Dolores Claiborne
(Stephen King)
Dolores Claiborne
By Stephen King
A glance away from the traditional horror genre, King stuns us with another one good enough for film. The story centers around a tough old New England woman and her island life (a theme that King fans will find occurs more than once) and her troubling past. An abused wife, with a tough-as-nails boss whose house she cleaned for a living, and daughter whose life is just as troubling as her own, Dolores Claiborne definitely has a story to tell.
The book begins with Claiborne, rather advanced in age, being accused of the murder of her boss Vera. In trying to proclaim her innocence she shares the rather intriguing story of her life, and the murder of her abusive husband, in the process. Many complain of the dialect in the story, as it is told in a first person point of view, but I, being a native of the area, found no problems with it. As I understand it to be however, after a few pages, the reader becomes a seasoned veteran in the New England dialect.
Suffice it to say that Claiborne kills her husband for several reasons, the least of which is her own abuse. Suffice it to say as well that Vera and Dolores were better friends than they let on. This was the cornerstone of her defense, and her reason for sharing the story at all. As always, King is adept at breathing life into his characters, blurring the lines between good and evil, forgetting who murdered whom. In addition, it is quite a wonder to see how King has become such a master of the human genre. He can accurately portray the point of view of a woman as easily as a man, the signage of a great writer. Again, if you are looking for horror, look elsewhere. There are no vampires, ghouls or haunted houses to be found. The only haunting found in Dolores Claiborne are haunted pasts.
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