a character

**dwalters** · December 3rd, 2009

I have to admit I had my doubts when I first started reading this one. Only one character talking? No chapters, just a big block of text? What have I gotten myself into!? But, it didn't take long for the story to really grab hold of me, and I actually think the style in which it was written made it very unique and all the more enjoyable. I had put this one off for a while because it didn't sound the least bit scary, but even though there wasn't much of a scare factor it was wonderfully written and very well told.

**sissy** · December 4th, 2009

This was a fast read for me too. My favorite about the story is its connection to "Geralds Game"
The way King links his works together is nothing short of amazing to me.