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oh. my. i was so taken by the premise of this book, but the execution of the story just did not work for me at all. i found the book bloated and, sorry, annoying. and dry. it feels to me like simmons had trouble filtering out his research. i have read [b:Charles Dickens|11202585|Charles Dickens|Claire Tomalin|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347862957s/11202585.jpg|16127699], so i do wonder if i had not read this fairly comprehensive biography whether i would have felt the same way about simmons' research? anyway, the flow of the novel didn't go very well during this read. and, for a book shelved as horror and thriller, and the endorsement on the cover from stephen king saying this book is "... a masterwork of narrative suspense." it really isn't spooky, scary, or suspenseful. i think i did this book wrong. :)