Review of Stephen King's "Duma Key"
After too long of an absence, my work returns to the pages of the Chicago Sun-Times, where I review Stephen King's excellent Duma Key.
I don't ordinarily care for long books, but I enjoyed this one a lot.
« The 2008 Edgar Award Nominees are... | Main | Outtake from Yorba Linda Star interview »
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/172587/25302794
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Review of Stephen King's "Duma Key":
Comments
About
David J. Montgomery writes about authors and books for several of the country's largest newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer and Boston Globe.
In the past, he has contributed to such publications as USA Today, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Kansas City Star, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and National Review Online.
He lives in the Washington, DC suburbs with his wife and daughter.
Search
Recent Posts
- A book trailer that works
- A webcomic worth checking out
- Book of the Week: Ellen Crosby's "The Bordeaux Betrayal"
- Latest Chicago Sun-Times round-up column
- Book of the Week: Lisa Gardner's "Say Goodbye"
- Michael Connelly interview on Evil E
- Book of the Week: George Pelecanos' "The Turnaround"
- Caveat emptor
- Online vs. print reviewing
- Bouchercon 2010: No contest
Categories
- 10 Greatest
- 3 Favorites of 2007
- Ask the Critic
- Authors
- Awards
- Blogs and Blogging
- Blurb Machine
- Book of the Week
- Books
- Conferences
- Fiction
- Film
- Films
- Interviews
- Killer Year
- Miscellaneous
- Missing in Action
- Movies
- Public Service Announcements
- Publishing
- Reviewing and Criticism
- Reviews
- Television
- Websites
- Win This Book
- Writing
Where You Can Find My Work
Affiliated Websites
Syndication
Me too - It scared me a lot
http://www.januarymagazine.com/fiction/dumakey.html
Ali
Posted by: Ali | January 21, 2008 at 10:51 AM
If you read this book, how could you have gotten the name of one of the key characters incorrect? It was "Wireman", not "Hardman". This isn't a little error.
Posted by: Paula | January 27, 2008 at 09:42 PM
Paula,
You're the second person to point out my mistake. For some reason, the name "Hardman" stuck in my head, so when I went to write my review that's what I used. I should have doublechecked the text, but I didn't anticipate that I'd misremembered the character's name.
Silly mistake, I know.
Posted by: David J. Montgomery | January 28, 2008 at 08:09 AM
I enjoyed your review of Duma Key (and enjoy your reviews and commentary in general). But the main reason for this comment is that it is so refreshing to read that I am not the only one who does not think the longer the book the better.
Posted by: Big D | January 28, 2008 at 03:55 PM