For the Book Riot 2016 Read Harder challenge, this title fell under Task 1 (Read a horror book) and Task 10 (Read a book over 500 pages long). 
 The Wikipedia article for this book states that it was written under the influence of Oxycontin, and that Stephen King didn't like it very much. I didn't like it much either. I think I'll skip the movie (starring Morgan Freeman!) too. 
 (view spoiler)[I did find the random inside joke of "no bounce, no play" charming, and am tickled by attempts at explanations. (hide spoiler)]