Good ,not a classic. (Lisey's Story - Stephen King)

Member Name: Matthew_Plant

Product:	Lisey's Story - Stephen King
Date:	03/07/09 (25 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Strong characters, interesting concepts.

Disadvantages: not exactly new or revoloutionary

Yet another delve into Kings imagination, here he gives us 'Lisey's story', which in totality is exactly what it says on the tin. Again we are placed with a female lead role, an elderly female at that, no one can deny Kings characterisation bounders on the unexpected, but here our heroin never quiet lives up to the stereotypes. Again our perceptions are bent and the societal stigmatisations are left to rest.

Lisey Landon is a widower to yet another famous writer (de ja vu), she has not ever let go of her late husband and when a year has passed she decides to start to try move on with her life.. which leads her to a unexpected adventure, one of affirmation, closure and fear. The way King intertwines the magical with the mundane real world is temprement that his talent has never faded. The characters are strong and believable and never do you feel that you are being retold the same story. There undoubtfully remnants of his older works throught the book, but it has always been King's style to reinvent his other work, overall i found Lisey's story yet another engrosing read which leaves a lot of questions about our perceptions of the world in which we reside.

Summary: A good read just dont expect to be blown away