Duma Key

A novel of love, loss, grief, and the repercussions of a life changing event wrapped up in a blanket of art, mystery, rediscovery, friendship and family on a mysterious Florida Key. Outstanding! 🙌🏻Edgar Freemantle is a well to do construction mogul in Minnesota when a tragic accident leaves him disabled with a cracked skull, memory loss, anger, and a missing arm. After his wife leaves him, he uproots his life for a year to move to Duma Key, FL where he discovers he can paint. Voraciously. He soon finds out that Duma Key and his rental home “Big Pink,” is unlike any other place.This was such a fantastic book! I’m blown away with the descriptions of Florida. The way King describes the Gulf Coast, you would know he’s spent a significant amount of time there. It was beautiful, atmospheric, and very Florida! While Duma Key itself is fictional, it’s location is close to Sarasota, just over the bridge, where there are actual Keys and Duma is depicted so perfectly. I love books that rely on location just as much as characters and Duma Key was an enigma all on its own.King outdoes himself with the relationships in this book! I LOVED Ms. Eastlake. Daughter of the Godfather, Elizabeth Eastlake was such a spunky old woman with her own bit of mystery and I very much enjoyed her parts. It hit home her having Alzheimer’s. The highlight of this book though was Wireman and Edgar’s friendship and connection. There relationship was almost this instinctual friendship that budded out of practically nowhere and it was such a delight to read. “𝘈𝘪𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘰.”King builds up the suspense slowly but in true King fashion with expansive imagery, extraordinary characters with significant back stories, eerie undertones, and a supernatural twist that was done so impeccably I’m just in awe of this book. I also LOVED the incorporation of art in this novel. Not only is it just mentioned or the act taken on by our MC, but the expression that IS art and how it makes you feel was portrayed throughout this novel so vividly and I think it very much carried the story as well. Memories are powerful things and this book will certainly stay with me long after I finished the last page. This one tugged on my heartstrings several times throughout. The audiobook narration by John Slattery is highly recommended as he did a superb job with all the characters!Quotes I loved:“That’s the essence. The essence of Duma. Why those who live there awhile can never really leave. Even if their heads carry their bodies away, their hearts stay. “ Elizabeth Eastlake while looking at Roses Grow from Shells (a painting by Edgar Freemantle)“‘Pain is the biggest power of love.’ That’s what Wireman said.”“I was married to a Mexican lassy and I know jealousy, both are hot and indigestible. It’s normal. Like a startle reflex.”“Do the day and let the day do you!” - Wireman“Edgar and Duma, Duma and Edgar, it’s like they were waiting for each other.”

I don't know why this King isn't better-known, as I found it to be one of his best! Loved everything about it: the captivating, multilayered storyline, complex characters, King's typical captivating detailed world-creation. I was entirely immersed and was sad to turn the last page.

Really loved this book

great product excellent value for money

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