Gerald's Game

I guess the years have changed me. Had I read this when it first came out, I would have been floored by the prose. Now, I just wanted the story to progress without all the cheesy cliches passing as dialogue. I had to remind myself that King comes from that generation where hokey sayings littered everyday vernacular. I kept thinking of my mom saying her own hokey fillers that had become predictable to me every time we talked, and that helped me stop rolling my eyes so much while I powered through this bo

What can I say about this book... It's a book. I don't know, I believe this was a wasted effort. The Netflix show is superior to this read. I found Jessie to be annoying and highly repetitive in terms of story, but what can I expect with a one character centered storyline. I thought the book kinda went nowhere and it's a shame it's associated with a truly great book, Dolores Claiborne. There was truly no real threat coming from Raymond (moonlight man), it was essentially pointless to introduce him. I didn't like this two decades ago when I read it and a reread shows me I was correct the first time around. I say skip this. A sorry 2.75/5

A good read but yah it really is just a book set in one location and not a lot happens....until the one scene that made me cringe so hard from the description. Thanks King, I can never get that image out of my head now.