Who hired the illustrator?
The book itself is amazing just like King's previous installments to this series. One thing, however, depreciates the value of this book and that's the illustrations. The man who drew the pictures for this book is untalented to say the least. Almost none of the illustrations even come close to verifying the text on the page. Those with any sort of imagination would find it insulting to find such pictures used as a representation of the plot. Dear Stephen, pay more attention when choosing who will depict your stories next time. The woman on the cover of the book jacket is a black woman with "tight curls" in the story, yet in the pictures she looks more like a Native American. Go back to comic books Wrightson.