Hmmm. Too bad. After reading the NYT article where King talks about his newfound interest in making good sentences, I was looking forward to this one.
Edward, I totally disagree with your reading of Lisey’s Story. It’s fantastic. There is a slower pace, and it’s not the King creepy factor, but he’s not writing Carrie, he’s writing Lisey’s Story, which is a much more literary novel.
“Much more literary” = inept attempt to write “important” novel. I should point out that I really wanted to like this book, just as I have liked a number of other King’s books. But this novel’s effort at a “slower pace” resulted in a plot about as swift and exciting as watching paint dry. Give me the creepy factor any day over this introspective nonsense.
Hmmm. Too bad. After reading the NYT article where King talks about his newfound interest in making good sentences, I was looking forward to this one.
Edward, I totally disagree with your reading of Lisey’s Story. It’s fantastic. There is a slower pace, and it’s not the King creepy factor, but he’s not writing Carrie, he’s writing Lisey’s Story, which is a much more literary novel.
Here’s what I thought of the novel: advance review on SoMisguided.com
“Much more literary” = inept attempt to write “important” novel. I should point out that I really wanted to like this book, just as I have liked a number of other King’s books. But this novel’s effort at a “slower pace” resulted in a plot about as swift and exciting as watching paint dry. Give me the creepy factor any day over this introspective nonsense.