Reviews - Achados e Perdidos

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Achados e Perdidos

Stephen King

3.95 AVERAGE

andreasvb's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

(Lydbog)

En intermezzo-roman, i en trilogi, der tegner til at være noget af det stærkeste jeg har læst fra King.
Udover at lægge gevaldigt i kakkelovnen til bog nummer tre, så er De Der Søger en fantastisk roman, i sin egen ret. Den historie der fortælles er medrivende, og særligt Pete-figuren kommer jeg sent til at glemme. Plottet er fantastisk, og rimer på fineste vis.
Afslutningen er ildevarslende, og tager allerede trilogien til et nyt niveau - i mine øjne den helt rigtige vej at gå. Nogle vil sikkert være uenige. Brilliant roman.

rue07's review against another edition

2.75

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Maybe

gumballgirl's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

marcusgutie's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

reedmessa's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book really was a step down from the last. A lot of it has to do with the main POV characters of Peter and Morris. First, Morris just isn't as great a villain as Brady was. Brady's POV was to me the best part of the previous novel. It was just so entertaining to get into the mind of a psychopathic deranged unhinged crazy man in an ice cream truck.

Morris is pretty crazy, but he just isn't as 'fun' to read about as Brady. He really pales in comparison in Brady, who simply was a MUCH more compelling character.

Peter was pretty 'basic' for lack of a better word. While he was sympathetic and clever at the beginning, he slowly just got less interesting. He showed a good amount of intelligence at the start of the book, and I thought that he would use his wits more against Morris, but he actually lacks a lot of common sense by the end and ~~has to be rescued by Hodges, Holly, and Jerome~~

Really, the characters of the previous book were way more fun and better written. I looked for the scenes of Hodges, Holly, Jerome,

and Brady

and the Peter and Morris just pale in comparison to the original cast.

The summary of the book made me think we were going to get a cat and mouse plot about a kid trying to survive a crazy killer, like a Terminator 2 type plot. But most of the book takes place in the past and we don't get to the cat and mouse game till really last second. So, really the plot was so much slower compared to the high pace intensity of Mr. Mercdes.

Just a step down, I really felt this book was weak on characters and structure. However, the ending does give me hope for the final book. We will see!