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Bag of Bones by Stephen King

2 reviews

emmiemopho's review

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Fatphobia and Blood

sighclopss's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt