I was really excited to read this novel, it sounded like such a fun story with a chase and super powers! However, I did not like this book. I think the story was good but the way it was formatted was odd. It was told in flashbacks back and forth to present time for the characters. If the story was told normally beginning to end without the jumping I would have liked it a lot more. There also was quite a few slow parts that easily could have been cut or condensed which pains me to say because I love Stephen King's writing and have never wanted less from any of his books so far. This one though was a bit dull at parts. If I had gone in with not as high expectations I would have enjoyed it more but because this is a more popular title I was expecting a lot and it didn't deliver all that I wanted. It also is labeled everywhere as horror but I didn't feel scared at all. Maybe that is just different for everyone, but to me there just wasn't anything that happened to cause anyone to be nervous or fearful for the characters. Even though the timeline and plot disappointed me a bit, the characters didn't. I thought the characters had great personalities and it was easy to see their struggles and what they were feeling throughout. Especially Andy McGee, if anyone watches Stranger Things he reminded me so much of Jim Hopper who is one of my favorite characters from that show. Over all I would give the book a 3 out of 5 stars, it was entertaining just wasn't all I was hoping for.
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