This book is amazing. If you're looking for a book that instills fear and mystery, its for u!!! I wasnt able to put this book down as i was reading it, and was reading about 90+ pages a day. I was so easily attached to the characters, and every twist was like a stab to the heart or made me audibly gasp. Descriptions are long, giving you a nice feel of the boys surroundings, and the dialogue between characters can really help understand their relationships and who they are. The film adaption is terrible, though... I recommend the novel over the film any day, as they change the story quite a bit in the movie...