Before reading: I don't actually know anything about the plot of this one. I think it is a detective/crime novel, but I could be making that up. This is one of the first ones that came out as I was on my journey so I'm excited to finally be getting around to reading it. I do think this one is more of what I would consider a "man" novel, but King has surprised me before. The only other thing I know about this one is my dad read it. That's all I've got so let's go. After reading: Oh Billy. It is four months later and I have finally finished you. It's Stephen King, so it was undeniably a good book. It was written well, it was entertaining, and I'm sure some people probably love it...it just wasn't my cup of tea. First and foremost, it was for lack of a better time a "man" novel. I just couldn't get into all the sniper stuff and the war stuff and stuff stuff stuff. This one kinda felt like a mess to me. It was all over the place. We ...