Sucked me in completely, I loved this book. I basically read this book in a sort of horrified trance. I hate how much I loved Annie. In the end I even began to feel bad for her, root for her even, because she had such a child like desire to read Mysery's Return. And she went thru such effort to make their book completion celebration. But I was also terrified of her. Overall, very good read. I went and watched the move right after, and Kathy Bates is incredible.