I wanted to like this book so much. I love Stephen King's talent for description and it was a very interesting concept. Unfortunately the book just moved so slowly for me. Over 200 pages in and the kid is on his journey and bad stuff happens occasionally but the writing style while great on describing emotions and environments failed to elicit any sense of excitement or concern for the character. Between Jack's encounters there were dozens of pages of descriptions about his travel and the feel of each town he passed through and the people around him etc... None of these descriptions really moved the plot forward and while well written after hundreds of pages of descriptions lost their interest. 
 The fact that I fell asleep while reading this book not once but twice really sealed the decision to put it away. It is rare for me to fall asleep reading a book but this one just could not keep me awake.