The Chalk Man

This book definitely made for a very interesting read. It has a small town setting and a complex storyline. 

Almost everyone who reads this book mentions that this takes huge inspiration from Stephen King. Particularly IT and Stand By Me, of which have only read the former. 
The writing I will say, not nearly as complex as King's writing is. Yet the setting is miraculously similar. Especially because I could see a lot of similarities with IT. A group of 12 year old children (with one redhead girl with an abusive dad), who are going around their town in their little bicycles, getting in trouble with the bullies. Also the 80s setting and a dual timeline. Very similar to IT, like I said.

The plotline changes to a completely different thing towards the end. It gets very messy, a few plot twists are dropped, and the ending felt very confusing. 
But it could make sense when you consider that probably what happened is that POTENTIALLY MAJOR SPOILER Eddie is also developing Alzheimer's like his dad and so he's getting things mixed up and forgetting things and maybe what he thinks is the ending is not the ending at all.

Overall this was a good read, if you don't mind being confused and probably not having all your questions answered. I had fun. I'll be checking out more of this author's works.