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Sr. Mercedes by Павел Боянов, Весела Прошкова, Stephen King, Stephen King, Даня Доганова
39 reviews
melodyseestrees's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
If you are fond of Mr. King's other works and characters you will probably like this. If you are coming in expecting a typical thriller you will not enjoy this as much. For me, despite my casual familiarity with several of King's works I found it difficult to get up to the 40% mark in the book. To the story's credit the pace does pickup upon the changing of a key character or two somewhere around the 50% mark.
Graphic: Gaslighting, Child death, Murder, Incest, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Addiction, Classism, Animal death, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Ableism, Sexism, and Car accident
Minor: Blood, Vomit, Excrement, and Adult/minor relationship
There is an adult/minor relationship between Brady and his mother. He claims to have been a victim of a different adult/minor relationship during his psychological torture of Olivia.book_garden's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Incest, Death, and Murder
maddieloves_books1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual content, Incest, Child death, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Mental illness, Racism, Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, and Death
Moderate: Grief, Alcoholism, Bullying, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Gore, Cursing, Ableism, Classism, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, and Hate crime
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit
paperbackanggo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Child death, Fatphobia, Incest, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Homophobia, Child abuse, Cursing, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Violence
mlebarrow's review against another edition
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Gore, Incest, and Racism
Minor: Homophobia
ripxw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Pedophilia
Minor: Suicide attempt
I very rarely post spoilers even if it’s a TW, but there was a scene in here that is making me break that rule: there is couple pages in the book that involve killing a child that has a developmental disability. It is very graphic and leading up to the death it’s rife with ableist abusekeen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Incest, Violence, Child death, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Xenophobia, Racial slurs, Racism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Genocide, Grief, Gun violence, Stalking, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical trauma, Murder, and Mental illness
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Animal death
Minor: Excrement
mackenzievirginia's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Graphic: Car accident, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Racial slurs, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Blood, Cursing, Excrement, Fatphobia, Grief, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Suicide, and Vomit
caidyn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I did enjoy this book, and I'm excited for it to become a trilogy, as Goodreads proudly tells me. I can see from the ending how it's going to work, but only to a certain extent. King's going to have to work some magic to drag the story line out that far, though. I would have been fine with it ending at this book, but I'm interested in finding out just how it's all going to work out in the end. Just feels like it would have ended nicely here.
The characters were the usual King formula to me. My favorite was Mr. Mercedes, to be honest. I would love to read a book all about him. Everyone else was just kind of bland to me. I expected what they were going to do, same thing with Mr. Mercedes but reading from the killer's perspective is, to me, ten times more interesting than reading from the good guy's because all the do is hunt for the killer. The killer is doing whatever he feels like doing most of the time.
I also enjoyed Holly. She was fun, seeing her grow a backbone that her cousin Olivia never grew. Jerome was a nice character as well. A bit like how many teens are with computers these days. Hodges was okay. As I said, I expected what he was going to do each and every time because there's not much he can do besides hunt for that dastardly bad guy.
I'm more looking forward to see how they're going to be further developed because it's obvious that they're all going to be back in the sequel. The ending practically proclaimed it. It's going to take quite a bit to keep it interesting besides the plot. The plot is what caught me with this book, really. Mercedes Killer. And now he's back to taunt the officer who had tried to get him. I came for the story, not the characters, if that makes any sense.
The romance, though, was unneeded. With how Hodges was searching so hard for Mr. Mercedes, it wasn't needed to add in a romantic interest that was connected with it. There was no need for it besides to make you become more attached to him, and then to make you be sympathetic towards what happened. Still, relationships and romance have never been my thing, and I don't see a point to them unless that is literally what the book is going to solely focus on or if it's something really gradual. Which this book had none of my exceptions.
Graphic: Car accident, Incest, Alcoholism, Death, and Death of parent