i would call this book mildly spooky, not the peemyself terrifying that i expected. this was my first king novel and i was expecting to be wholly engrossed in a creepfest, but it was more of an on-off ominous read. king’s style is a 7/10, but his horror is a 6/10 at best. i only found about 3 pages closer to the end to be close to “hair raising”. being said, that may just be my own inability to lend myself fully to the story. enjoyable read, but not what i expected, and i dont think its worthy of the hype.