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Book Review of Dolores Claiborne

Dolores Claiborne
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Atypical for a Stephen King novel in that it has no supernatural elements (well, there are two "visions", which I think are supposed to link back to the book Gerald's Game, but not important to the story). Told in first person POV, in one long monologue without any chapter headings...it's Dolores' confession of how and why she killed her husband 30 years ago, and why despite provocation she didn't kill her employer. Dolores has a powerful voice and King, as always, knows how to vividly create a scene and bring the characters to life. It's a hard sad story which moves along smartly - I finished it in one sitting.