I did not have any high expectations for Salem's Lot because I'm not the biggest fan of Stephen King's writing. I thought it'd be a nice in-between read from other books and series I'm reading. I couldn't have been more wrong. 
 The story begins rather good. A writer heads back to his hometown to finish a book he's working on. In this hometown he witnessed something terrible as a kid and fled the town. He meets a nice girl after getting back, giving the story a nice twist of romance. So far so good.... 
 Then all of a sudden, when the main plot begins to develop, vampires come in and the whole book is ruined. Vampires where probably the worst thing to possible happen to a (thus far) good storyline. Each chapter became worse and worse and finishing this book was a torment. I did it and I decided that I will not be reading any more Stephen King for quite a while.