If you haven't read the book or are completely unfamiliar with this story, it'll almost be a wasted time of confusion for you. With the flashbacks and the jumping around, it's annoying to follow even when you know the story. I'm not sure why they went this route when King clearly laid out the landscape of the story in his book. I recommend reading the book or at least watching the original 1994 version before jumping into this. Now that's not to say that I don't like this new version. There's a lot to like with this and the changes aren't all that bad really. There seems to be a lot of disdain over the cast. Some people don't like Amber Heard for personal reasons, but honestly...Who better to play Nadine than her? I personally am not buying Whoopie as the all knowing charismatic Mother Abigail, but i'll give it a chance. Overall, I do like the cast. Looking forward to seeing where this goes. I'm in it now, so i'll see it through.