My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/EpYlUdcrXG4

Enjoy! ( )

Okay. Just... Wow.

Wow, wow, wow!

Stephen King has been hit and miss for me. It was incredible and Carrie was meh, so I wasn't sure how I would like this one. I've heard great things, but you never know. I heard this book was more thriller than horror, and that was right. And man, was it one intense thriller and it was so good!

This book is long, but it's worth every page. The book slowly but surely ramps up until you get to the insane action of the end. Plus, that bloody cliffhanger that DROVE ME INSANE. Now I need to finish this series, which will definitely be a while.

Hodges is a retired cop, and he is haunted by the Mercedes crime. Some crazy dude ran over people at a job fair, and he really wants to solve this mystery. Lucky for him, Mr. Mercedes is still up to his old tricks and wants to commit more crimes. He really liked teasing his victims and Bill Hodges. Bill ends up teaming up with Jerome and Holly to try to solve this mystery, and he faces some real tough losses along the way.

I'm impressed. Thrillers in general can be hit and miss for me, so having this one pull me in so tightly and keep me hooked was awesome!

There are definitely parts of this book that seem unrealistic or seem dumb, but I don't care. This book was a great thrilling read that pulled me in and kept me. Sure, it was dumb Bill didn't try to get some of his buddies from the force to help, but that was half the fun. Some of the racism in this book was rough, but it is what it is. I definitely don't recommend speaking like some of the characters in the book.

Overall, this is a great book by Stephen King. It's not supernatural, it's a crime thriller with splashes of horror. Stephen King has done a great job crafting this story and I can't wait to grab the remainder of this series.

Four out of five stars. ( )

What to say about Mr. Mercedes ? Let me start by stating that I've been reading Stephen King's novels my entire adult life. I've thoroughly enjoyed most of them, and loved quite a few. What that means, is that King has set a pretty high bar for himself and I've come to expect a lot. But unfortunately, to use a baseball metaphor, you can't hit them all out of the ball park. King has hit lots of homers and I'm sure he has more in him, but Mr. Mercedes was at best, just a solid single up the middle. The characters just didn't do it for me. the one exception was Holly. She enters the novel well into it, but once she does, for me, she stole the show. ( )

Personal nu agreez deloc genul crime, dar m-am gândit că poate reușesc să citesc acest roman nu drept un policier, ci drept un Stephen King. Nu a funcționat, pentru că s-a străduit să bifeze tropii familiari (și probabil ceruți de fanii de policier). ( )

This was fantastic! As I am slowly working my way through my collection of Stephen King’s books, I am noticing just how versatile of a writer he is. I have had multiple people tell me that they won’t read King’s work because they don’t read horror. This book was violent at times but it fell firmly in the thriller category. I had a great time with this entertaining story.

I liked Bill a lot and was completely taken with this case. I wanted to see this retired detective solve this case and loved the fact that he seemed to be willing to do anything to make that happen. I had no idea how Bill would be able to catch this criminal so I found the book incredibly hard to set aside. The parts of the book that are told from the criminal’s point of view were sometimes brutal which helped the reader feel the urgency of catching him before he does anything else. I loved the supporting characters and thought that they added a lot to the story as well.

I listened to the audiobook and thought that Will Patton did an excellent job with the story. I thought that he did a great job with both the male and female character voices. I was pulled into the story through his narration and I thought that he added just the right amount of emotion to his reading. I do believe that his narration added to my overall enjoyment of this story.

I would not hesitate to recommend this book to others. I am glad that I finally gave it a chance and met this incredible cast of characters. I look forward to reading the next installment in the trilogy very soon. ( )