there's some trigger material in it, but it doesn't take up the majority of the book. however there's a lot of premonition and foreshadowing that sort of steels your resolve as you continue through the book. a lot of things are revealed loosely rather early on, and the remainder of the book is putting the pieces of the story together.

edit: i am going thru stephen king's The Stand, the uncut edition, it is kind of huge