Parts of 'the Plant' really work, the narrators sense of unease and dread grows believably with the story, but the shift from mundane to fantastical is jarring, and happens in strange fits and starts. King fans will find the style familiar, but the short chapters and forced cliffhangers (it was originally published one chapter at a time) mean that the whole is not as good as the sum of the parts. As a long time King fan, i know he can often be quite verbose and under-edited, but large chunks of this felt as if the words were being used to fill the chapter quota for publication.

A nice experiment, but nowhere near as good as King's other serialised adventure - The Green mile.

King's official pages state that one day he does plan to 'finish the story properly' but having read it I doubt any readers are clamouring for the story resolution. ( )