Grading: Bag of Bones

[Aaron]

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Bag of Bones
Scribner, 1998


Round 2, Group I

Grading for this Book is Closed

Strength of Plot:
2.342857143 (Graded B)

Character Development:
2.5 (Graded B+)

Quality of Ending:
2.071428571 (Graded B-)

Overall Average Grade:
2.304761905 (Graded B)

Combined Round 1 & 2 scores:
6.319254659

[Daghain]

I said B on the first two, and C for the ending. That whole thing made me :nope:

[alinda]

B in strength of plot and ending. A for characters

[Melike]

A for the plot, B for characters and C for the ending.

[mae]

One of my favorites so all As, except a B for the ending. Maybe it's just that I haven't read it since it came out so it could be a little hazy in my mind, but I remember, while enjoying the overall book immensly, being just a tad let down by the ending. But, to paraphrase King himself, it's not the ending, it's the story, and the story kicked ass.

[Jean]

all Cs

[ManOfWesternesse]

C, B, C.

[Patrick]

Straight B's.

[astifledchance]

I agree with Pablo..I loved the story itself but the ending felt a little bit...less than the plot. I gave it an A for plot, B for character development (I dunno it could have deserved an A or a B here..it's been a while since I read it) and a B for the ending as well.

I loved the appearance of Ralph from Insomnia at the very beginning though :)

[theyspunaweb]

I said B, A, B...like the majority so far. I felt like the book was really slow...so a B for plot, but at the same time that is what helped create such an in depth charecter background for us so an A for the charecter developement. A B for the ending...because after all of that...I suppose it just didn't make me feel as whole after reading as I would have liked to - but it did enough.

[BROWNINGS CHILDE]

BAB, I felt that Character development was the main thing this story had going for it. Seemed like king tried to force one this time.

[Aaron]

I need to reread this one. It has to have been at least eight or nine years since I read it, and I remember enjoying it intensely at the time.

[Heather19]

I need to reread this one. It has to have been at least eight or nine years since I read it, and I remember enjoying it intensely at the time.

Let me know what you think upon a reread. I read this one when it first came out, and absolutely loved it. I went back last year and listed to King read the audio version, and I wasn't nearly as in love with it as I was the first time. I don't know if it was just listening to it as opposed to reading it or it could just be that my opinion has changed after so many years.