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This is the first King novel I've ever started and lost interest in the beginning. It was months before I started on it again. The beginning is a bit slow, which is unusual for King, and it took a determined effort to get me going again. However, the story certainly was worth the effort. This is another of King's novels which involves the Crimson King, for all you constant readers, and is worth slogging past the beginning to settle in for a lively story. Here King touches on the unique problems of the elderly, and how they try to cope with all the unpleasant and unpleasant aspects of this time of life. As an insomnia myself, I was entertained by the many remedies to combat insomnia offered to the main character by well-meaning but mostly clueless friends and acquaintences. The insomnia leads to some strange happenings that coincide with other unusual events in the spooky town of Derry (home of Pennywise the Clown from It), and the hero of the day is the elderly gent unable to sleep. Without his intervention, the final Dark Tower book would have been a lot different! In sum, a great read with a slow beginning, but well worth the effort.Read full review
While Stephen King may see this as a failure, I feel it is far from that. It was a very good read and to this constant reader a beautiful story that kept me guessing throughout. The length of the story I felt necessary in many ways. I feel it is at least in the top half of his writings.
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The book is in great shape and was very inexpensive! Stephen King is my favorite author and I bought this as a replacement for the book I lent out that was never returned.
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I've read this book 3 x's because there's just so much that you can miss the 1st couple times. Well written as all King books are, this one is a little more "out there" than some of his others. I lost my copy of this book when I moved a few yrs ago so I bought this one to replace the lost one. I is in excellent condition and a 1st edition. I recommend this one to all the King readers who may have missed it. First time King readers should not start with this book however, it's one of those books that have a lot of the authors hidden messages from previous books.
GREAT AUTHOR, SUSPENSEFUL READ, GREAT BOOK!!!
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