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Sarah (7800 KP) rated Bag of Bones in Books

May 9, 2020  
Bag of Bones
Bag of Bones
Stephen King | 1998 | Fiction & Poetry
7
8.3 (44 Ratings)
Book Rating
Enjoyable but not the best
As always I have to state that Stephen King is my all time favourite author so I probably always look at his books with rose tinted glasses. That said whilst I enjoyed Bag of Bones, it definitely isn't one of his best.

The story and plot in this are almost your typical ghost story, but with your usual King flair and horror thrown in. The characters are well developed and likeable yet flawed, and the writing is as superb as always. I think my main problem with this book was it didn't half ramble on a bit. It comes in at just over 500 (hardback) pages and this is far too long. A fair amount of this book could've been cut out without impacting drastically on the story. And also the name of the lake house in this is "Sara Laughs" - whilst there is an explanation for this in the books, I still think it's a ridiculous name for a house and it irritated me every time it was mentioned.

Overall this is still an enjoyable King story, but definitely not his best and not one I'd recommend with there being so many other amazing and better novels of his out there.