I have to say that this book both pleased and disappointed me at times. While I liked the book overall, I can't help but feel that this book's length worked against it at times. 
 The book's basic idea is a pretty good one and one that I'd say would probably work well if this book ever makes it to the big screen like Hill's other work, Horns. It's just that Hill shares one of the same issues that his father suffered in his work: sometimes in trying to give us a very good thing he gives us far too much of it. At times the scenes in the book seemed to drag a little under their own weight and I occasionally couldn't help but wish that Hill would just get on with what he's having his characters careen towards. When this book is in its sweet spot it glides through effortlessly, but when it struggles you can feel exactly how long this book really is. 
 This is partially saved by Hill's characters, which are pretty excellent. Vic has to be one of the most unsympathetic characters in the book, which is a gutsy move considering that she's our most main character. This is sort of explained later in the book, but it's still pretty interesting to have such a flawed and often unlikable character as our main center of attention. The villain isn't bad either and I have to say that his sidekick was particularly creepy, when they had center stage. 
 I just couldn't help but wish that this had been trimmed down a little, as at times it sort of lacked the one-two punch that I got from some of Hill's short stories in 20th Century Ghosts. It isn't going to make me a Hill-ion (or whatever cute nickname his fans call themselves), but I did like it enough to where I'd pick up his other works. I'm just glad that I got it from the library, as I'm not sure that I'd really re-read this one like I would some of his short stories.