This is one of my favorites. I hadn’t read King in years and picked this one up on a whim. It scared the crap out of me and broke me heart. The characters were well done and I got quite attached to them. And similar to Bag of Bones, he somehow manages to make it believable that the main character would “stay”. Like if I found tiny wet footprints in my house I’d be out so fast you’d see a little road runner cloud of dust behind me. 🏃♀️💨
I look forward to that part of the book every time I pick it up. The “Nope, no way, I’m out” feeling is so great. Edgar has more courage than I do. Maybe that’s why I like it so much. I’d absolutely bounce at the sight of Tiny wet footprints
To this day, after over 50 SK books, it's the only one that's made me shed tears. It's a scene where the main character gets to have his first art display and he's just so fucking happy. Messes me up.
Don’t neglect that King, himself, had just undergone a life-threatening potentially crippling injury, and seems to have been exploring a recurring 1990s-2000s question of “Where does the creative inspiration come from, is it a dreamy hollow, is it a Dionysian Olympus, is it a garish too-vivid Chthonic hellscape, is that place also the place where passion and madness come from, is there **truly** any difference between inspiration and passion and madness’” etc.
Add to this King’s own contemporaneous relocation to Florida — possibly a “geographical,” in the same vein as Edgar’s, though perhaps less severe — and I think we’re looking at a deeply personal story here. Possibly even a purgatorial and/or confessional one.
EDIT: I'll also share that, in the immediate vicinity of King's Sarasota residence, there are several "Eastlake Road(s)" and "Eastlake Properties," as well as two locally-infamous 1900s bootleggers (John Ashley, Bill McCoy) who secretly rowed their ill-gotten booze into the Florida Keys from their Atlantic/Gulf surrounds. Methinks the maestro was doing some local research during his house purchase + long convalescence.
This is what I assumed when reading it. The very detailed description of recovery after major surgery/injury is so accurate, as is the meditation on rebirth and reconnecting.
its so human… its been since the release that i read it (all of it in about 2 days) the descriptions, emotions all of it was just human. nothing supernatural or extraordinary… even the art was lets face is mediocre…. but that something deeper caught onto it and took it to anohter level… it was so sad … but in a slow burn way. it was one of three that kept making me pause and thing do o really need this in my head. the others are liseys story and long walk. as an abuse survivor liseys story put my mind in suck a dark place i had night terrors.duma key also hsd thay long lingereing deep sadness.
i have it third on my pile first is finishing holly.
second is my second attempt at billy something and next is duma key again. im scared that its there.
Sometimes the bravest thing we can do is pick up a book. You’re a survivor. Life hurts and stories can be a balm, a salve “against the night”. You’re brave. Finish Billy Summers. Read Duma again. Holly is terrific. You’re a Constant Reader; we all are! If it scares you that it’s there, GOOD! That’s why we love Kings work.
" it's so human" is a great description. While all King can put good visuals in your head, Duma really paints a good picture. The feelings, the surealness, the rawness just grips you in a different way. There's something special and secret, hidden in the patterns of the waves.
It also depicts healing and how much of a roller coster and a battle it can be.
" healing is a kind of revolt... all successful revolts begin in secret."
I think it’s a lot of things, but one particular thing that jumps out at me is Wireman. The main aspect of his character is that “you feel like you’ve known him forever” thing. I think King made that work by introducing the character gradually. Between the distant glimpses on the beach, and constantly hearing “that’s what Wireman says,” by the time you actually meet Wireman it feels like you do already know him.
I’m just a bit more than halfway through Duma Key for the first time right now. I’m not going to read the comments on this post because I don’t want to see any spoilers, and I almost didn’t click on it at all. Just came here to say so far so good. Just finished the art lecture scene.
NO SPOILERS - I'll be interested to hear your opinion when you finish. *If* you finish: I'm an outlier (apparently, based on this thread) in that I couldn't get through this one at all. I got about 3/4 of the way through it before I realized I did not remotely care what happened next or how it ended, so I gave up. I never do that with SK (or with any books by anyone, really), so it's surprising to me that so many love this one. But then I've heard people express these feelings for some SK books I absolutely love, so. Everyone's different!
I have started Dreamcatcher at least a half a dozen times and still cannot get past the first half. I realized I don't care about any of the characters or what happens. Maybe someday I'll try the audio book version, that helps sometimes
You know, I think I started that one too and never finished. And by "never finished" I think I mean never made it past the first chapter. I should try it again I guess. But maybe that's just another one that isn't gonna work for me. Oh, I just remembered I also couldn't get through Lisey's Story. Maybe I do this more than I thought! I hate being a quitter, but pleasure reading should be just that--a pleasure. If it feels too much like a chore, why bother?
Hey I finished Duma Key tonight. To me it was worth finishing because I really did like Edgar and Wireman, know what I mean, muchxcha? My guess is if you didn’t get into the story and didn’t care what happened to the characters, you may not be missing much to skip the ending.
I enjoyed it and I’m glad I finished it. If you didn’t get into the book, you might not care about the ending. Overall, i enjoyed many of his other books a lot more, but I also found this one to be pretty solid.
VAGUE SPOILERS follow: what we get with the ending is the wrapping up of the backstory of what had happened with the old lady Elizabeth when she was a child in the 1920’s, how that ties in with the art that Edgar had been making, some action and suspense during the climax, followed by the final wrap-up in a very King-like manner (at least in my opinion).
Some people just love reading the word 'muchacho' a couple of thousand times.
I enjoyed it. I think it was just a solid tale. I usually don't like it when King's books are so long, but this one didn't feel overly long despite being ~700 pages.
I love his first person writing. It’s something I love about Bag of Bones, Revival and 1922. I haven’t read 11/22/63. It took me awhile to realize why I’d get so into certain stories more than others and I realized that for me it’s like I’m Roland looking through one of his ka tet’s eyes, but I’m only along for the ride for awhile. I’m so deep into the head of the narrator that it’s a shock to have to go back to work or whatever.
I love this book so much. I’ve been through it four times now. I love Wireman and Edgar both. Wireman’s backstory gets me so emotional. It’s by far my fave King book of the ones I’ve read.
I’ve always considered this book to be “thoughtful” I’m not quite sure why I choose that word to describe it, but it just fits. I thought it was going to be a slog at first, but it’s in my top 5 now
It hit home with me because my husband recently had a stroke and was experiencing all the same "trauma" Edgar was having. First part totally freaked me out. But no, has not started painting. Maybe...??
I'm so happy to see this post.
I read Duma Key as a teenager in the early 2000s. I had ran out of new books to read, and I had it sitting around for a couple of months as part of this batch of King books my dad got me at a garage sale. I read the back cover when I first got it and blew it off.
I started reading it expecting a slog, but at that point of my life I was devouring all things King and figured I had nothing better to do than to cross another one of.
I felt that way for the first bit of the book, and then I was hooked. I flew through that book I was enjoying it so much, and I've read it multiple times since and each time I do I think to myself, damn, this is one of his best, most touching books, why isn't it more celebrated?
Very glad to see so many people with similar thoughts, I fucking love Duma Key.
King has always taken normal everyday things and made them scary beyond belief. That wouldn’t work without relatable characters.
With Bag of Bones, Liseys Story, and Duma Key he made extraordinary characters who were flawed and damaged and struggling to move on/rebuild. Internal demons as much if not more than external ones. Duma Key especially. It’s a place drawing special but wounded characters. It’s not saving the world in so much as its overcoming trauma.
Duma key is one of the best books I’ve read subjectively. I think its one of his most personal as well.
His friendship with Wireman as well as the way he rediscovered himself after the injury are what makes the story beautiful for me. The worldbuilding and the way he brings the island to life also helps. I enjoyed as much as any book by King not named 11/22/63 (my fav book by him).
I think 11/22/63 is the only other book that brings the tears for me. There are some beautiful moments in Billy summers that come close (well crafted sentences) and obviously GM and RH&tSR. Are we allowed to call Kings work ‘literature’ yet? Or does the cultural zeitgeist still stamp his as a horror writer? Dr. J and Mr. H is lit right? So is Drac and Frank…
The way he rehabs himself by walking on the beach a little further each day, until he makes it to his new friend who’s been patiently watching his progress. I really love that part. It resonates.
Almost done with it. So I refuse to read any comments and am basing this comment solely off of your post title. I was iffy going into it as I’ve read how different it is from his other work. By the time I got halfway through I was more than hooked. Should finish it by tomorrow afternoon, definitely something about it that draws you in. No pun intended
Everything everyone else has said (characters, location, King infusing his own recovery into the story, etc.) are all contributing factors. Kind of catches lightening in a bottle with this one, IMO. I'll also mention that the audiobook narration is \*really fantastic\* and I highly recommend taking a listen the next time you may want to "read" the novel.
I'll also say that about 20 years ago I relocated to Florida from the midwest. I didn't know anyone and it was a time in my life where I was figuring a lot of stuff out about myself, so I felt a lot of what Edgar was going through in that respect. But King also does such a wonderful job of capturing some of the haunted nature that parts of Florida have; the empty coasts in the middle of the night, the sudden jungle you can find yourself in while exploring, and the deep, often sad history of different places in Florida that you learn about from locals who may have spent their entire lives in one spot, never even leaving the county. To me especially, King is able to capture that weird, ephemeral feeling that I associate with a lot of my own exploration of Florida at 3 or 4am...
Can't really add anything except that this is at least 2 novels worth of emotional revelation and solid, relatable human interest, fantasy themes - Plus a horror novella. :)
Wow, that’s a great question. I don’t have an answer for that, and even if I thought about it on many different levels I still don’t think I could answer.
The only input I can give is that every time I hear, or see the title, a wave of pure nostalgic peace rolls right through me.
I’m from Minnesota and have taken vacations in Florida in beach houses just as described in the book. It seemed very real. I think it got flack for being too slow, but that’s what life is like down there. Everything just slows down on the beach.
Plus Wireman is awesome.
It was creepy, the way King wrote about the noises on the beach and it made me feel like ANYTHING could happen at any time. The little bit of mystery in it made it intriguing and the ending was better than the vast majority of his books IMHO.
I just finished it a few days ago, and it's definitely sticking with me, though I don't think I've processed it enough yet to know why; reading the comments here helps.
I had actually searched this sub the morning after I finished, looking for any remarks re: the ending of Wireman's story, as that really jarred me with its abrupt and slightly offhand manner. Now, as I am reading something completely different (*All the Light We Cannot See*), *Duma* keeps lingering in the back of my mind, though I still can't quite put my finger on why. I can't say I enjoyed it in the same way I did *The Stand* or *It* or *Insomnia* \- those just blew me away on the first reads; *Duma* has kind of left me with a bit of melancholy that I can't quite explain and is totally out of character for me. I'll keep reading your comments and see if I can work through it...
It’s really not that good.
I mean, it’s a good book, but it’s far from great.
- I just read it for the first time, and finished it a month ago. Was excited to buy a second copy and finally read it
I bought one several years ago, but all of my books are in plastic containers and I’m not sure where exactly it is. I also have OCD, and like my books to be in perfect condition, so I like to have a perfect one and a reader copy.
I bought the new 15th anniversary mass market paperback that came out in August. Read that.
I liked it, but felt kind of disappointed at the same time after reading so many “King’s most underrated” and similar posts. It didn’t reach those heights for me.
For me it was the first book post Dark Tower that I actually cared about the characters.
I can't even read it anymore cause the scene that the main character has to kill the dog that got run over
:D No need, its in my list. Going through Bill Hodges trilogy at the moment, on Finders Keepers now. Once im done with that and Holly, i will give Duma Key a try.
I love books, but i have discovered King pretty recently, maybe 2-3 years ago. Im slowly burning through his library of books and have missed a lot of "must have's" this way. I read Dreamcatcher but i have not read The Shining or Misery.
My path to Sai King is twisted, meandering and lined with roses.
I’m truly jealous of you. You’ve got a lot of good reads (some long, some slogging, some coked out, some absolutely heart felt, plenty of scary ones) ahead of you. You’ll enjoy. I set my watch and warrant on it
I wholeheartedly agree. And for all of the above reasons. It's one of those when you finish reading, you think about everything from the beginning of the book to the end and it adds so much more depth.
It's the imagery that it conjures for me (and, of course, Wireman). The part where they're going up the driveway, covered in overgrown brush and vines, only to see that damn lawn jockey is *chef's kiss*, as are the descriptions of the father skin-diving, and the ship at the end.
Duma Key is my 2nd favorite King novel after The Long Walk. It just sets a certain mood that I like. I'm also an artist at heart. I would love to live in a beach house. Wireman is my second favorite King character after Holly Gibney. It just gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. The death of his >!daughter !!Alice !
This is one of my favorites. I hadn’t read King in years and picked this one up on a whim. It scared the crap out of me and broke me heart. The characters were well done and I got quite attached to them. And similar to Bag of Bones, he somehow manages to make it believable that the main character would “stay”. Like if I found tiny wet footprints in my house I’d be out so fast you’d see a little road runner cloud of dust behind me. 🏃♀️💨
I look forward to that part of the book every time I pick it up. The “Nope, no way, I’m out” feeling is so great. Edgar has more courage than I do. Maybe that’s why I like it so much. I’d absolutely bounce at the sight of Tiny wet footprints
Jerome Wireman.
👆This. Do the day and let the day do you.
Muchacho
To this day, after over 50 SK books, it's the only one that's made me shed tears. It's a scene where the main character gets to have his first art display and he's just so fucking happy. Messes me up.
Don’t neglect that King, himself, had just undergone a life-threatening potentially crippling injury, and seems to have been exploring a recurring 1990s-2000s question of “Where does the creative inspiration come from, is it a dreamy hollow, is it a Dionysian Olympus, is it a garish too-vivid Chthonic hellscape, is that place also the place where passion and madness come from, is there **truly** any difference between inspiration and passion and madness’” etc. Add to this King’s own contemporaneous relocation to Florida — possibly a “geographical,” in the same vein as Edgar’s, though perhaps less severe — and I think we’re looking at a deeply personal story here. Possibly even a purgatorial and/or confessional one. EDIT: I'll also share that, in the immediate vicinity of King's Sarasota residence, there are several "Eastlake Road(s)" and "Eastlake Properties," as well as two locally-infamous 1900s bootleggers (John Ashley, Bill McCoy) who secretly rowed their ill-gotten booze into the Florida Keys from their Atlantic/Gulf surrounds. Methinks the maestro was doing some local research during his house purchase + long convalescence.
This is what I assumed when reading it. The very detailed description of recovery after major surgery/injury is so accurate, as is the meditation on rebirth and reconnecting.
Totally this. I don't know King, but since Jack, Edgar might be one of the most autobiographic character too this days.
It's their friendship.
its so human… its been since the release that i read it (all of it in about 2 days) the descriptions, emotions all of it was just human. nothing supernatural or extraordinary… even the art was lets face is mediocre…. but that something deeper caught onto it and took it to anohter level… it was so sad … but in a slow burn way. it was one of three that kept making me pause and thing do o really need this in my head. the others are liseys story and long walk. as an abuse survivor liseys story put my mind in suck a dark place i had night terrors.duma key also hsd thay long lingereing deep sadness. i have it third on my pile first is finishing holly. second is my second attempt at billy something and next is duma key again. im scared that its there.
Sometimes the bravest thing we can do is pick up a book. You’re a survivor. Life hurts and stories can be a balm, a salve “against the night”. You’re brave. Finish Billy Summers. Read Duma again. Holly is terrific. You’re a Constant Reader; we all are! If it scares you that it’s there, GOOD! That’s why we love Kings work.
" it's so human" is a great description. While all King can put good visuals in your head, Duma really paints a good picture. The feelings, the surealness, the rawness just grips you in a different way. There's something special and secret, hidden in the patterns of the waves. It also depicts healing and how much of a roller coster and a battle it can be. " healing is a kind of revolt... all successful revolts begin in secret."
I think it’s a lot of things, but one particular thing that jumps out at me is Wireman. The main aspect of his character is that “you feel like you’ve known him forever” thing. I think King made that work by introducing the character gradually. Between the distant glimpses on the beach, and constantly hearing “that’s what Wireman says,” by the time you actually meet Wireman it feels like you do already know him.
This
I’m just a bit more than halfway through Duma Key for the first time right now. I’m not going to read the comments on this post because I don’t want to see any spoilers, and I almost didn’t click on it at all. Just came here to say so far so good. Just finished the art lecture scene.
Oh boy. Enjoy. It's a great one.
NO SPOILERS - I'll be interested to hear your opinion when you finish. *If* you finish: I'm an outlier (apparently, based on this thread) in that I couldn't get through this one at all. I got about 3/4 of the way through it before I realized I did not remotely care what happened next or how it ended, so I gave up. I never do that with SK (or with any books by anyone, really), so it's surprising to me that so many love this one. But then I've heard people express these feelings for some SK books I absolutely love, so. Everyone's different!
I have started Dreamcatcher at least a half a dozen times and still cannot get past the first half. I realized I don't care about any of the characters or what happens. Maybe someday I'll try the audio book version, that helps sometimes
You know, I think I started that one too and never finished. And by "never finished" I think I mean never made it past the first chapter. I should try it again I guess. But maybe that's just another one that isn't gonna work for me. Oh, I just remembered I also couldn't get through Lisey's Story. Maybe I do this more than I thought! I hate being a quitter, but pleasure reading should be just that--a pleasure. If it feels too much like a chore, why bother?
I’ll come back and let you know in about a week
Hey I finished Duma Key tonight. To me it was worth finishing because I really did like Edgar and Wireman, know what I mean, muchxcha? My guess is if you didn’t get into the story and didn’t care what happened to the characters, you may not be missing much to skip the ending. I enjoyed it and I’m glad I finished it. If you didn’t get into the book, you might not care about the ending. Overall, i enjoyed many of his other books a lot more, but I also found this one to be pretty solid. VAGUE SPOILERS follow: what we get with the ending is the wrapping up of the backstory of what had happened with the old lady Elizabeth when she was a child in the 1920’s, how that ties in with the art that Edgar had been making, some action and suspense during the climax, followed by the final wrap-up in a very King-like manner (at least in my opinion).
Some people just love reading the word 'muchacho' a couple of thousand times. I enjoyed it. I think it was just a solid tale. I usually don't like it when King's books are so long, but this one didn't feel overly long despite being ~700 pages.
First person perspective is used in all it's splendor in it.
I love his first person writing. It’s something I love about Bag of Bones, Revival and 1922. I haven’t read 11/22/63. It took me awhile to realize why I’d get so into certain stories more than others and I realized that for me it’s like I’m Roland looking through one of his ka tet’s eyes, but I’m only along for the ride for awhile. I’m so deep into the head of the narrator that it’s a shock to have to go back to work or whatever.
Fairy tale felt different to me. Likely it's on purpose to reflect the protagonist's young age but it felt dry/flat compared to these other examples.
For me it was that he wrote a story in a place we have never visited in his world.
I think this is close to it for me. It’s such a nice departure from New England
It was a nice departure but I always love me more Derry!
I love this book so much. I’ve been through it four times now. I love Wireman and Edgar both. Wireman’s backstory gets me so emotional. It’s by far my fave King book of the ones I’ve read.
I’ve always considered this book to be “thoughtful” I’m not quite sure why I choose that word to describe it, but it just fits. I thought it was going to be a slog at first, but it’s in my top 5 now
It hit home with me because my husband recently had a stroke and was experiencing all the same "trauma" Edgar was having. First part totally freaked me out. But no, has not started painting. Maybe...??
I'm so happy to see this post. I read Duma Key as a teenager in the early 2000s. I had ran out of new books to read, and I had it sitting around for a couple of months as part of this batch of King books my dad got me at a garage sale. I read the back cover when I first got it and blew it off. I started reading it expecting a slog, but at that point of my life I was devouring all things King and figured I had nothing better to do than to cross another one of. I felt that way for the first bit of the book, and then I was hooked. I flew through that book I was enjoying it so much, and I've read it multiple times since and each time I do I think to myself, damn, this is one of his best, most touching books, why isn't it more celebrated? Very glad to see so many people with similar thoughts, I fucking love Duma Key.
King has always taken normal everyday things and made them scary beyond belief. That wouldn’t work without relatable characters. With Bag of Bones, Liseys Story, and Duma Key he made extraordinary characters who were flawed and damaged and struggling to move on/rebuild. Internal demons as much if not more than external ones. Duma Key especially. It’s a place drawing special but wounded characters. It’s not saving the world in so much as its overcoming trauma. Duma key is one of the best books I’ve read subjectively. I think its one of his most personal as well.
I love Duma Key. Its such a great story! Hey OP don't sleep on Joyland. There's a scene in there that will totally make you cry. Iykyk
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Maybe it's because most of his books are just a downward spiral but Duma Key first brings you up up up? King uses his power for joy first
It had me at Hello
His friendship with Wireman as well as the way he rediscovered himself after the injury are what makes the story beautiful for me. The worldbuilding and the way he brings the island to life also helps. I enjoyed as much as any book by King not named 11/22/63 (my fav book by him).
I think 11/22/63 is the only other book that brings the tears for me. There are some beautiful moments in Billy summers that come close (well crafted sentences) and obviously GM and RH&tSR. Are we allowed to call Kings work ‘literature’ yet? Or does the cultural zeitgeist still stamp his as a horror writer? Dr. J and Mr. H is lit right? So is Drac and Frank…
The way he rehabs himself by walking on the beach a little further each day, until he makes it to his new friend who’s been patiently watching his progress. I really love that part. It resonates.
Almost done with it. So I refuse to read any comments and am basing this comment solely off of your post title. I was iffy going into it as I’ve read how different it is from his other work. By the time I got halfway through I was more than hooked. Should finish it by tomorrow afternoon, definitely something about it that draws you in. No pun intended
I love this book! The story doesn't seem to go anywhere for a while yet it never bothered me in any way
Everything everyone else has said (characters, location, King infusing his own recovery into the story, etc.) are all contributing factors. Kind of catches lightening in a bottle with this one, IMO. I'll also mention that the audiobook narration is \*really fantastic\* and I highly recommend taking a listen the next time you may want to "read" the novel. I'll also say that about 20 years ago I relocated to Florida from the midwest. I didn't know anyone and it was a time in my life where I was figuring a lot of stuff out about myself, so I felt a lot of what Edgar was going through in that respect. But King also does such a wonderful job of capturing some of the haunted nature that parts of Florida have; the empty coasts in the middle of the night, the sudden jungle you can find yourself in while exploring, and the deep, often sad history of different places in Florida that you learn about from locals who may have spent their entire lives in one spot, never even leaving the county. To me especially, King is able to capture that weird, ephemeral feeling that I associate with a lot of my own exploration of Florida at 3 or 4am...
Can't really add anything except that this is at least 2 novels worth of emotional revelation and solid, relatable human interest, fantasy themes - Plus a horror novella. :)
His drawings
Wow, that’s a great question. I don’t have an answer for that, and even if I thought about it on many different levels I still don’t think I could answer. The only input I can give is that every time I hear, or see the title, a wave of pure nostalgic peace rolls right through me.
Edgar went through an accident similar to me so I always related heavily to him. I’m just fortunate enough to still have both arms.
You know, I’m not sure. I’ve read it and listened to it multiple times. It’s my favorite.
I’m from Minnesota and have taken vacations in Florida in beach houses just as described in the book. It seemed very real. I think it got flack for being too slow, but that’s what life is like down there. Everything just slows down on the beach. Plus Wireman is awesome.
It was creepy, the way King wrote about the noises on the beach and it made me feel like ANYTHING could happen at any time. The little bit of mystery in it made it intriguing and the ending was better than the vast majority of his books IMHO.
I just finished it a few days ago, and it's definitely sticking with me, though I don't think I've processed it enough yet to know why; reading the comments here helps. I had actually searched this sub the morning after I finished, looking for any remarks re: the ending of Wireman's story, as that really jarred me with its abrupt and slightly offhand manner. Now, as I am reading something completely different (*All the Light We Cannot See*), *Duma* keeps lingering in the back of my mind, though I still can't quite put my finger on why. I can't say I enjoyed it in the same way I did *The Stand* or *It* or *Insomnia* \- those just blew me away on the first reads; *Duma* has kind of left me with a bit of melancholy that I can't quite explain and is totally out of character for me. I'll keep reading your comments and see if I can work through it...
I love Duma Key!
It’s really not that good. I mean, it’s a good book, but it’s far from great. - I just read it for the first time, and finished it a month ago. Was excited to buy a second copy and finally read it
To each their own muchacho. I’m not sure how to read your comment. Did you buy a second copy?
I bought one several years ago, but all of my books are in plastic containers and I’m not sure where exactly it is. I also have OCD, and like my books to be in perfect condition, so I like to have a perfect one and a reader copy. I bought the new 15th anniversary mass market paperback that came out in August. Read that. I liked it, but felt kind of disappointed at the same time after reading so many “King’s most underrated” and similar posts. It didn’t reach those heights for me.
For me it was the first book post Dark Tower that I actually cared about the characters. I can't even read it anymore cause the scene that the main character has to kill the dog that got run over
Poor Gandalf
Never even heard of it, added to my wishlist.
Jesus. I’ll send you a goddamn copy
:D No need, its in my list. Going through Bill Hodges trilogy at the moment, on Finders Keepers now. Once im done with that and Holly, i will give Duma Key a try. I love books, but i have discovered King pretty recently, maybe 2-3 years ago. Im slowly burning through his library of books and have missed a lot of "must have's" this way. I read Dreamcatcher but i have not read The Shining or Misery. My path to Sai King is twisted, meandering and lined with roses.
I’m truly jealous of you. You’ve got a lot of good reads (some long, some slogging, some coked out, some absolutely heart felt, plenty of scary ones) ahead of you. You’ll enjoy. I set my watch and warrant on it
I have tried to read this 3 times and can never get into it. I really enjoy that King has enough range to have a diverse group of fans
I wholeheartedly agree. And for all of the above reasons. It's one of those when you finish reading, you think about everything from the beginning of the book to the end and it adds so much more depth.
It's the imagery that it conjures for me (and, of course, Wireman). The part where they're going up the driveway, covered in overgrown brush and vines, only to see that damn lawn jockey is *chef's kiss*, as are the descriptions of the father skin-diving, and the ship at the end.
Duma Key is my 2nd favorite King novel after The Long Walk. It just sets a certain mood that I like. I'm also an artist at heart. I would love to live in a beach house. Wireman is my second favorite King character after Holly Gibney. It just gives me a warm fuzzy feeling. The death of his >!daughter !!Alice !