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Lisey's Story
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
Format: Bargain Price
Label: Scribner
Manufacturer: Scribner
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 528
Publication Date: October 24, 2006
Publisher: Scribner
Release Date: October 24, 2006
Studio: Scribner
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Editorial Review:
Since his first novel was published in 1974, Stephen King has stretched the boundaries of the written word, not only bringing horror to new heights, but trying his hand at nearly every possible genre, including children's books, graphic novels, serial novels, literary fiction, nonfiction, westerns, fantasy, and even e-books (remember The Plant?). With Lisey's Story, once again King is trying something different. Lisey's Story is as much a romance as it is a supernatural thriller--but don't let us convince you. Who better to tell readers if King has written a romantic thriller than Nora Roberts? We asked Nora to read Lisey's Story and give us her take. Check out her review below. --Daphne Durham
Guest Reviewer: Nora Roberts Nora Roberts, who also writes under the pseudonym J.D. Robb, is the author of way too many bestselling books to name here (over 150!), but some of our favorites include: Angels Fall, Born in Death, Blue Smoke, and The Reef. Stephen King hooked me about three decades ago with that sharply faceted, blood-stained jewel, The Shining. Through the years he's bumped my gooses with kiddie vampires, tingled my spine with beloved pets gone rabid, justified my personal fear of clowns and made me think twice about my cell phone. I've always considered The Stand--a long-time favorite--a towering tour de force, and have owed its author a debt as this was the first novel I could convince my older son to read from cover to cover.
But with Lisey's Story, King has accomplished one more feat. He broke my heart.
Lisey's Story is, at its core, a love story--heart-wrenching, passionate, terrifying and tender. It is the multi-layered and expertly crafted tale of a twenty-five year marriage, and a widow's journey through grief, through discovery and--this is King, after all--through a nightmare scape of the ordinary and extraordinary. Through Lisey's mind and heart, the reader is pulled into the intimacies of her marriage to bestselling novelist Scott Landon, and through her we come to know this complicated, troubled and heroic man.
Two years after his death, Lisey sorts through her husband's papers and her own shrouded memories. Following the clues Scott left her and her own instincts, she embarks on a journey that risks both her life and her sanity. She will face Scott's demons as well as her own, traveling into the past and into Boo'ya Moon, the seductive and terrifying world he'd shown her. There lives the power to heal, and the power to destroy.
Lisey Landon is a richly wrought character of charm and complexity, of realized inner strength and redoubtable humor. As the central figure she drives the story, and the story is so vividly textured, the reader will draw in the perfumed air of Boo'ya Moon, will see the sunlight flood through the windows of the Scott's studio--or the night press against them. Her voice will be clear in your ear as you experience the fear and the wonder. If your heart doesn't hitch at the demons she faces in this world and the other, if it doesn't thrill at her courage and endurance, you're going to need to check with a cardiologist, first chance.
Lisey's Story is bright and brilliant. It's dark and desperate. While I'll always consider The Shining, my first ride on King's wild Tilt-A-Whirl, a gorgeous, bloody jewel, I found, on this latest ride, a treasure box heaped with dazzling gems.
A few of them have sharp, hungry teeth. --Nora Roberts
Lisey Debusher Landon lost her husband, Scott, two years ago, after a twenty-five-year marriage of the most profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, bestselling novelist and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, before they married, Lisey had to learn from him about books and blood and bools. Later, she understood that there was a place Scott went -- a place that both terrified and healed him, that could eat him alive or give him the ideas he needed in order to live. Now it's Lisey's turn to face Scott's demons, Lisey's turn to go to Boo'ya Moon. What begins as a widow's effort to sort through the papers of her celebrated husband becomes a nearly fatal journey into the darkness he inhabited. Perhaps King's most personal and powerful novel, Lisey's Story is about the wellsprings of creativity, the temptations of madness, and the secret language of love.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Boring
Couldn't get past the first few chapters. Does anybody else miss the old Steven King writing style? King used to be my favorite author. However, his last few books may be seem better to critics but to the unwashed masses..they suck.
Rating: - Couldn't Get Through It
I'm a Stephen King fan. At least, I was until I started reading this book.
I had just finished Watchers by Dean Koontz and wanted a book to read
on my trip to the Caribbean last week. The length looked daunting, but
it was Stephen King, so I knew it would be worth the effort....not. I gave
up probably around page 80 due to an inability to get a foothold on the
plot and make a viable connection with the main character. The writing
is so bogged down with self-declarations, ... Read More
Rating:  - grabbed my imagination all the way through
I was entranced by the book ... not wanting to put it down to attend to other matters (oh like eating a meal.) As to the negative comments about having phrases that a family would use that mean nothing to others... like YEAH. My family does... I thought all families did.
... guess not..
I wonder if the readers who found this book lacking in some ways, have some amazingly different approach to reading than I do? Yeah... I am sure of that. I enjoyed this book and it grabbed my imagination all the ... Read More
Rating:  - Not bad, but not great
This wasn't a bad novel, and I suppose I had high expectations considering the author. However, it wasn't until after about 300 pages did I really start to sink my teeth into the plot. It wasn't laborious, but it shouldn't take so long to become hooked. This length of time did allow me to really get to know the characters on a personal level. The teasing with little crumbs of the mystery he has yet to reveal provided some motivation to continue reading. But this was not one of those books I just couldn't ... Read More
Rating: - Not one of King's best, never completely engages
Lisey's Story by Stephen King is the first Stephen King book I've read in some time. I used to be a big fan of the horror king, but at some point I stopped enjoying his overdoses in gore. Lisey's Story appealed to me as the the story of an ordinary woman caught up in extraordinary events. Lisey is the widow of a famous author, and she still hasn't completely dealt with the grief from his death. Two years after he is gone, she has just started sorting through his papers. The plot is convoluted and involves ... Read More
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