Duma Key: A Novel by Stephen King

I spent a good portion of this book with this awful feeling that the author was going to do something to mess it up. You know what I mean, when you really enjoy a book and then partway through it...BAM! The author does this equivalent of a tv series "jumping the shark" and totally ruins what was a great story. I pleased and happy to report that this was not the case with this book. I really loved it. Vintage Stephen King! I sort of have a love/hate thing going on with King. Loved so many of his books, couldn't stand others. (Gerald's Game springs to mind.)

Duma Key was a compelling read, one of those books that make you stay up way too late and put off daily chores, just so you can read. Time well spent!

(Posted on LibraryThing April 11, 2008)