615 pages

English language

Published Aug. 7, 2016

ISBN:
978-1-4104-8990-6
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OCLC Number:
944087712

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In Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, something has awakened. Something evil. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the clinic for five years, in a vegetative state. According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete recovery is unlikely. But behind the drool and stare, Brady is awake, and in possession of deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room. Retired police detective Bill Hodges, the unlikely hero of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers, now runs an investigation agency with his partner, Holly Gibney -- the woman who delivered the blow to Hartsfield's head that put him on the brain injury ward. When Bill and Holly are called to a suicide scene with ties to the Mercedes Massacre, they find themselves pulled into a …

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reviewed End of Watch by Stephen King (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3)

Review of 'End of Watch' on 'Goodreads'

Like the rest of the trilogy, it's poorly written. If he cut out even half of the utterly pointless asides and musings, the book would be 200 pages shorter, which for this story, it should be.
It's also a rather dick move to decide to introduce paranormal elements in the third book of a series.
At least I've got these three mediocre books out of the way so I can read The Outsider.

reviewed End of watch by Stephen King (King, Stephen.: Bill Hodges trilogy -- 3.)

Review of 'End of watch' on 'Goodreads'

Isn't it lovely when you've been anticipating the final book in a series for quite some time so your expectations just keep getting higher and higher, and then when you finally get your hands on a copy of that last book it does not disappoint?

There were a few little plot points that I found implausible, but isn't that why we love our Uncle Stevie? It's all part of his charm to keep spinning ever taller tales and see how far we'll go along with him. The strength of the book for me lies in strong character development. When the premise got a little bit silly the characters held their own and I kept reading on to see how the strange twists and turns would affect them. Plus of course I really wanted to see the bad guy get what was coming to him. I hope that you guys will …

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Subjects

  • Private investigators
  • Murder
  • Investigation
  • Suicide
  • Large type books
  • Psychopaths
  • Fiction