Books like The Journals of Eleanor Druse: My Investigation of the Kingdom Hospital Incident

This is kind of a difficult book to review, primarily because it was meant to be a precursor to the show/miniseries "Kingdom Hospital". Consequently, the ending was a total cliffhanger, and, since the show is no longer on the air and I have no desire to track it down to watch it, I haven't got any idea what the ultimate conclusion was.Ending aside, this book was disappointingly average, particularly for something by Mr. King. Sally Druse, at first quirky and eccentric, quickly becomes a bit tiresome and I found myself wondering at a couple points if maybe she wasn't really a bit daffy. The big mystery involving traumatic events that transpired during her childhood were utterly predictable and vaguely reminiscent of the focus of some of Dean Koontz's earlier works involving mad doctors and scientists. Much of the plot progression seemed forced and unnatural and it lacked the rich, enveloping detail that is a trademark of King's other works (even the smaller ones, like "The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon"). Although the pacing was good enough, it was, as I said, predictable, like peeking around a corner with a mirror first. All in all, I probably wouldn't recommend this to someone unless they had the intention of watching the series directly after. It simply doesn't have that little something extra that is inherent in nearly all of King's other novels. Perhaps that's because this wasn't meant to be a novel in the way that his other works are...but really, that's just no excuse.