Review: Bag of Bones

Bag of Bones by Stephen King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

My absolute favorite novel for quite personal and subjective reasons. This is a book about love in so many forms. I fell in love with this book the first time I read it, which I believe was after my mom passed away when I was in high school. I loved the portrayal of the love between mother and daughter, and I held the marital love of this book as a sort of ideal as I made my way through young adulthood. I went back to reread bits and pieces of this book as I was preparing for my wedding, and I was moved to tears many times as I rediscovered what Stephen King had to write about marriage.

I asked my husband to read this book, not because I thought he would enjoy it (I knew he wouldn't, since he really dislikes horror), but because I wanted him to see the book that influenced me heavily during my formative years.

I just finished rereading this book for the umpteenth time. I don't love everything about this book, and I feel like its flaws are starting to show through like a well-worn blanket, but I don't know if I will ever love a book as much as this.

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