A review by chelseafogarty
Bag of Bones by Stephen King

dark mysterious slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

I really tried enjoying this one but in the end, I regrettably forced myself to finish it when I should have just DNF'd. It started out as such a promising ghost story and ended up feeling like the entire story revolved around some weird, contrived, fantasy relationship of a middle-aged man to a young, struggling barely 20-something-year-old woman rather than the original premise of the story-- his mysteriously deceased wife and her secrets which just felt forgotten about. Definitely left me with a creepy vibe in the end in all of the ways that I don't believe King intended. Yuck.
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