Lisey's Story: Difference between revisions

no edit summary
No edit summary
Line 1:
{{work}}
{{Infobox book
[[File:lisey_very_big_3435.jpg|frame]]
| title = Lisey's Story
[[File: | image = lisey_very_big_3435.jpg|frame]]
| caption = First edition cover
| author = Stephen King
| central theme =
| elevator pitch =
| genre =
| publication date = October 24, 2006
| wiki URL =
| wiki name =
}}
'''''Lisey's Story''''' is a novel written by [[Stephen King]].
 
Line 6 ⟶ 17:
 
The novel was partially inspired by King's own brush with mortality after being hit by a car in 1999 and what his wife's life may have been like had he died.
----
{{tropelist}}
 
{{tropelist}}
* [[Abhorrent Admirer]] - Lisey has a run-in with John Dooley, an insane fan of her dead husband.
* [[Abusive Parents]] - Scott's father abuses both Scott and his brother.
* [[And I Must Scream]] - Those who get eaten by the Long Boy don't die. Instead, they are eternally digested while ''conscious''.
* [[AxeAx Crazy]] - {{spoiler|Scott's father becomes this after going mad with 'Bad-Gunky'.}}
* [[Best Years of Your Life]] - One of Lisey's sisters comments to Lisey that they want to get together like "the good old days"; Lisey has flashbacks to her sisters treating her like crap.
* [[Continuity Nod]] - A character listens to a [[Bag of Bones|Mike Noonan]] novel on tape.
Line 27 ⟶ 37:
 
{{reflist}}
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Romance Novel]]
[[Category:Works by Stephen King]]
[[Category:Horror Literature]]
[[Category:Literature]]
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Literature of the 2000s]]