2.75 stars. I kept hearing good reviews for this book so I went into it with high expectations, and I generally love Stephen King. My friends were all like, "Oh! You're reading the new King book, how is it?" but, like I told them, I've learned to withhold my review until I'm completely finished because King can create an ending that can turn your opinion right around and make the book fantastic or devastating. In this case, it was neither. I kept waiting for it to get better. I was like,

Spoiler

"Ok, once he's out of this prison the real adventure will begin!"

but it never really picked up for me.

So all in all, the best part was the beginning with Mr. Bowditch and the mystery behind his character. It was the actual "fairy tale" part that was kinda meh.