I really liked the irony thrown into this book, by which I mean all the mentions of Paul Sheldon living in real life, and not a book. He keeps telling himself, 'Things aren't that convenient in real life, I need to come up with a real life solution to this, not just depend on the parachute under the chair'. It's ironic because he is in a book, but Stephen King manages to create a realistic turn of events. Everything that happens comes out is from decisions that characters make, not convenient coincidences.