I am an avid King reader and have read just about everything he has written. Like other readers who have reviewed this book I found myself unable to finish this one. A couple of the characters are interesting but they take a back seat to the characters that aren't and King's real strength, his ability to build suspense, is simply missing in this book altogether. You keep asking yourself, "when will this chapter end so we can get to something interesting?" Eventually, I gave up looking for something interesting and gave up the book.