I finished this reread with more respect for Duma Key than I had when I first picked it up years ago. The book is long, but it earns that space by building people you care about before it breaks them.
This post covers Ending Notes in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 22 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Memory (Part 1) from Blaze.
This short section is basically an author’s bridge note. It says Stephen King’s story “Memory” first appeared in Tin House, Summer 2006, and that story became the seed for a much longer novel, Duma Key, planned for early 2008. So instead of plot, this part gives publishing context. It frames what follows as an origin point rather than a random extra. In plain terms, King is telling readers, here is where the bigger later book started, and now you can read that first version.
This post covers Chapter 21 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 20 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 19 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 18 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 17 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 16 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 15 Part 2 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 15 Part 1 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 14 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 13 Part 2 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 13 Part 1 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 12 Part 2 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 12 Part 1 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 11 Part 2 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 11 Part 1 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 10 Part 2 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 10 Part 1 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 9 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 8 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 7 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 6 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 5 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 4 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 3 Part 2 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 3 Part 1 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 2 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
This post covers Chapter 1 in my Duma Key reread. Here is the short retelling and what stood out to me.
I am turning Duma Key into a full blog series, one post per day, so we can follow Edgar Freemantle step by step. This is a retelling and review together, not just a plot dump.