I still can't believe, all that time working for libraries and, I hadn't a clue that Joe Hill is Stephen King's son. I don't read horror really which is quite ironic because I love good horror movies. I love a good scare, to jostle the emotions but still know it's not real. I grew up loving horror as a kid but I don't know that a book could scare me. This was a family book club pick - my husband picked it to try a genre he hadn't tried. So putting aside the horror genre, it was a good book. It took me a bit to get attached to the characters. I really got attached about 3/4ths of the way through when things picked up at a weird and quick speed. It had me hooked then and so it's more of a 3.5. I enjoyed it and might try some of his others.