Lisey's Story - Stephen King Reviews

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...