The novel is quite slow to start up but when it does it gets quite good. The concept of an author being in a bad car wreckage and geting picked up by a psyco named Annie Wilkes who claims to be his "number-one fan" gets old after about 200 pages, though. I really enjoyed the story and the near-constant cover of suspense but I extremely disliked how the story dragged on forever. I found it difficult to finish this story to the end. Otherwise, it's a genious idea written by a genious author that never runs out of ideas. I would still recomend you buy this book, however... you won't be disappointed! It's an amazing book AND an awesome movie!