Taking a good old scary urban legend and putting it into a novel format might look like a good idea, but there is a reason why urban legend are short... they don't have much to provides for longer storyline and after a while reading you can't help but feel it felt stretch a lot. The author might have done a better job at adding perspective, depth to his characters and better background, but he didn't. I didn't like this book. I still would recommend you to read the original legend, which can easily be fun on the Internet. I read it years ago, maybe 15 years ago or something..., but I remember it to be good, and it's very short, something like less then half and hour read.