Just finished. Was a really quick read. I have to agree, some of it wasn't too subtle.
I also found what I think is a mistake that should have been caught by the proofers. Anyone else?
Hm. Can't get the spoiler thing to work?
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Just finished. Was a really quick read. I have to agree, some of it wasn't too subtle.
I also found what I think is a mistake that should have been caught by the proofers. Anyone else?
Hm. Can't get the spoiler thing to work?
I found about five.
I liked it well enough. Had no problem with the villain or the cop. Jerome was okay, though I'm not sure too many black 17-year olds would go around affecting plantation-slave stepinfetchit ebonics as a character trait.
My main quibble was with the introduction of Holly about 2/3rds of the way into the novel. Here's this nervous, somewhat mentally challenged chick who seems scared of her own shadow, and in the span of 3 pages becomes a cross between Wonder Woman and Clarice Starling. There's your Mary Sue. I mean, WTF? The way she figured out the basement computer arrangement and passwords and such was completely unbelievable, to name one example.
But that aside, it kept my interest and suspense. I look forward to reading a sequel.
Admittedly, I am an "Old School" reader, but isn't it a sad commentary on present day society (and I do not mean this personally in any way to the members quoted) that folks don't find a guy that wantonly runs down over a dozen or so folks at a "Job Fair" and is planning a "Mass-Massacre" after brutally killing his, Mother to be "not dark enough"???? However, given some of the real life actual scenario's we have witnessed in recent years I may be way off base.
You have a good point, Ebola, in 1929, six gangsters (gangstas) and their mechanic were lined up and shot. This was referred to as "The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre."
Would 7 gangstas be a "massacre" today?
Hey folks,
haven't read the last 3 pages, as i am still somewhere at 50% of the book , but ... serious ... i don't know ...
DR. Sleep, Joyland & Wind have been no brainer - i just rushed through them in one step - but Merceds took me 5-6 attempts until half of the book.
When i am done with my chapter i just put it down and forget it for a few days or weeks... just don't "got me" until now.
I don't know, for me its one of this rare kings with many words but less to say like Cell or Blaze ( only the personal opinion of the post creator ;D )
For me it feels like its from this area 2006/7 and just published in 2014 - I would be surprised if he actually really wrote it this year
as it doesn't fit to his last books.
He really got speed and pressure in the latest books, and this is exactly the opposite.
Anybody else how can share my thought , or is it just me ?
He started writing it in 2012.
I know what you mean, but I actually really liked Mr. Mercedes (I'm about 250 pages into Revival and am not liking it as much). MM was a pretty light summer read, but it was a lot of fun.
Just finished mr. Mercedes and I have to say it was a tough read for me. Not really enthralling until the last 50 pages or so. I thought Brady was a little unbelievable just for the fact he was able to obtain plastic explosive so quickly. Jerome was fine, hodges was fine, holly was all over the place.
This was a very quick read for me I do agree with a earlier poster who said it felt a lit Koontzesque in style & feel a decent 7/10
Strangely the last King book I read that felt like a return to his earlier glories wasn't by him but by his son N0S4R2 felt more like King than this
I really enjoyed, "Dr. Sleep", "11/22/63", "Joyland","Mr. Mercedes" and "Finders Keepers". "Revival" was okay, but perhaps not up to par though it did have a good ending, as with the last 5 or 6 novels. JMHO I especially enjoyed, "Dr, Sleep" as I think it was a very good bookend to "The Shining".
I just finished Mr. Mercedes a few days ago. Overall, I thought it was just ok. I enjoyed Brady as the villain, along with the creepy relationship he had with his mother. My biggest problem was Holly. She shows up more than halfway through the novel, and is completely unstable. Yet, somehow she manages to figure out Brady's computer system in order to track him down, and then incapacitates him at the end in order to come out as the hero?! It just seemed too far-fetched.
Even though Finders Keepers is part two of the trilogy, I'm really hoping Holly is not part of the story.
Brian, I just can't agree about your feelings about Holly. She's a damaged person, yes, but I kind of picture her as a kind of savant regarding the computer. Her growth during the novel is intriguing.
John
I love Holly, but I can understand why some don't.
I think I would have been fine if Holly was just the computer whiz. But knocking Brady out was too much. That should have been Hodges.
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John 07-22-2015 05:55 PMbdwyer19 07-23-2015 04:55 AMkilljoy72I didn't mind it. I just considered it "character growth".
To each his own... 05-11-2021 12:37 AMratchet41damn this is an old thread but i started this about a year or two ago i really don't remember i read #196 pages of it and than lost interest in reading anything and it wasn't cause the book was bad it was just that i just didn't feel like reading anything that's all. than i lent some King books to a friend she wanted to read some so i'd say it was 98% paper backs and a couple hardbacks it got me in the mood to read some King again and it was a fantastic feeling as i haven't read a single book this year thus far anyways. well i'm now on page #317 i've only got #120 pages left of the book and so far while it is a good book it's not gonna be among my favorites well yet anyways but who knows what i will think of it i haven't Finished it yet.
i haven't seen the show either 05-12-2021 04:32 PMMerlin1958 05-12-2021 04:33 PMMerlin1958 05-12-2021 06:03 PMratchet41i try to but sometimes i can't control how i type things and i just say screw it i guess i just type differently than most people do lol 05-13-2021 04:35 AMIwritecodeSome punctuation and maybe a capital letter or two might help. Just sayin...