Bag of Bones

by Stephen King, Empty Author

Hardcover, 516 pages

English language

Published Aug. 7, 1998 by Hodder & Stoughton.

ISBN:: 978-0-340-71819-3
OCLC Number:: 925347530

(60 reviews)

DERRY, MAINE. Mike Noonan's wife dies unexpectedly. After this tragic loss, the bestselling writer suffers acute writer's block, unable even to face the blank screen of the word processor without being shaken by nausea and panic.

Then the nightmares and the voices start . . nightmares of Sara Laughs, their beautiful lakeside retreat. Still Mike is drawn inexorably to their once happy home; drawn to his old typewriter and the urge to write again.

But the once familiar Western Maine town has changed. It's now in the tyrannical grip of millionaire Max Devore and his terrifying skeletal bookkeeper. Devore is determined to obtain custody of three-year-old Kyra, his deceased son's child, and is twisting the community to his purpose.

When the girl and her young mother turn to Mike for help, he finds himself powerless to resist them. But there are other morc sinister forces at Sara Laughs determined to …

When the girl and her young mother turn to Mike for help, he finds himself powerless to resist them. But there are other morc sinister forces at Sara Laughs determined to stand in their way...

Bag of Bones is a gripping, distinctive, haunting tale of suspense, romance, terror and grief, of lost love's enduring bonds and Of a new love, struggling to be free of the past and the sins of the ancestors. --front flap

64 editions

VKZ reviewed Sac d'os by Stephen King (Livre de Poche)

Bag of bones / Saco de huesos

3 stars

Una vez más King nos trae persecuciones. Tengo una debilidad por sus persecuciones.

Escritor viudo intenta retomar la escritura en un encerrón caluroso en una casa del lago donde vuelve a encontrar un segundo aire en el amor sólo para caer estrepitosamente. Los pecados de los padres los pagan los hijos y aquí no se es la excepción.

Como bonus, aquí conocí el adjetivo ESTENTÓREO. Jamás me cansaré de usarlo. No me parece a mejor obra de King y ciertamente la adaptación fílmica con Pierce Brosnan tampoco tiene demasiado lustre pero así como hay películas palomeras de Domingo por la tarde, hay libros que sirven para también, matar el tiempo.

A lo mejor también te topas con un saco de huesos con voz estentórea.

hwebb reviewed Bag of Bones by Stephen King

Review of 'Bag of Bones' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

The character study is interesting enough to make the supernatural parts of the storyline seem superfluous, but a worthwhile read nonetheless.

pithypants reviewed Bag of Bones by Stephen King

Review of 'Bag of Bones' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Meh. King tried to juggle a lot in this one, and I feel like a more simplified storyline with fewer characters would've made it creepier. It's the story of an author who develops writer's block in the wake of his wife's unexpected death, and who rediscovers his ability to write only when he returns to their vacation home. However, the vacation home seems haunted - messages appear on the fridge using alphabet magnets, strange noises come from the basement. Add to this a three-year-old child who is at the center of beyond-bitter custody case and a town legacy that's so ugly it continues to ripple through current generations in unexpected ways. There's a lot going on, and - for the first time with a King novel - I found myself impatient for it to end. I'm still a fan - I'd just recommend going with one of his other books.