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The story line was good, the prose was good, and it had everything a good SK book should have, but it fell short of some of the other awesome books of his that I've read. The story did drag on in places and probably could've been a short story or novella.



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I had to rate this 5-stars, because this was the best example of storytelling you can find. He twists reality with fiction so well in this story. It made the story seem very real. I never once found myself rooting against the turned antagonist Arnie, or Christine.

Christine is under appreciated, and maybe that's because the movie was a huge success. The movie was great, but it missed something the novel had from a realistic stand point. Reading this novel inspired me to write myself. This book is in my top-3 Stephen King stories.

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