content: Like many readers, I bought this book with high expectations based on the overwhelming claims it was so good. I hope to save others from my fate. Don't believe the "reviews" here that call this book a masterpiece or a classic. This book is terrible! Where are the honest reviews of this book?King's writing is dreadful, at times it seems English is his second language. His reuses the same or similar phrases. He uses many unnecessary modifiers. He adds extraneous words for filler. The dialogue rings false almost in its entirety. To make matters worse, the story is derivative and cliche. This concept of a child discovering that he or she is a wizard has been done to death already.I know it's a matter of taste, but nearly anything would be better than this.