As a general rule, I have discovered Stephen King writes like a high school freshman who is barely passing English class. Before Bag of Bones, I had read two of King's books. The first one, Misery, didn't impress me. The other one was The Green Mile. The only thing that saved King's writing in that book was the incredibly mesmerizing storyline. However, after The Green Mile, Bag of Bones was a huge letdown. The plot is boring, the writing is pathetic, and it's so drawn out it that it could've (and should've) been edited down to 300 pages. Moreso, if that much-needed edit had occured, Bag of Bones would've had the exact story as the 700+ page version.