Lucien21
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I couldn't put the book down and have just finished it.
It's not the scariest novel he's ever written, but there are some seriously creepy moments with the twins, the strange dolls and his phantom limb.
Some good observations about the pros and cons of having artistic talent, how it can be a curse as well as a gift. A lot of the book is taken up with the artistic process and makes for a slow pace to the novel until the final third.
At times I thought the book was reminicent of Bag of Bones and hints of Dead Zone (head injury grants predictive powers), but he does such a fantastic job of making you care for the characters and in particular Elizabeth and her backstory was very well written and drip fed to the reader.
I was slightly disappointed or certainly very sad at the ending because the characters were so real I was sad to see how some of them ended up.
Overall it certainly will go on the upper half of my favourite King novel list as I loved it.
It's not the scariest novel he's ever written, but there are some seriously creepy moments with the twins, the strange dolls and his phantom limb.
Some good observations about the pros and cons of having artistic talent, how it can be a curse as well as a gift. A lot of the book is taken up with the artistic process and makes for a slow pace to the novel until the final third.
At times I thought the book was reminicent of Bag of Bones and hints of Dead Zone (head injury grants predictive powers), but he does such a fantastic job of making you care for the characters and in particular Elizabeth and her backstory was very well written and drip fed to the reader.
I was slightly disappointed or certainly very sad at the ending because the characters were so real I was sad to see how some of them ended up.
Overall it certainly will go on the upper half of my favourite King novel list as I loved it.
