This book isn't listed as a young adult or middle grade read, but it's written so juvenile. King dedicated this book to his daughter in the beginning, so I guess I should've expected it? But I wanted a well-rounded, adult fantasy book with the same amount of detail he usually puts into his horror collections but this wasn't that at all. It's narrated as if someone is telling you a bedtime fairy-tale. I think if I had known this novel was like this ahead of time I would've engaged better with it, however this isn't what I wanted to read so I will move onto TLOTR series. Yippie!