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Mr Mercedes by Stephen King

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mireillerb's review against another edition

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4.0

Classic Stephen King style.

celina246's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

if you came here looking for a SK book because you're familiar with his work, you probably know what to expect. if you aren't - it's an excellent crime thriller, grabs you and doesn't let go til the end. but it's a veeery dark ride, full of gore and hatred and shock value (only thing stopping me from giving it a 5), so proceed with caution.

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bookswithnicole's review against another edition

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4.0

Story was good and fast paced. Did not love the audiobook narrator.

susysstories's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-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? No

5.0

Loved this! A thrilling story: the action is right there at the start, after which we slow down and get to know the characters and what's going on, leading up to a thrilling, page-turning end. The only thing that was a bit hard to believe is that

Hodges would so easily believe that the assault would take place in the weekend as Brady had said… Though on the other hand, when we really want a thing to be true (that there would be no danger for Jerome's mother and sister) we tend to believe anything that'll point in that direction. On the other hand, Hodges is supposed to be the best of the best… Well, in any case I loved this story too much to let this bother me (so like Hodges, I'll believe whatever fits the conclusion that what he did was logical lol).

It's a thriller not a horror, but there's some gore and nauseating stuff. Enough tension as well.

I was really worried King would be killing Odell, it would've lost a star lol, but luckily he got to live.

And towards the end my eyes and mind just couldn't read fast enough!
Grew to love the characters and I can't wait to meet them again in the next book!

Characters 10
Atmosphere 10
Writing Style 10
Premise 10
Execution/Plot 9.9
Execution/Pace 10
Execution/Setup 10
Enjoyment/Engrossment 10

brittanygracereads's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

bhavyn's review against another edition

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3.0

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stepriot's review against another edition

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3.0

"Philip Marlowe he ain't."

mistydawnwaters's review against another edition

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4.0

Not one of my favorites, but still liked it. Found some of the characters & motivations were cliche, and a few things outdated. Overall a good book.

medusa_frost1's review against another edition

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Not my favorite King story ever. It as just ok.

wynplus1's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

SUCH a fun read. I've loved Holly and Jerome since reading "Holly" earlier this year, so it was so fun to revisit these characters. I've also come to really love Bill and am excited to read more about him in the next two books! This novel was super fast-paced and had a REALLY good villain. Twists were built upon and didn't feel out of no where when they were revealed

(Janie's and Brady's mom's deaths)

Everything FELT very deserved and I had a good time with this book.

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