Ok, so I just started this today. I read the prologue and the first couple of pages of Chapter 1.
I actually had to put my kindle down and take stock if I was really up for this.
It starts out in ’09 with an older gentleman getting in line for the chance of a job. He’s next to a young single mother who has her kid with her. He’s super helpful and I was totally connected to them. And when a shadow grey Mercedes shows up and runs through the crowd, guess who is in front? An older man, a young woman and a baby. Mowed down. I just lost it.
I am going to be picking this up again tomorrow. I hope it doesn’t gut me every other chapter.
Bookstooge is VERY sad right now
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Aww what a sad start! King always creates really fleshed out characters. You always feel like you know them. And well, then sometimes they are only with us for a bit 😀
Don’t trust him!
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I shall “trust no one” from this point on!
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Oh, no! This is the worst. I literally *just* got finished with my ‘starting’ post and was going to sit down and crack this open.
We can switch books and delay, switch books, or just wait and see how this goes? Ugh.
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I want to continue on. I just need some time to get my courage back up. But thanks.
And sorry for being such a wuss…
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Not at all. Okay – onward.
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Looking forward to your post 🙂
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That part was completely sad 😢 I just read this one last week…the first Stephen King book I’ve read all the way through without freaking out lol. There are a few other tragic moments that really make you sad, but not like that one, at least in my opinion. I’m reading Finder’s Keeper now since I enjoyed Mr. Mercedes so much. I hope you both enjoy it 😊
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Thanks. I’ll be prepared for more sad parts, so maybe that way they won’t hit quite so hard.
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You’re welcome! I always feel like it helps to be prepared.
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Hey Book,been a long time.
I’ve never read the book but I am watching “Mr. Mercedes” on T.V. 🙂
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Yo Charlton, thanks for stopping by!
How are you liking the tv show? I don’t know if I could handle a whole tv show of this. The book is pretty intense so far.
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The first scene of the show,people standing in line at a job fair.They do a good job introducing you to really nice guy,mom and baby then the mercedes pulls up and oh…my…god.It was pretty graphic.
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I can’t imagine “watching” it. It was really tough just reading it.
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At least it’s usually pertinent in a King novel (usually). Some author’s try to pull that stuff for pure shock value and not because it enhances the story.
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What got me, it wasn’t graphic in ANY way and yet in just a couple of pages King made me feel like I knew these people and their deaths hit like a freight train.
I was amazed and pissed off at the same time. How DARE he do that to me? 🙂
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The sequel features the car attack as well. I’m not sure I want to read Mr Mercedes after being underwhelmed by Finders Keepers.
https://tysonadams.com/2016/11/03/book-review-finders-keepers-by-stephen-king/
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So how did it come about that you read book 2 without book 1? Actually, looking at that cover, I see NO reference to “Bill Hodgeson” so it looks like a standalone…
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Accident. I got both audiobooks from the library at the same time and started the first one on the iPod on the way to work. So I never checked the order, just assumed they were in the right order on the list.
Doesn’t help that the cover is tiny on the iPod Nano screen, so any text is illegible.
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Ahh, audio. And on a nano no less. No wonder you got things mixed up…
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Sometimes you don’t need monsters, vampires or cruel aliens to create horror, sometimes human cruelty is more than enough, and I guess this is what King might want to showcase here…
((shudders))
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Yeah, humanity is pretty ugly…
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There’s a sequel? I don’t mean to sound dumb,but I’m just coming up on the last two episodes this season. And I don’t know if that covers the entire book or just partially
And don’t get me wrong I like this series.
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I think the “trilogy” part refers to the fact that Bill Hodges stars in 3 books, not that there is one overarching storyline. I guess I’ll find out in the next 2 years though 😀
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I noticed my wife is reading this now. She shrugs off depressing stuff easily.
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Lucky her. I can’t. It hits hard sometimes…
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Oh jeez
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Somehow your reaction after 3% of the book made me laugh. 😀 Must be the sadist in me. Looking forward to see how you’ll survive this tome.
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You are a sick man and should seek some serious counseling. 😉
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