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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. nevusmom | Jun 22, 2009 |   Lisey's Story, while a good read, fell short for me in that it tried to be too much. What I got from it was a wonderfully created and crafted story about a woman dealing with the end of what she thought was her family, but realizing she still had family that mattered to her and she mattered to. Add in the wonderful fanasy life her husband introduced her to, and it's a really beautiful book. Now throw in the bad guy from Secret Window, and it's feeling too long with a Boogey Man who is completely unneccesary. Had King done nothing more than simply leave this character out, he'd have had a wonderful fantasy story with heart. While I do think Lisey is one of those characters I may wonder from time to time what she's been up to, I don't see this book as a re-read or really a recommend to read. (  )Roseben031 | Jun 17, 2009 | 1  This is pure enjoyment for any King fan. It is, as the blurbs say, a love story wrapped up in a King story. Lisey and Scott had a long-term marriage, based on certain relevations and conditions, where Lisey was the anchor for Scott, the tremendously gifted and honored writer. Two years after his death, as the story begins, Lisey is finally tackling the dismantling of Scott’s working area, and Scott’s personal demons (some very real and some very outworld) come home to roost. In addition, Lisey is in the midst of a major family crisis involving her sisters, requiring time and energy which she may not have. I really enjoyed this novel, and highly recommend it, especially to King newbies. It’s not as “scary” as some, but it has all of King’s best-known themes and types. (  )Prop2gether | May 21, 2009 | Lisey's Story -- Stephen King Stephen King is regularly regarded as the master of horror or the prince of popular literature. What is often overlooked in amongst the incredible sale figures is that he can be an amazingly good writer. Sure, he produces his fair share of mediocre novels, but every so often there's a real gem amongst them. Lisey's Story is such a gem. It is in essence a story about a marriage, with its wonders and its drags, hidden behind a front of ghosts, other-worldliness and paranormality. That front is entertaining, but it is the love story between Scott and Lisey that makes your heart ache. Those two, their relationship and their history make Lisey's Story not only riveting but also very recognisable. Easily one of Stephen King's better ones. -A- (  )FamilieBrokking | May 15, 2009 | From My Mother: I have been a big Stephen King fan in a long time. In fact, I pretty much swore off his work for years, and I do mean YEARS. (lol) However, whether you are a Stephen King fan, or a former fan who lost interest in his flights of fancy, and long winded (VERY long winded at times) prose, I think you will enjoy Lisey's Story. It is about a woman who's husband has died. The husband was a very famous author and the woman is dealing with the passing of her husband she loved very much. Since this is Stephen King who is doing the writing, there is of course the weird, the macabre, and the other worldlyness he is famous for. However, the story is wel written and he keeps his flights of fancy to a minimum. I would highly reccomend this book. (  )TonyaSB | Mar 18, 2009 | 0.333 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0743289412, Hardcover)Since his first novel was published in 1974, Stephen King has stretched the boundaries of the written word, not only bringing horror to new heights, but trying his hand at nearly every possible genre, including children's books, graphic novels, serial novels, literary fiction, nonfiction, westerns, fantasy, and even e-books (remember The Plant?). With Lisey's Story, once again King is trying something different. Lisey's Story is as much a romance as it is a supernatural thriller--but don't let us convince you. Who better to tell readers if King has written a romantic thriller than Nora Roberts? We asked Nora to read Lisey's Story and give us her take. Check out her review below. --Daphne Durham
Guest Reviewer: Nora Roberts  Nora Roberts, who also writes under the pseudonym J.D. Robb, is the author of way too many bestselling books to name here (over 150!), but some of our favorites include: Angels Fall, Born in Death, Blue Smoke, and The Reef. Stephen King hooked me about three decades ago with that sharply faceted, blood-stained jewel, The Shining. Through the years he's bumped my gooses with kiddie vampires, tingled my spine with beloved pets gone rabid, justified my personal fear of clowns and made me think twice about my cell phone. I've always considered The Stand--a long-time favorite--a towering tour de force, and have owed its author a debt as this was the first novel I could convince my older son to read from cover to cover. But with Lisey's Story, King has accomplished one more feat. He broke my heart. Lisey's Story is, at its core, a love story--heart-wrenching, passionate, terrifying and tender. It is the multi-layered and expertly crafted tale of a twenty-five year marriage, and a widow's journey through grief, through discovery and--this is King, after all--through a nightmare scape of the ordinary and extraordinary. Through Lisey's mind and heart, the reader is pulled into the intimacies of her marriage to bestselling novelist Scott Landon, and through her we come to know this complicated, troubled and heroic man. Two years after his death, Lisey sorts through her husband's papers and her own shrouded memories. Following the clues Scott left her and her own instincts, she embarks on a journey that risks both her life and her sanity. She will face Scott's demons as well as her own, traveling into the past and into Boo'ya Moon, the seductive and terrifying world he'd shown her. There lives the power to heal, and the power to destroy. Lisey Landon is a richly wrought character of charm and complexity, of realized inner strength and redoubtable humor. As the central figure she drives the story, and the story is so vividly textured, the reader will draw in the perfumed air of Boo'ya Moon, will see the sunlight flood through the windows of the Scott's studio--or the night press against them. Her voice will be clear in your ear as you experience the fear and the wonder. If your heart doesn't hitch at the demons she faces in this world and the other, if it doesn't thrill at her courage and endurance, you're going to need to check with a cardiologist, first chance. Lisey's Story is bright and brilliant. It's dark and desperate. While I'll always consider The Shining, my first ride on King's wild Tilt-A-Whirl, a gorgeous, bloody jewel, I found, on this latest ride, a treasure box heaped with dazzling gems. A few of them have sharp, hungry teeth. --Nora Roberts (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:22 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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You know, this was a lovely story. More than anything it is about loss and moving on. King touches on what it must be like to be the spouse of somebody famous. There was a bit of the macabre, but not too much, given King's reputation.
Perhaps I read too much into this book, but it seemed to me that King offered an insight into where he comes up with his stories. (