Just finished this one. Didn‘t love it but didn‘t hate it either. Please don‘t throw stones at me, but I think King is a bit over rated. #meh 🤷♀️
pickBrady is one complex villain ,his relationship with his mom often borders on disturbing. Holy is another character that is well developed and like able. Hodges to me is probably the least relatable character. Overall it is one of King‘s better books and worth reading.
so-soI know a lot of people loved this but it was just ok for me. I did love the narrator though. And I will probably check out the next book in the series eventually. (The building in the background was my middle school. The left side, not shown, is where the town library is now. Taking over where grades 4 and 5 were plus the cafeteria.)
#MayReads : I didn't read very many books this month because I read "The Way the Crow Flies" which took me quite a long time to finish. It's a complex, unusual read, but a bit boring at times.
My favorite reads this month were "The Tenth Circle" (of course!), "Little Fires Everywhere" and "Mr Mercedes".
so-soI enjoyed this in the end but early in I wasn't so sure.
The 'voice' of the characters felt a bit off to me. But as the book his on the tension builds and it becomes very page turning by the end.
Really excited to start this...
#StephenKing #Murder #PopSugarReadingChallenge #GoodreadsSummerReadingChallenge
Picked this up again after a break of a few days. Had to spend a good forty minutes reminding myself of what has happened so far.
*sigh*
But let's not make this about my rubbish memory.
I'm enjoying this book. But different to other Stephen King books I've read. Which is only a few really. Quite like that so far it's a mystery.
Thanks to my local library I can "read" in the car. I like this narrator so far.
This has been on my Kindle for a while, so I am trying to clean out my old TBR and will read this next
Trying to read and had to stop cause my main squeeze needed attention. 😂 Solid filtered snoot pic! 😊❤🐶
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#oliveoil #purple #squares #interruptions #doggo #dogsoflitsy
"I have to tell you how much fun it was. (I'm being honest here.) When I "put the pedal to the metal" and drove poor Mrs. Olivia Trelawney's Mercedes at that crowd of people, I had the biggest "hard-on" of my life! And was my heart beating 200 a minute? "Hope to tell ya!""
You'd want to stay off the streets when the super creepy Brady Hartsfield is #BehindTheWheel (Featured in Atomic Blonde)
#MayMovieMagic
@Cinfhen
Not even mad about this mid April snow. Great excuse to spend the day reading!
pickReading slump averted! 😅 Stephen King rarely lets me down - I loved this. Page turningly good storytelling and enough on-the-edge-of-your-seat drama to nearly make me miss my stop on the way to work this morning. Now to decide whether to carry on or choose something different...
One of SK's memorable villains, the demented Mr. Mercedes, Brady Hartsfield is a bona fide #creep. Also a victim of his alcoholic mother's #taintedlove. The role of Deborah Hartsfield could easily have been a generic creepy affair, but Kelly Lynch doesn't get enough credit for really imbuing it with substance, especially in the Deb-centric episode penned by Dennis Lehane. Love how King's characters often inspire empathy despite their depravity.
Feel a reading slump coming on, trying to avert it with Stephen King 🤞
pickStephen King has been my favorite author since I was 12 years old and read Carrie. This was perfect King, but also a little off his usual path with the retired detective Hodges trying to catch "the one that got away." Loved it! Can't wait to read the rest of the trilogy. #StephenKing
With my impending surgery and weeks of radiation coming quickly, I decided to make a TBR cart (thanks to seeing so many other people doing it) so that I'll have books right next to me when I'm stuck on bed rest. This should last me...for a little while, anyway 🤷♀️😂
“Every religion lies. Every moral precept is a delusion. Even the stars are a mirage. The truth is darkness, and the only thing that matters is making a statement before one enters it. Cutting the skin of the world and leaving a scar. That‘s all history is, after all: scar tissue.”
I'm halfway through this book, and I'm really enjoying it so far. After I finish reading this book, I'm going to read Under the Dome, and then take a break from Stephen King books for awhile and catch up on other books I've been wanting to read.
pickI loved the darkness of this book and the mind of Mr. Mercedes. Bill and Holly are each so relatable and entertaining. The TV adaptation did not disappoint.
Hi everyone! I got this on loan from the library. I‘ve watched the series and loved it but wondering how the book compares? I‘m usually one to read the book before seeing the film!
It has been a mad week. This is how I'm doing Friday evening. Pub & grub, the very rare tipple...Black & Tan...yum!
Thoughts about how terribly in/appropriate this book is for a 13 year old?
She‘s getting into mystery and has been wanting to read Stephen King, and vetoed all of my suggestions. This seemed pretty straightforward detective murder mystery, but 🤷♂️. I just don‘t think I want her reading the bizarre and twisted sex and disturbing rape scenes encountered in some of King‘s work.
so-soI ended up finishing this. It‘s just not what I was expecting. I equate Stephen King with horror and this is, while horrific, a crime novel. I did like Hodges but I really felt that the relationships between the characters were unrealistic. Dialogue was also an issue for me, as were certain historical notes - for example how many teenagers today are aware of party lines on telephones in the past and would reference this? 🤷🏼♀️ #xmastree #puremi
Help please Littens. Just at the beginning of this but I‘m finding Brady and his mom icky and not sure I want to keep reading. Should I stick it out? I like Hodges. 🤷🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
so-soSlow in places but I guess it's the lead up.
Loved that IT reference
“Never tell a lie when you can tell the truth. The truth isn‘t always the safest course, but mostly it is.”
I couldn't get into Will Patton's narration of The Raven Boys, but he is excellent with Mr. Mercedes! It is interesting listening to this after having just heard one of the original "hard-boiled" detective novels, The Glass Key. Looking forward to continuing King's series
pickOnly one disaster putting together the brine for the turkey while #audiocooking... Gross. moving on to the next book.
Can't really decide what I think of this series. So far, it's a pretty good retired cop thriller, if formulaic, but that was pretty unexpected from Stephen King. Any one else read this series? Right now it feels like a 2-book lead up to a more traditionally Stephen King paranormal horror story.
Oh I love these characters! Bill, Jerome, and Holly are great. Mr. Mercedes was a wonderful villain and I have already started book two in the series.
@kaysworld1 thank you so much for the lovely parcel and your sweet note. I haven‘t read either of the Stephen King books so that‘s perfect. I‘m about to have some surgery, radiotherapy and then more chemo, so this will help keep me occupied. Thank you again. Hi hope you enjoy my ‘swap‘ too. Oh and Bez loves the toys he‘s running around now with one.
@DoonTheGoon thank you for arranging this great swap. #readthemoviesswap
This is what my Sunday is all about. Planning and reading. I‘m about half way through this book and enjoying it thoroughly. What are you all reading?
1. Mr. Mercedes
2. L. M. Montgomery, Richard Matheson, Arthur Machen
3. Misery, Master of None
4. Mangoes
#ManicMonday
#LetterM
@JoScho
I don't think I've done any of these and now feel the urge to play catch up! #ManicMonday @JoScho
📚 Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
📖 Erin Morgenstern
🎬 Mystic Pizza
🔪 Milkshakes
I‘ve decided that is will be my next read, should be able to finish The Historian today
pickI listened to this one. I found it was great. Lots of twists and great to “meet” Holly whom I met when reading the Outsiders ;)
Back to the King 👑
Keeping the #scream theme alive with the first novel in this trilogy. I‘m excited; I hear good things.
#screamathon #holdmethrillmekissmekillme #stephenking #kingofhorror #mrmercedes
pickFinished #MrMercedes today and I think it‘s ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Wildly inaccurate in many places, but entertaining and twisted!
#amreading #bookstagram #bookreview #billhodges #stephenking #audiobook
A rainy day spent reading on my porch. Sweet dreams are made of this.
Starting a new book is always exciting 😍 #Litsy #newtheme #stephenking
Day 2 #24B4Monday ended on 7:34 and I've finished 2 books so far for this readathon. Kings Cage and Troublemaker. Close to finishing Mr. Mercedes. @TheReadingMermaid
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