just, no. white dudes have written enough forever, the end. maybe this was exciting in 2005, but i should’ve known by the thanks to Ben Stiller on the author page what i was in for. horror in the loosest sense of the word, vapid, one dimensional characters, lazy use of a trendy vacation spot as the setting, trite secondary characters, and wordy - so wordy. there was zero setup for believability of the supernatural element so it came off as hokey and non-threatening. this could’ve been a truly creepy narrative. stephen king may want to rethink his endorsement on the cover.