I think I tried like 3 times to read it and I even had the audiobook and couldn't get into it. Then somebody bought me the paperback and I decided to give it a try again. Once I got past the 250 page mark I was all into it. I really enjoyed the story, although not his best I did enjoy it.
I agree that it may not have been the greatest story ever told, but I enjoyed it. There were a lot of things that occured in her memories of her husband and her new discoveries of him that I thought were really interesting and really cool.
I too, liked the Amanda character a lot, her story was very gripping and how she plays into things is really neat as well.
I don't know if I would urge you to finish it, but at least give it a little more time to grab you. It's not typical King, and I think that's why its tough, I feel the same way about Blaze. I probably would have liked it better if I hadn't picked it up expecting a Bachman book, you know? Try to read it as just another book rather than a Stephen King novel.
YOU MUST CHILL. I HAVE HIDDEN YOUR KEYS.
I actually enjoyed Liseys Story, but I have a hard time viewing it as a SK book. It is more of a romance novel to me, but it does have it's SK moments. I finished it, but don't really know if I will ever re read it. Maybe someday when I feel all mushy inside, hehehehe. Not one of my favorites, but still above The Tommyknockers on my list.
i enjoyed it as well, and i did find it slightly hard to get into but i kept reading and I thought it got better and better.
Misery was the same for me,just could not get into it,but after 4 attempts
i finished it.Still not one of his best but it did get better.
Some class misery as one of thier favorite books but we all like different
books for different reasons.
Just give it 1 or 2 more goes,you may change your mind or not.
I find it hard to reread Misery--not because it's not a good book, but because it's such a well-written book that rereading it makes me very uncomfortable! Annie just scares the heck out of me!
John
I picked it up and got through like 2 chapters...that was like 1.5-2 years ago it feels like.
Im gonna try again soon, maybe tonight.
I just finished what must be my 28th reread of The Stand.
I'm on a King kick now, and if I could find my damn copy of Wolves Id re-read the last 3 DT books.
I lurk, therefore I am.
Erin i know what you mean about re-reading the Stand i'm no where near
28 re-reads but its got to be my favorite book to read again,along with
the dark tower of course.
I finally listened to Lisey's Story and really liked it. I did often wish for a paper copy so that I could go back & reread certain parts. I will have to reread it again someday.
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I loved this book. Not only because I read it while I was sitting in the train from Bari to Milan (through Italy) for ten-something hours, gawping at the landscapes once in a while, but because of Boo'ya Moon. Sure, Lisey's story was a great company for me for those hours. I love travelling alone abroad, pondering all things between Heaven and Earth, and even better it gets when I've got a good story accompany me.
I forgot all about Italy around me as soon as I got into Boo'ya Moon - it was scary, beautiful and enchanting. As long as I got to stay far away from that piebald thing, Long Boy, I was quite happy - I had found one more world to dwell in. Different from the other worlds in that sense, that its dangerousness belongs in it. Usually worlds are plagued by evil, which is later gotten rid of, more or less. But not in Boo'ya Moon. It is both good and evil equally, light and dark. Very intriguing.
Now my copy of Lisey's Story dwells in Denmark, and I made my sai promise that if he'll travel, he'll take it with him, so Lisey's Story will see more of the wide world. =)
(forgive the grammatical errors in this text, my head feels like there is a swarm of bees. urgh.)
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I've read such hatred for Lisey's Story from so many here. I would like to ask why. Why do you not like the charcters? What is it about them that made you dislike them so much? Was it the way Lisey talked, or her attitude, maybe her relationship with her family? What was it?
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I am quite surprised at so many people disliking this book but a 'King book' means something different to us all and his body of work is so disperate I think.
I liked Lisey's story but I was mising my King books, I think, and hadn't read any in a while. There are typical King elements like introducing elements like the 'Long boy' and you have to read on for the relevance! Although there wasn't a lot of characters with their own entertaing back story that you usually get with King books. Therfore, the 'palaver' parts he does so well don't really happen.
Maybe there is an element of how well do we really know the person we live with or marry? They had a life a before us and how much do we know of that? Do we all have a Boo ya moon to some extent?
Although there seems to be a favourable reception to Duma Key and I am thinking about getting this!
I enjoyed the schmuck out of the book, i really did. Besides the content of the story itself ( which was good ) Stephen King has a way of writing that no matter what is hypnotizing. Dance Macabre, On writing, neither the usual entertainment type of read, but I read and enjoyed them just the same. I think I would find entertainment in his grocery list..I hope that doesn't make me an Incunk..
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worked for me."
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swallow it.'" Hunter S Thompson
I liked smuck as an alternate to F*ck ! I heard it so much in my head as I was reading it i started to use it a bit!
I agree with you about the grocery listMaybe we can buy a copy somewhere heheh
I can't really define any single thing about Lisey's Story that didn't work for me. I guess the best way for me to summarize it is that it read like a Koontz novel.
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
like a Koontz novel twice the regular Koontz sizeOriginally Posted by Woofer
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes!like a Koontz novel twice the regular Koontz size
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
jesus christ it took 250 pages?
Yes, after page 250 it becomes readable. Marginally.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
True, it did get less tedious after that. I can't comment specifically because I borrowed the copy I read.
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
It would be very low on my list of King re-reads.
It'll take a lot more than words and guns,
A whole lot more than riches and muscle.
The hands of the many must join as one.
And together we'll cross the river.
Puscifer, "The Humbling River"
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