I loved the book - really loved the movie (kathy bates rocks though). The book, other than being dictated in delores' point of view was very good. Took me a moment to realize what was going on when the book was pretty much talking to itself. The i realized in the middle of chapter one she was speaking in the interview to the policeman about the murder. Very good though. I would read it again.
I bought this book because I liked the movie and thought the book could add to my understanding and enjoyment of the movie. I didn't make it through the first Chapter. The way it's written, Dolores is talking to and responding to questions by people who's words we aren't given. It's just Dolores talking with the reader left to assume what's being said by others. I will probably try again in the future, but for now I chose to go to another book to read. Hopefully it gets better in future Chapters.
Stephen King is 2nd on my list of all time greatest authors ( First is Dean Koontz ), I just wish he could write a book a week, Then I wouldnt have to keep waiting for the next one to come out. Im not going to go into details about the book as if you are like me, I prefer to not know anything untill I start reading about it in the book, I have read most of his books so far and I love them all. So as you can probably guess from what I wrote above, I highly Recomend this book. This book like many other King novels has been turned into a film.