Jonas Smith reviewed Finders Keepers by Stephen King (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)
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3 stars
Competent writer fills out uninspired template
384 pages
English language
Published April 2, 2016 by Hodder & Stoughton.
Finders Keepers
by Stephen King
Overview: Wake up, genius. So announces deranged fan Morris Bellamy to iconic author John Rothstein, who once created the famous character Jimmy Gold and hasn't released anything since. Morris is livid, not just because his favorite writer has stopped publishing, but because Jimmy Gold ended up as a sellout. Morris kills his idol and empties his safe of cash, but the real haul is a collection of notebooks containing John Rothstein's unpublished work - including at least one more Jimmy Gold novel. Morris hides everything away before being locked up for another horrific crime. But upon Morris's release thirty-five years later, he's about to discover that teenager Pete Saubers has already found the stolen treasure-and no one but former police detective Bill Hodges, along with his trusted associates Holly Gibney and Jerome Robinson, stands in the way of his vengeance.
Overview: Wake up, genius. So announces deranged fan Morris Bellamy to iconic author John Rothstein, who once created the famous character Jimmy Gold and hasn't released anything since. Morris is livid, not just because his favorite writer has stopped publishing, but because Jimmy Gold ended up as a sellout. Morris kills his idol and empties his safe of cash, but the real haul is a collection of notebooks containing John Rothstein's unpublished work - including at least one more Jimmy Gold novel. Morris hides everything away before being locked up for another horrific crime. But upon Morris's release thirty-five years later, he's about to discover that teenager Pete Saubers has already found the stolen treasure-and no one but former police detective Bill Hodges, along with his trusted associates Holly Gibney and Jerome Robinson, stands in the way of his vengeance.
doug reviewed Finders Keepers by Stephen King
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2 stars
I liked it as much as the first one, which isn't saying much. But I want to read The Outsider, so I need to read this and End of Watch first.
Not a fan of his narrative style with this series. The endless flood of extraneous details and internal monologue reads like the first draft of an amateur writer. Example:
Now the cell begins to vibrate and jiggle on her desk. She’s got a cool Snow Patrol ringtone, but—sick to her stomach and worried about Pete—Tina never thought to switch it from the mandated school setting when she and her mother got home, so Linda Saubers doesn’t hear it downstairs. The screen lights up with her brother’s picture. Eventually, the phone falls silent.
Who cares about her ringtone or the "mandated school setting"? Get on with the fucking story. And (perhaps as a slap in the face?) …
I liked it as much as the first one, which isn't saying much. But I want to read The Outsider, so I need to read this and End of Watch first.
Not a fan of his narrative style with this series. The endless flood of extraneous details and internal monologue reads like the first draft of an amateur writer. Example:
Now the cell begins to vibrate and jiggle on her desk. She’s got a cool Snow Patrol ringtone, but—sick to her stomach and worried about Pete—Tina never thought to switch it from the mandated school setting when she and her mother got home, so Linda Saubers doesn’t hear it downstairs. The screen lights up with her brother’s picture. Eventually, the phone falls silent.
Who cares about her ringtone or the "mandated school setting"? Get on with the fucking story. And (perhaps as a slap in the face?) King even points out the "Rule of Parsimony" IN THE BOOK, in a scene during an English class:
Pete is in his creative writing class. The text is Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style, and today they are discussing the famous Rule 13: Omit needless words.
Eli reviewed Finders Keepers by Stephen King (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)
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4 stars
Quite a good story very loosely connected with the first Bill Hodges trilogy; about how literature can seem more real than any live person to an infatuated person. I liked most of the characters who seemed quite realistic and the different timelines in the same location.
tomek reviewed Znalezione nie kradzione by Stephen King
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2 stars
Książka w stylu Kinga - dobrze opowiedziana, zbudowana, końcówka nawet trzyma w napięciu.
Tylko co z tego. Książka przeciętna.
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Książkę przeczytałem bez czytania "Pana Mercedesa". Dodam też, że trochę gubiłem się w postaciach, ale były one (chyba) bez związku z pierwszą częścią cyklu.
Książka w stylu Kinga - dobrze opowiedziana, zbudowana, końcówka nawet trzyma w napięciu.
Tylko co z tego. Książka przeciętna.
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Książkę przeczytałem bez czytania "Pana Mercedesa". Dodam też, że trochę gubiłem się w postaciach, ale były one (chyba) bez związku z pierwszą częścią cyklu.
tivasyk reviewed Carnets Noirs by Stephen King
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4 stars
вислухав французьку аудіоверсію «чорних зошитів» стівена кінґа. що сказати — це, без сумнівів, не найкращий твір автора, але король трилерів ще у добрій формі й здатен розповісти історію на ніч так, щоби неможливо було одірваться, не закривши останньої сторінки (або ж не дослухавши останньої фрази в моєму випадку). згодом зважаєш на плоскуваті діалоги наприкінці, на не завжди доречний фірмовий «підпис» кінґа у вигляді дрібки паранормального тощо… але поки книжка відкрита — ти у владі оповідача! за це і люблю кінґа попри все. тож якщо ви вже прочитали, або ще не дочекалися сильніших його речей (11/22/63 для прикладу) — беріться до серії біла ходжеса («чорні зошити» є друга частина серії).
okenwillow reviewed Carnets Noirs by Stephen King
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4 stars
On retrouve ici les personnages de Mr Mercedes dans une nouvelle intrigue rondement menée. S’ils n’interviennent dans le récit que tardivement, c’est pour mieux mettre en place les premières pièces du puzzle mettant en scène Morris Bellamay le tueur fanatique, et ...
[Vous pouvez lire la suite sur mon blog, merci :)]
Thomas Gaffney reviewed Finders Keepers by Stephen King
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3 stars
Better than the first book of the trilogy, even though there was less Bill Hodges & his crew. At the end, however, it got away from being just a crime novel and became a Stephen King novel...
pithypants reviewed Finders Keepers by Stephen King
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5 stars
Totally fun summer page turner by the master of suspense.
Subjects
- Fiction, suspense
- Authors, fiction