Editing Dolores Claiborne (section)

== Reception ==
The book has been praised for its characterization of the main protagonist,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/stephen-king/dolores-claiborne/ |title=DOLORES CLAIBORNE {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref> although some reviewers are ambivalent about King's use of dialect.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hendrix |first=Grady |date=2013-11-13 |title=The Great Stephen King Reread: Dolores Claiborne |url=https://reactormag.com/the-great-stephen-king-reread-dolores-claiborne/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Reactor |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tabler |first=Elizabeth |date=2020-05-01 |title=REVIEW: Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King |url=https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/review-dolores-claiborne-by-stephen-king/ |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=Grimdark Magazine |language=en-AU}}</ref>''[[The Guardian]]'' refers to it as: "one of King’s most extraordinarily heartfelt books."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smythe |first=James |date=2015-02-05 |title=Rereading Stephen King, chapter 31: Dolores Claiborne |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/feb/05/rereading-stephen-king-chapter-31-dolores-claiborne |access-date=2025-03-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' says: "King, even without the trappings of horror and suspense, is a magnificent storyteller whose greatest strength has always been characterization."<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 3, 2025 |title=Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780670844524 |access-date=March 3, 2025 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>