Bag of Bones
Scribner, 1998
Bracket #9
Voting for this Book is Closed
Final Average Score:
4.014492754
Bag of Bones will not advance to Round 2
I loved it - 5
It was good - 4
Average - 3
Only so-so - 2
I didnt like it - 1
Never Read
Bag of Bones--Voting Closed
Bag of Bones
Scribner, 1998
Bracket #9
Voting for this Book is Closed
Final Average Score:
4.014492754
Bag of Bones will not advance to Round 2
Heng Dai
1, but if I could give it a zero I would. I absolutely hated it.
I LOVED this book. I really enjoyed the ghost story aspect, which he hasn't really done terribly much of. It was also one of a handful (or maybe it's a double handful) of his books that scared me silly--but as I like being scared, that was a big plus.
5, as if y'all couldn't guess.
5
The answer is within
all matter is energy, all energy is GOD
dittoOriginally Posted by R_of_G
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow.
I gave it a 5. It ties with IT as my second fave of all time, behind Hearts in Atlantis. I remember getting chills the first time something was spelled out on the fridge with the letter magnets, and books rarely get me like that.
Again, quite surprised by the 1s. A 5 for me for sure. A classic.
I gave this one a 4. It was a good story but I remember having a tough time getting through part of it toward the end and had to reread a few sections to follow the story. Still, it made me tear up. It was so full of unfairness.
Margaret Emmie Mackey Catoe, you are, have been, and always will be my soulmate, and I love you.
Con todo mi corazon, por todo de mis dias. And I always will, in this life and into the next.
August 2, 1947 - September 24, 2010
Three. Some good scary aspects, but the whole thing with Kia and her mother was just freaking annoying half the time, especially at the end whereSpoiler:
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
4. I wanted to love this on an Insomnia-like level (since it starts in Derry, and I loved IT and Insomnia), and I did enjoy the insights into what a writer's life is like (a WIDOWED writer, at that).
But it didn't really hold my interest as much as I hoped it would.
meh i gave it a 3, somewhat entertaining
if the worlds gonna end then let's get it over with, i got shit to do
This is one of my most all time favorites, and the top on my "ghost story" list out of all types
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
This is a tie with Insomnia as my all time faveriout King book.
I gave it a 5
... From the keyboard of Kevin
"A gunslinger knows pride - that invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff."
"Officer Benzyck! It's good to see you and there's some jam right there on your collar, praise God!"- Rev. Earl Harrigan
Double ditto.ditto
a 5.
one of my absolute favorites ever. and listening to it on audio was even better. i wish you would all give it another chance.
Gave this one a 4. I remember reading it when it first came out and I absolutely loved it. I recently went back and reread it earlier this year, but for some reason I didn't like it as much as I did the first time around. However I still thought it was a wonderful story, and I really enjoyed the ghost story aspect of it.
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
I've read it twice. It's had its chance.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
point for daggers.
I gave it an average '3'.
It wasn't a bad story, certainly but I think they went into way too much information in the gang rape scene.
Well i sorta agree, but then i like James herberts work which generaly makes that scene look like a sunday prayer meeting. (eg. The Fog, The Others).
... From the keyboard of Kevin
"A gunslinger knows pride - that invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff."
"Officer Benzyck! It's good to see you and there's some jam right there on your collar, praise God!"- Rev. Earl Harrigan
I'm reading a Jame's Herbert book right now actually ('48) and I just finished 'The Magic Cottage'. (Well not right now. I'm typing this. Obviously.)
You're right, he can get pretty grim can't he? (Although the Magic Cottage was pretty tame. Good read though, if a bit predictable.)
Oh yes he can be a bit grim.
That scene in The Fog where theSpoiler:nearly made me stop reading the book.
He is a really good writer though, epecially if you like King, i recomend you try him. (he is called the British Stephen King)
... From the keyboard of Kevin
"A gunslinger knows pride - that invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff."
"Officer Benzyck! It's good to see you and there's some jam right there on your collar, praise God!"- Rev. Earl Harrigan
It was good but I didn't love it. 4.
"...that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little." ~ Ray Bradbury
4. I "read" this book as a Stephen King narrated audiobook. It really breathed life into the story because King new how each character was feeling.
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