Really enjoyed this one. Stephen King's narration may have put this one over the top. I mean who better to read than the author himself.

Great performance and great story. Very happy with this purchase and listen. Stephen King narrating the story was excellent and entertaining.

The reader

I do not think Stephen king should narrate books even if he did write them

To have Stephen king not narrate

Disappointment

Make a different person narrate

I am pretty new to the Stephen King library. I really like how he turns a phrase, to borrow a line. The suspense he builds between what is actually occurring and what is being perceived as occurring makes it hard to listen to in long shots, but I couldn't stay away from the story for long. It was truly scary in some parts. The "dream" Mike and Kyra share is so close to dreams I had as a kid and still do as an adult that it put a little extra oomph to the emotions that came from the story.

I also liked how much was included from Mike's perspective as an author--little tidbits behind the process and the life of that kind of person.

I enjoyed how there were good characters, bad characters, and grey characters--ones that you didn't know how to view until in some cases, it was almost too late. The setting was really well described and I could picture the TR pretty well after a short while, although by the end the scenery had changed.

I'd recommend this story to any lover of Stephen King books. The story references gothic novels, like "Rebecca" so fans of that genre would probably enjoy it as well.

For those wondering about Stephen King's ability as a narrator--I liked his work. He didn't distinguish a lot between male and female voices, but I didn't think that took away from the production at all. His accents for a couple of the characters were pretty good I thought, though I'm from the Midwest so I don't really have the ability to say how accurate they were.

All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed this story.

Great book, awesome storyline. The mixing of past, present and future were a little hard to keep track of but once you get the "just" of the story in your mind it's really amazing and takes a ton of talent to be able to keep track of all that as a writer. King's narration took a little bit to get used to because he's not as animated as some other narrators, but it's really great that they got him to read his own book, it's sort of like being able to experience exactly what was running through his mind as he was writing.

I have been a huge fan of Stephen Kings books. It has been several years since I have read one. I travel a lot and love listenIng to audio books. This was the first one I ordered and was excited to listen. The main story was good but it went on and on and on with unnecessary words, pages and even chapters that added nothing to the overall book. I found myself just wanting it to be over.

I tried to listen to this a while ago but found King's narration off putting so I stopped about 30min in. I've listened to a few other things narrated by him and he's grown on me so I came back to this and I'm glad I did!

I really loved this story. I especially enjoyed listening to it with the author reading it. I'm from Maine, lived here since the day I was born and there are things about being a Mainer that this story touches on all of the way through. Sometimes about the combination of this story and Stephen King reading it made me feel "at home" The Maine slang that is used are sayings I heard my dad, and others as well say throughout my life. I don't know if that could even be captured by anyone other than a local.
I don't at all want to sound as though I only enjoyed this story because of its local relation. I do believe Stephen King is my favorite writer, but certainly not because he is from Maine. I started listening to Bag of bones in my car on short trips to town and within 2 trips I was hooked and continued listening every spare moment i had till the end. I think no matter where you might be from this story is likely to touch you on a personal level. 5 stars across the board, if you considering listening to Bag of Bones...stop thinking and start listening. ..oh and enjoy it will be time we'll spent

Very good book, kept me listening. Kind of wish it had a few more chapters.

Not Stephen King's nasally, East coast, voice. It was beyond awful.

No

Chalk on a chalkboard

Um... the old neighbor guy

I love Stephen King books, I was doubly disappointed in both the story line and the narration.