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1.5 stars
DNF @ 22%

Sorry to say, but this just didn't do it for me. We follow a man called Barton Dawes who slowly slips into madness as he fights the bureaucracy that is trying to destroy his house and beloved workplace in order to make a road. This was boring as hell.

Honestly, I don't really want to talk about this so here are all the things that I didn't enjoy:
- the narration was confusing af
- I don't care about the characters at all
- The writing felt as if it was suffocating me... don't know exactly why this is, but for the first time when reading a book I felt like I couldn't breathe
- failed to intrigue me and keep me interested

I must say that the slow corruption ark that we get to see from his inner monologue was quite fun, so this book does earn some extra points for this.

After I read King's The Dead Zone, I've been reluctant to pick up more of his works, but I gave this one a try and it absolutely sucks that I really don't like it. Which sucks! I loved The Stand, after all, but no recent book that I picked up from him really catches my interest.