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Book Number 1 in the Bill Hodges Trilogy, featuring retired Detective Bill Hodges in an unnamed Midwestern city. The action begins when the down-on-their-luck job seekers waiting for a job fair to open are mercilessly mown down by a guy in a stolen Mercedes. He is never caught. Six months later, Hodges, now retired, receives a letter in the mail and he recognizes the ring of truth in what the supposed killer says. He’s determined to find the psychopath on his o ...more
Book Number 1 in the Bill Hodges Trilogy, featuring retired Detective Bill Hodges in an unnamed Midwestern city. The action begins when the down-on-their-luck job seekers waiting for a job fair to open are mercilessly mown down by a guy in a stolen Mercedes. He is never caught. Six months later, Hodges, now retired, receives a letter in the mail and he recognizes the ring of truth in what the supposed killer says. He’s determined to find the psychopath on his o ...more
The story opens with a long line of people stand outside a job fair at dawn. Suddenly, someone shows up in a Mercedes and drives straight into the crowd, killing eight. From that dramatic start, we cut to the living room of retired cop Bill Hodges as he suffers from depression, passing his day watching daytime TV, while popping his father's gun in his mouth and contemplating suicide.
We learn in the next section that the killer is (view spoiler) a roving compute ...more
We learn in the next section that the killer is (view spoiler) a roving compute ...more
I listened to this as my first ever audiobook and despite the three star rating, I really enjoyed it. I don't necessarily think it is one of Stephen King's best, and I have to admit, after 17 hours I was getting a little bit sick of the sound of the narrator, but in terms of an audiobook experience, it has got me hooked. The opening was amazing. I switched off the iPod and just sat there, thinking "wow". As the story went on, with Bill Hodges on the hunt for the psychopathic Mercedes Killer, I f
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This book was ... weird. And not the old-school Stephen King weird that I fell in love with in junior high and high school. Just, weird. It was ok. Some spots were better than others. Overall, just ... eh.
This was an excellent book. Thou it was not a typical Stephen King book because it was not way out there in no where land. It was a very good book and I found myself picturing being there as a character and would recommend this book to anyone that likes a detective type book.
Decent read but I know he can do far better. It was missing King’s complexity.
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