This was a very basic work of crime fiction. Some of the characters were likable and I was rooting for them, but others (Hodges) were just blah. Janey and Hodges hooking up was completely unbelievable. The most jarring thing about this book is that King has no idea how to write modern, youthful characters. The slang he tried to have Jerome use was weird and off-putting. He must have an entire team of crack researchers and editors and no one told him that this was weird and not really how a 17 year old would act?