A review by readingwithjd
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

3.0

I started this book after reading The Outsider, curious to get more backstory on Holly and this mysterious Bill Hodges. I went into this book really wanting to like it. Bill Hodges is an interesting character and I enjoyed getting to know him, definitely interested in getting more throughout this series. Brady is a terrifying sociopath and a complex villain. This book had the ingredients for something great, so I don’t understand why it didn’t click for me. Maybe it was the lack of supernatural horror that I’m used to from King.

(Side note: the audiobook narration was incredible. Will Patron does it again)

Bottom line: the ingredients are there but it just didn’t work for me. Really 2/5 because I struggled quite a few times, but an extra ⭐️ for effort.