It was entertaining. Having read quite a few of King's novels now, I'm starting to realize that he reuses certain elements, like the "shine" in many of them. It makes me want to reread the Gunslinger series again with that in mind.

I gave this just 3 stars because I didn't care for the way the narrative was presented. The ending was ruined on page 1 because we know that the main character survives since he's the one relating this story to us as his future self. The only thing we had left was to figure out how he gets there and, while there is a lot of joy to be found in the telling, I'd rather the mystery have been a mystery until the resolution of the mystery at the end of the book.