Author: Stephen King
Date Read: 26 February 2011
Official Summary
After a construction accident in which he loses his right arm and his divorce, Edgar Freemantle moves from Minnesota to Florida to begin what his psychiatrist describes as a “geographic cure”. He rediscovers his love of painting and finds that he is good at it but his paintings seem to have something “more” to them. On Duma Key, he also finds a new friendship with Wireman, a kindred spirit seeking refuge there as a caretaker for Elizabeth Eastlake. Elizabeth’s past also contains painful memories that have been reawakened bringing all of them together to face an evil entity named Perse.
My thoughts:
From the book:
“Be prepared to see it all. If you want to create – God help you if you do, God help you if you can – don’t you dare commit the immortality of stopping on the surface. Go deep and take your fair salvage. Do it no matter how much it hurts.” Page 515
This is without a doubt one of my all-time favourite Stephen King books. WOW! The only word that can describe Duma Key. I read until the early hours simply because I could not put this book down. This is 611 pages of pure reading bliss. Stephen Kings makes it look so easy – he is a master story-teller and this book shows just how talented he is. If you only ever read one King book – you won’t go wrong reaching for Duma Key!
