Really, Stephen?

Maybe I'm alone in this, but I felt that the ending of this uber-hyped book was decidedly anticlimactic. Here we have yet another novel that spends oodles of time on character development that really has no bearing on the outcome of the story. I kept waiting for some (or one) of them to burst onto the scene at the end and save the day. Or assist in saving the day. Or at least witness the saving. Alas, it was not to be. Moreover, the ultimate solution to the mystery is completely implausible, and left me rolling my eyes.