Jeff 's Reviews > Duma Key

This one gave off a kind of Bag of Bones vibe – swell characterizations; engaging enough storyline; clunky foreshadowing; decent, but not thrilling, horror aspects; some puzzling plot turns and yet still another disappointing dispatching of a villain and what’s with the Slipknot hate, King?

I’m probably in the minority, but I like a lot of King’s more “sober” works and this one oddly makes a decent tandem read with Bag of Bones and, of all things, Maugham’s The Moon and the Sixpence.

Cuz it’s about painting and creativity and stuff, Jeff?

Well, yeah, Random Goodreader, but also because they all examine the process of the artist and where, in the sometimes dark recesses of the mind, the creative impetus for that particular muse gets pulled from. Plus, Bag of Bones mentions The Moon and the Sixpence a decent amount.

Also, Wireman is now a top ten King character and it's what drove the reading experience here: characters I gave a damn about.

This one isn’t on my Cuz Mah Fah says so shelf because she didn’t say so, but it very well could have ended up there if in fact, she “suggested” it.