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Average Customer Rating: 
Dolores Claiborne >
Customer Review #1:
 Dolores Claiborne
A truely compelling novel about the story of a women who lived a life of both mental and physical abuse and comes out on top. This is the classic story of domestic violence involving the sickness of alcoholism. King manages to describe this sickness so well that the reader feels as though they are there in Dolores mind. This women struggles to fit the steriotype of a "good wife" and is constantly being abused for it. The detail in the emotional highs and lows of this novel make the reader feel as though they are walking that fine line between sanity and insanity. Honesty I have never read a book that has this much drama and is still realistic. I recommend this read to anyone who is looking for a good lesson on relationships because King offers plenty in this story of a powerful woman defeating those who wish to push her down. Definatly 5 stars.
Dolores Claiborne >
Customer Review #2:
Total Eclipse of the Heart
"Dolores Claiborne" reads like one big chapter - well it is (there are no chapters or breaks in the book). Dolores is a 65yr old woman, on trial for murdering her employer Vera Donovan of 40 or so years. Dolores is a woman who holds nothing back. She spills her whole life story, from when she first fell in love in her husband, Joe St George to the fateful day (yesterday) when Vera was found at the bottom of the stairs. We also find out what happened on the day of the total eclipse of the sun almost forty years ago, when her husband Joe dissappeared. Its a brilliant read, and total engrosses the reader. The more the story unfolds the more you love Dolores and even Vera, and despise Joe. Joe is a mean man, he bashes his wife, and makes moves on his 14 (i think) year old daughter, Selena. He also thinks his oldest son, Joe Jnr is a wuss for reading and has little time for him. The youngest, Pete idolises Joe, and Dolores fears he may grow up to be like Joe. Dolores tells all - her love/hate relationship with Vera, hate/hate relationship with Vera and her relationships with her children and the rest of Little Tall Island. I guess the only dissappointing thing is there are really no surprises in the book (maybe one at the end) but its still a great read, purely for the great insight into the character that is Dolores Clairborne. And if you dont like the book, as Dolores would say "frig ya!"
Dolores Claiborne >
Customer Review #3:
a battered wifes revenge
This is a great book, and the film is just as good, in a different way. This is one wifes struggle with domestic abuse at the hands of a drunken, insulting, violent husband. It leads to this desperate womans disturbing scheme of retribution and murder. Powerfully chilling. In the book, Stephen King tells Delores story from her own point-of-view, her own regional Maine dialect, her own voice. This gives the story an added realism that is most effective.David Rehak
author of "Love and Madness"
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