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Duma Key: A Novel
by Stephen King
from Pocket

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A Horribly Good Novel
  "Why not?" I asked myself. "Why not end the year with a book by Stephen King?" Believe it or not, I've never read a single book by the King of Horror Fiction (I wonder what Stephen King thinks of that title), although I've seen at least two Stephen King movies, The Shining and The Shawshank Redemption. Horror fiction is not my usual reading choice--not by a long shot--but we'd been given the thick paperback Duma Key as a Christmas gift and I picked it up, read a few pages, and decided to continue. I could... more info

• Very Boring, even for troops.
  I could not finish this book. Very boring and tedious. King is not what he used to be, a writer who could hold your interest. And as far as his comments earlier this year at the Library Of Congress about our men and women in uniform and their being illiterate, I wonder if he ever issued an apology. (Donating unmarketable books to take advantage of a tax write-off would not constitute an apology). I am certain that many armed services members are better educated than King. And the armed forces does have... more info

• Still King
  While so many others have said it much better than I can, Duma Key was great. This is the best book King has written in years. I have also been a big fan of SK since Salem's Lot. And as another reviewer said, it was a close parallel to King's own recent experiences. As I got farther into the book, I realized it also paralleled several events in my recent past, although mine weren't on as quite grand a scale as Edgar's.
  Highly recommended for fans of King, and anybody else looking for a story different... more info

• The King is Back! Long live the king!
  God it's great to see Steven King back in true form again! This is new story, new ideas. He's writing like he loves to write again...
  The story is fantastic; the characters are honest and very likable. Some of the scary "creatures" seem (as other reviews have stated) juvenile - but we have to remember that those particular creatures are those imagined/created by the little girl... Anyway, it's not the creatures that are the scariest part. This story has a lot to say about life; and about how to find... more info

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