I remember reading this in 10th grade. Even then I thought it was long winded. It was a decent book, but not as great as many made it out to be.

nd then, following the public school logic, once we finished the book we got to watch the movie (I don;t remember which version though). And then, following idiot logic, our teacher than showed us the movie 'Pet Sematary' as a tie in. Because.. um, raising the dead is bad, mmkay?