Kennie
This was my first Stephen King book. As many others have said, King's writing is superb and it's quite easy to get pulled into the book and read for a while. The story is interesting, unique and definitely attests to Stephen King's special mind that comes up with horrific tales and novels.
Although this isn't 'scary' in the traditional horror sense, it was a disturbing read. The book deals with death and grief, while twisting it and making it into something very wrong and disturbing.
The ending does feel a bit short and there's limited closure but I feel that this is a book that's about the journey, not the destination. However, some of the thoughts that reoccur in Louis' mind feel repetitive and after a while it gets old. These moments pulled me away from the story and they felt rather jarring when the same few thoughts repeated in Louis' head five or six times over the course of twenty or thirty pages. Because of this, I couldn't give it a full five stars.
Overall, though, this book is great. King himself considers this to be his scariest book, as mentioned in the intro, but I, as most people, don't find it extraordinarily scary. If you're into more psychological, grief-ridden suspense, this one's for you.
This was my first Stephen King book. As many others have said, King's writing is superb and it's quite easy to get pulled into the book and read for a while. The story is interesting, unique and definitely attests to Stephen King's special mind that comes up with horrific tales and novels.
Although this isn't 'scary' in the traditional horror sense, it was a disturbing read. The book deals with death and grief, while twisting it and making it into something very wrong and disturbing.
The ending does feel a bit short and there's limited closure but I feel that this is a book that's about the journey, not the destination. However, some of the thoughts that reoccur in Louis' mind feel repetitive and after a while it gets old. These moments pulled me away from the story and they felt rather jarring when the same few thoughts repeated in Louis' head five or six times over the course of twenty or thirty pages. Because of this, I couldn't give it a full five stars.
Overall, though, this book is great. King himself considers this to be his scariest book, as mentioned in the intro, but I, as most people, don't find it extraordinarily scary. If you're into more psychological, grief-ridden suspense, this one's for you.
