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1.0 out of 5 starsLater - a neo-noir that's Dead On Arrival.
Reviewed in Australia on 2 February 2022
I've been an avid Constant Reader of King's works since the late '80s. This is not one that I would recommend.
There are hints of classic King in there, but the rehashing of ideas from his classic works and even more recent works (Salem's Lot, The Shining, Pet Sematary and even Billy Summers come to mind here), unusually unlikable characters (I certainly wasn't affected by the protagonist, which is very unusual for Stephen, as he writes characters you love or hate - I merely saw him as an older poor man's variant of Danny Torrance) and completely unnecessary use of supernatural elements (I know it's King, but this story would have worked much better in a Dolores Claiborne style novella with real life issues and drama rather than shoehorning in elements that didn't need to be there) really drag this story down.
