I cannot praise this book enough! I saw the film originally around 5-6 years ago. I was thoroughly impressed by the film and ranked it as one of my top 10 ever.

I read the book a couple of months ago and wasn't sure how it would compare to the movie. I got into the book immediately and couldn't put it down. I was very impressed by the style in which it was written, Kind uses brilliant description at all times meaning it is very easy to produce a picture in the readers head of the exact scenario.

I can't say reading many books I've had shivers down my spine but this happened several times throughout the book. The suspense was immense, something I'd not experience when reading a book before.

I couldn't fault the book, it is split into chapters in an unusual style ( the book has 6 parts as these were published in magazines originally and not as a single novel) but this in fact works very well and adds to the overall read.

If you haven't read this, please do.