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Duma Key

Written by: Stephen King
Narrated by: John Slattery
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Winner of the 2009 Audie Award for Fiction

Master storyteller Stephen King’s classic, terrifying #1 New York Times bestseller of what happens when the barrier between our world and that of the supernatural is breached.

After a terrible construction site accident severs Edgar Freemantle’s right arm, scrambles his mind, and implodes his marriage, the wealthy Minnesota builder faces the ordeal of rehabilitation, all alone and full of rage. Renting a house on Duma Key—a stunningly beautiful and eerily undeveloped splinter off the Florida coast—Edgar slowly emerges from his prison of pain to bond with Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick, elderly woman whose roots are tangled deep in this place. And as he heals, he paints—feverishly, compulsively, his exploding talent both a wonder and a weapon. For Edgar’s creations are not just paintings, but portals for the ghosts of Elizabeth’s past…and their power cannot be controlled… Horror Psychological Relationships Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Fiction Paranormal Exciting Fantasy
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What an amazing story and performance. Truly enthralling. Brava to both Stephen King and John Slattery. I highly recommend this book - one that has now topped my list of King favourites.

A truly amazing read/listen

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The king of suspense and spine chilling stories does it again in this one. Now in my top five of his novels. A thought and heart provoking exciting tale.

Eerily Good!

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The story, is greater than the sum of its parts. If you're on the fence, Definitely make the decision to read this.

Well written.

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First, John Slattery's narration is freaking amazing. It totally upped the imapct of the story ,made all the characters, especially Edgar, feel like real living breathing people, gave me the creeps, made me laugh and more than once punched me in the heart bad enough to make me cry. I can see now the difference when a really good actor narrates a book.

Second, the book itself. The writing was beautiful, the characters all felt real, and the plot was super creepy. especially the first 2/3rds of the book. I may have hit pause on the book more than once to calm down when things got spooky. Everything about the paintings, I absolutely loved it.And all the relationships felt true.

I've re-listenedned to this one many many times. And every time it feels like I'm listening to a friend.
This maybe a weird thing to say about a horror story, but this book, for some reason, gives me great comfort.

The only negative I can think of is the last parts of the book . Until then everything was perfect. There's a major gut punch, very well executed, and surprising incident that made me cry for real. But after that, slow buildup of horror seems to deflate. It is understandable though. Once you start explaining the spooks, it gets significantly less spooky. The section at the old house, the hunt for answers felt like a video game with bosses for each levels until the final boss fight, which kinda took away from the intensity of the story that had been there till now. There are also things related to Jack Cantori towards the end that feel like rushed,tacked on conveniences to move the plot along.

Still, the book overall remains a five star read. I keep visiting it over and over again.



One of my all time favourites

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I loved this book. the story was well read. i have no complaints. Will reread again.

king at his best.

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