Whitney’s Reviews > 'Salem's Lot > Status Update

I feel a much stronger affinity for the natural chemistry between Matt and Ben than that of Ben and Susan. The spectacle of the love-interest seems haphazardly thrown into this book, almost as an afterthought for female readers.
It’s not that I have extreme disdain for Susan’s character so much as I just strongly dislike unnecessary, romantic subplots. And this one is especially poor.

Enjoying the book so far, however, Susan Norton is a dull, one-dimensional character at this point and I’m exhausted with her inquiries into the book Ben is writing. There is genuinely no point to this, other than to point out the nosey and insecure nature of a woman when a male’s attention is elsewhere. If that was the intended goal, King had more than made this point clear and I’m ready to move along.