★★★☆☆ | Horror | Digital | Own | StoryGraph | Goodreads
Another completion in my quest to read every Stephen King book. This one missed the mark for me. To execute the pretty good idea for this horror tale, King had to involve way too many characters — almost the entire town of Castle Rock. With so many characters, I had a hard time connecting with any of them. Any other author would get a two stars, but King gets a pass.
Highlights
In the movies you get a lot of pining and precious little grief. Because grief is too real. Grief is . . .” He let go of her arms, slowly picked up a dish and began to wipe it dry. “Grief is brutal.”
When it comes to embezzlement, a CPA can do a better job than most . . . but in the end the package always comes undone.
Another inflexible rule of life—When you really need to get drunk, you can never afford to do it. Alan wondered vaguely if maybe the alcoholics of the world weren’t the only ones who really had their priorities straight.