Been a while since I read a fiction book in English... By my count, over a year. I'm not sure how much of my feelings about this book are related to that, but it sure was refreshing to really blow through a book so quickly and with such fervor. Heck, I basically read this during a two lunch periods and two commutes home. This book moves extremely quickly, and the short-story form of it really helps with that. The conclusion wasn't much to write home about, but the moments of terror, particularly in the first half of the book, were genuine, and the book really did inspire some strong feelings and fear. As a note, though, the writing is rather weak and overdone, so if you'll be bothered by that, I'd probably pass on this. For me, as a book that I picked up randomly to kill time, I didn't mind at all.