James

As others have said, this book started out as a great murder mystery which seemed to become too difficult for King to create an ending for, so he just slapped in a monster... There is even line in the book which reflects the fact that King didn't think of the ending before starting.

It wasn't for me. Glad I read it though.

Fantastic author. I loved this book from start to finish!

I loved it and hated it at the same time.

Love — the prose
Hate — the lack of overarching structure

Awesome book, trying it in Japanese now for a challenge.