I was thinking about giving this book 3 stars at first. In my opinion she at first seemed to try a bit too hard to write an adult novel, or maybe I felt that way because like most readers I had previously read (and re-read) the Harry potter series. But I ended up giving it a solid 4 because it's still a very smooth flowing story and I never got bored of it.
Also, the book description is very misleading in my opinion. There's a lot more to the story than it initially leads on and it's only at the end of it do you really realize what it was all about and how it all leads up to it.

I definitely don't regret reading it and despite the very different story content you can still tell it's the same author that most people fell in love with long ago.

it may have taken me a while to finish this but only because real life got in the way. Definitely a 5-star read. Everything I've read by Joe Hill is so incredible. I also think following and engaging with him on twitter gives you a slightly different outlook when reading this, in a good way so I definitely recommend that as well!