Lisey's Story

I just finished Lisey’s Story by Stephen King.  I will read just about anything by Stephen King as I love his macabre mind and sense of humour.  And this book was one of his 500+ pages books.  That’s what I like.  A nice, fat, thick book I can sink my teeth into.  Stephen King does not disappoint.

I loved this book. I really got into it and loved the main characters, which were typical Stephen King.  They were real, funny, strange and unique.  The story was typical Stephen King too.  Different, interesting, peppered with intelligent and thoughtful ideas that make you wonder, just wonder if other worlds exists, ghosts exists, how things come to be like this or that.

But one of the really great things about this book that sets it apart from some of his other works is that the main character is the wife of a famous writer.  Something Mr. King knows a thing or two about.  So the book centers in many ways about being a writer and living a writer’s life (from an objective perspective of the wife).  There are so many references to the struggles, the rewards, the obsessions, etc.  And I just love it when an artists revels in their art, reveres their art and talks about their art in that magical, mythical way.  It really makes you feel like there is something at work, something that goes on that makes artists work and produce at that level of WOW!

The ideas in this book suck you right in and the characters keep you coming back for more.  I tend to read so fast, devouring each book at lightening speed.  So when I sit down and read a book this thick, I actually have it with me for a week or more.  By the end, I feel like these people are part of my life. Like we went on vacation together and bonded.

I saw a funny cartoon the other day and actually thought to myself, “Lisey would love this!” 

To me, that is the mark of great book.  A great writer.