Lisey's Story - Stephen King Reviews

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 ...  Read the complete review

As an avid reader of Stephen King I always make an effort to read his newer books as soon as possible after publication. The book preceeding this was 'Cell' which I though was an eerily great story, one of my favourite Stephen Kings of recent times in fact. The books title 'Lisey's Story' refers to Lisey Landon, widow of the world ...  Read the complete review

After the disappointment of Blaze, I was initially a little reluctant to return to a Stephen King story so soon. However, when I was able to pick up a copy for just 99p, I thought I might as well give it a go. The basic story sees an author's widow - Lisey Landon - trying to come to terms with her husband's death, whilst facing perils of her own, ...  Read the complete review

Lisey's Story - Obsession or Escapism? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I received this book as part of my recent birthday present from my daughter and son-in-law, who know my long-term love affair with King's books. I finished it three days ago and naturally was going to review it. Then I read the other reviews and I must admit that ...  Read the complete review

After reading the other reviews of this book (Thank god I read the novel before reading any of them) I have decided I might just be the only Stephen King fan who actually loved this book.... but then Cell got very mixed reviews too and I thought that was pretty darn neat too. This latest novel from King starts when Lisey Landon is ...  Read the complete review

“I have seen the future of horror and its name is Clive Barker” or it was something like that that the disingenuous Stephen King once complimented his fellow horror/fantasy writer. As I’ve traversed the years with my reading in the horror genre, one of the constants spanning those decades has been the phenomenon that is Stephen King. So when I ...  Read the complete review

Critics and 'Constant Readers' alike may well be surprised with Stephen King's latest offering, which has been described as his most personal and honest novel to date, but which is much harder to define in terms of genre and story than his other novels and consequently, quite hard to review. On the surface, 'Lisey's Story' is about a ...  Read the complete review

In nearly 18 months in my current job, I have taken lunch away from my desk only once, preferring instead to spend my free time surfing the web. The one exception was earlier this year when Stephen King’s “Cell” was newly published and I was so eager to read it that I preferred the book to the internet. When “Lisey’s Story” was published, I ...  Read the complete review