4,5 stars. This new King's book was great and page-turning - a fantasy/fairy tale-like novel that reminded me of a lot of different works, and that made me feel like I was reading a new (just a little darker, but not too much) The Witch, the Lion, and the Wardrobe.
The structure is "canon" - a young hero and his quest - but what King's able to do is to make impressive every story, with the strength of his style and his imagination - and this time, even if part of this story may seem a bit similar even to other works of his, almost every page was a joy for the kid still inside me.
Why not a full 5 stars then? Because just a bunch of things, in the end, in my opinion, were just a little bit below the perfect quality of the other ones.