Bag of Bones by Stephen King

Bag of Bones was definitely not enjoyed by everyone!

Some highlights:

  • Hard to get into it for some of us
  • Noonan went off on some weird tangents
  • Was the sex necessary? Did you just picture Stephen King as the one doing it?  (Yuck…)
  • Scary to some, not scary to others
  • Many of King’s characters are writers
  • Was it weird that the townspeople were still so scared of Devore after he died?  Or are small towns really like that?
  • Some thought it was too wordy, others thought all the descriptions were great
  • Do you want messages on the fridge magnets?
  • Sara sort of possessed everyone to kill their kids
  • Did Sara kill Jo?
  • Not really explained why Noonan suddenly wants to kill Ki and himself
  • Bartleby, Rebecca, martians
  • Writer’s block – Noonan ignored the problem like in The Shining Continue reading