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April 7, 2007

BOOK REVIEW: DOLORES CLAIBORNE (STEPHEN KING)

Stephen King is not an ordinary author. And this is not an ordinary book. For starters, there are no chapters. Well, I suppose there's actually one and it lasts the entire duration of the book, but the reason for this is that this is a narrative. The main character, Dolores Claiborne, is telling her story and right from the start, it becomes clear that it is a confession, but not the one the police were expecting.

Set in the southern USA in the 1960s, this book captures paedophilia, dementia, murder, deceit, wife-beating and alcoholism in a brilliantly interlaced storyline. It tells the story of a normal woman, brutalised by her violent, drunken husband and how, through his actions, she decides the only way to rid herself of him is to organise an accident.

That's basically it. If I was to tell you the details behind her motives for doing so, I would be spoiling it for you so get yourself a copy.

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Posted by jonola14 at April 7, 2007 10:18 AM

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