I was surprised by this book. I had 3 people exlaim, "this is my favorite book by King!" I found it to be boring. It wasn't bad, but if it hadn't been for everyone raving about it, I would have put it down after 200 pages. There was too much build up and not enough action. Too much "down time". The ending was good and I liked the twist, but the 350 pages prior to that were hard to get through. 
 All in all, I was not impressed by my first Stephen King.