It might have been because I listened to it rather than read it, however I feel like I would have DNF this if I had to read it rather than let it be read to me. The characters were annoying and a lot of the conversations kind of dragged between them.

The plot felt confusing to me where I couldn't quite tell who or what was going on, and to a certain extent that was the point but it got to the point that I stopped caring. People are correct that it has a very Stephen King feel, and maybe I've just grown past the me who loved SK but I couldn't get into it past the beginning, once the plot really took a U-turn. The story took a hard veer away from where I thought the story would go, and for me the last 60+% of the story felt less cohesive than the first part. Also towards the end it felt like everything had an easy solution, the main cast was too powerful for there to be an actual climax.

The story wasn't bad, however, so I do recommend checking it out for yourself as I feel like part of my not enjoying it is me no longer loving the kinds of stories I used to.