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It started off interesting but then quickly got so boring for most of it. By the time more stuff was finally happening I had checked out and cared nothing about any of the characters.

Too much gross sexual stuff for my taste as well (some just "casual" things that I found gross but also some quite graphic scenes that I didn't want to read, check content warnings if you need to). Also quite a lot of racism even though the book is doing it to say "see racism is bad," it still wasn't done the best in my opinion.

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gotopieces's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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zone_a3's review against another edition

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dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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emmiemopho's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

my “Whyyyy stephenn???” List:

Bag of Bones 1998

-referring to a child as being an exotic taste

-“Breasts”

-His classic racism towards Japanese people

-The way he mansplains what masturbation is

-Blue balling

-His sex scenes take me out

-The question of “did I rape the 5 year old?” In his sleep and wasn’t necessarily upset about it

-The list of all the things you can (and shouldn’t) call a black man

-At first screws his wife and then R’s her corpse in dreamland

-V.C. Andrews is regarded as his professional enemy (interesting)

-Mal-formed Dwarves might turn him on? Was that a joke? Why was that placed during a fantasy thought???

-He always has a tangent about fat people

-Women in need of help are to be sexualized completely.

-“Stroking”

-Just some other proof the main character is him: MC talks about naming the book he’s writing “bag of bones”.

-Regains a trust point: MC does not like black people being called bad words-although is this black people generally done or is it specific to the band he likes so much? So maybe not so much of a trust point.

-Over half way and he mentions something the little girl says sounds Vietnamese & exotic

-Whenever someone mentions how young the MC’s crush is, he imagines her in a vulgar way and seems to have an obsession with her being just above legal.

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bealiliwen's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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erinamazing's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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sighclopss's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Definitely a slow paced book, you spend at least half the book unsure if the things occuring around the main character (Mike) are truely paranormal phenomenon or just manifestion/metaphores of his grief. Although described as a ghost story, I found the reality far more compelling. Mike dealing with comp icated grief after his wife's death, Mikes involvement in a custody battle, Mike learning about the town's history, and subsequentlly his own ancestry.

I liked that it was written like a mystery, lots of foreshadowing and scattered hints that you tucked away to piece together in the end.

This is the second Stephen King book I've read, and can definitely see a pattern of themes emerging. Very influenced by the cultural climate of the era it was written in. The intense racism can be jarring, especially paired with the sexual violence.

I really enjoyed Mike as a character, I wish the ending had of been a happier though, they all deserved it.

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