The cover is not the most appealing. It's the black one with the Doctor Sleep movie tie-in. I don't hate movie tie-ins, but ideally it'd be one with the actors' faces plastered across. The font of Stephen King's name is also splattered a bit, which bugs me.
The font is Times New Roman. Not ideal. But the font is spaced well. And it's exceedingly pleasant to hold, open, and manipulate generally.
The epigraph is overlong--in true Stephen King fashion. But you have to respect that.
What got me over the threshold was the opening words of the first chapter. It is when Jack Nicholson's character has a job interview with Stuart Ullman. That is among the very best scenes in the movie. And reading that adds quite a bit. It probably works as a stand-alone short story.
I read a little more afterward. A nervous Shelly Duvall interacts with Danny. I don't find Danny that interesting. Maybe if I had kids I would.
I've quit the book. The writing was on the wall. I wasn't going to get terribly much from it, unless the interview continued on and on. And I started reading the first Bourne book, which occupies a similar lane.
Just now I've wrangled the book a bit more. It feels fantastic. I see why I started reading it in the first place.
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