I am not a fan of his horror books. I think I made it through [book:It] but haven't been able to go further than the first few chapters of his other horror books. However, I just loved [book:11/22/63] and enjoyed his dark fantasy series, The Dark Tower. I've given up on his horror books but this one stuck around my shelf for long enough.

This was somewhat an experimental writing exercise by King, it seems. He wanted to publish serials like Charles Dickens though of course, of very different topic. I couldn't tell you if it was truly successful as a serial as I read this as an omnibus; I inhaled all novellas in basically one breath. So, it was definitely a great story with epic human interest with a sprinkle of the supernatural and a dose of cuteness (hard to see what's really cute about this novel but just so we're clear, I'm talking about Mr. Jingles).

It's a heavy topic / story to read but I just couldn't put it down because I just had to know what/how things were going to go down. It's not a happy story overall but it is life. As it is, I'm not sure if I'd be able to watch the movie... I'll need a breather just now.