I ate this book up. The first half of this book has two really good twists that took me by surprise. Near the end, it started to become one of Stephen King's novels (I don't want to mention which one for spoilers). It just got a little too close to Kings' original for me. This author did change some things. It wasn't exact, but I felt a little let down that it felt like a re-telling. Still enjoyed the first half, and the rest was still fine. 4/5