Same here. I loved the book but that TV miniseries was just bad.
I actually thought the TV mini-series was a pretty good adaption of a book I thought was unadaptable.
Now the TV miniseries of The Shining was awful. Ever since the Kubrick film, I've been waiting for Jack to get up after getting stabbed in the back and say "You killed me you bitch!" but I guess I'll have to wait another 20 years.
I mean, I know he says it in the TV miniseries but only after possibly getting killed with a croquet ball? WTH? Croquet balls aren't scary at all.