This isn't your typical Stephen King, but I loved it anyway.

There are paranormal elements (a murdered woman haunts a ride at an amusement park), but I wouldn't call it horror - paranormal fantasy, maybe?

At its heart, it's a deeply emotional journey of a young man of twenty-one trying to escape the pain of losing his first love. To do so, he takes a break from college for a season, and goes to work at an amusement park. There he becomes embroiled in a cold case of a girl who was murdered at the park some years ago.

There's not much more to be said about this book. I felt it was perfect in every way, exquisitely written, and very vivid. I found myself laughing at parts, and wanting to cry at others, because the story of the man's love is so well written and so immediately identifiable. I'm sure that anybody who's lost love before (and who hasn't) will identify as well.