This was my first Stephen King, so I didn't know what to expect going in. I think he may not be the author for me, because I was disappointed with this one. This book is too long, in my opinion. It felt like the story was dragging on so that random information about side characters could be included. 

The mystery in the first half is definitely the most interesting part, but that gets solved with a few hundred pages left. And the way it's "solved" annoyed me - the investigator randomly knows a movie where this exact scenario is happening, and that's it? I know it's supernatural so they couldn't really do much in that regard, but it just felt very anti-climatic. 

I wasn't very invested in any of the investigator's story lines because I just hated all of them. They did their job incorrectly, and then everything that happens afterwards is their fault, but then we're supposed to feel bad when they're feeling guilty afterwards? Maybe it's my own personal opinions about the justice system seeping in, but I can't feel bad for a cop who fumbled so badly, that someone died as a result. 

Also, the amount of times "spunk" is brought up in the first half is SO weird.