#121 in Horror
Dolores Claiborne
- 307
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Dolores Claiborne” is a psychological thriller told as one unbroken monologue, and it stands or falls with its narrator’s voice. Some readers praise Dolores as a character; others find her way of speaking hard to settle into, or are left by the absence of chapters without a natural place to stop. Long sittings serve it best, as does a taste for King’s people over his supernatural side.
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About the book
Dolores Claiborne is a 1992 psychological thriller by Stephen King. The novel is narrated by the titular character, and introduces the fictional community of Little Tall Island, which Stephen King later used as the setting for the original TV mini-series Storm of the Century. It was the best-selling novel of 1992 in the United States.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 351 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 70% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 7.5 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 6.6 | 29 | 8% |
| Hardcover | 7.6 | 322 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is Dolores Claiborne?
It has 307 pages — shorter than 76% of the ranked books in Horror.
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