Dolores Claiborne is definitely a remarkable work of Stephen King's, and its main character is maybe one of King's best. 
 This is not horror, not like the usual books Mr. King writes, but I still couldn't put it down. It's more than a crime novel, it's a journey inside a criminal's mind, and it's fascinating. Dolores Claiborne is the villain and the heroine of the book at the same time, and even though her story is sad and touching, I didn't feel bad for her. I liked her, actually, and I loved her courage. 
 This is the first Stephen King book that I read which has a first person point of view, and though I'm not usually a big fan of 1st person POV (except, maybe, The Hunger Games and Percy Jackson and the Olympians Boxed Set), I enjoyed reading this. 
 Dolores Claiborne confessed that everything she had done, she did it out of love, and I couldn't agree more with her. I feel so weird explaining to people who haven't read this novel why I believe that (view spoiler)[she deserved to be cleared and declared innocent. I mean, really, she suffered more than most characters I've ever read about (hide spoiler)]. 
 Another character I felt sympathy for was Selena. Selena is the complete opposite of Dolores, her mother. She is gentle, very emotional, but she's got one thing in common with her mother: the abusive man that filled her with both sadness and anger. When they were talking on the ferry, I felt like Stephen King had created a great mother-daughter relationship. 
 Vera Donovan. There are too many things to say about Vera Donovan and my remaining 18323 characters wouldn't be enough to describe her fully. Let's just say that Vera was my favourite, along with Dolores, of course, and they were so similar yet so different! (view spoiler)[Beautiful how crime can bring people together! (hide spoiler)]