Stephen King has always been a masterful storyteller, and this tale is no exception. Maybe not as edge of my seat throughout as I was expecting*, but that's not a complaint. King's stories know when to provide a scare, and when to hit the right nerve and emotion. More than once I found myself tearing up. 
 *The last hundred or so pages, though... Man! And I may always give a second look to the RV and Winnebago people I see on the road and at campsites...