Stephen King Fans discussion

Discuss End of Watch here. Please mark all spoilers for those reading along.

I read this book a couple of months ago in order to read Holly, and I really enjoyed it.

I ran into some chatter about a show based on the trilogy (I cannot recall which channel has it) and I sought that out as well, and I really loved the creative way that they visually played out the situation that was going on.

I really appreciate the different layers of fear at play, coming from different angles, that converge and cumulate from the first two books in the series, into this final book of the trilogy.

If you haven't picked up this read yet, the audiobook is narrated by Will Patton, who also awesomely narrated the final story in last months read, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. While Will isn't the best in juggling more than a couple of women's voices, he is a great narrator and worked out really well with the series, as a whole. I would 100% recommend the audiobook version alone or in combination with the print version, if you prefer.

Enjoy!

I am rereading and enjoying it. Still to get around to Holly so might get to it later in the year after this opportunity to revisit the Hodges trilogy. It is a solid crime trio even if this one veers back into more familiar territory.

I actually never read any of the three.

Yeah, the Hodges trilogy is great ! I’m currently reading The Outsider. I have if it Bleeds and Holly, but I figured I’d start at the beginning with Mr. Mercedes and through to Holly

Wonderfully vivid, suspenseful trilogy. I liked Holly even more! Hope we see her again, mabe in her own series?

I bought End of Watch and have read to 27% thus far. I had hoped to rent Finders Keepers and End of Watch, then re-read Finders Keepers and then End of Watch (in order). That is not going to happen. It might be December or even next year before I am in line for the rentals.I am enjoying the novel and have not read it previously.

Finished this over the weekend as it quickly became unputdownable. I remembered the general idea but not many of the specifics so it was great fun to go through it again, almost like a new read.

Hi Fellow King Readers,

I finished "End of Watch" two days ago and have posted my review in the following link:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

This will probably come as no surprise to most of you, I enjoyed it a lot. This is my second time reading this trilogy, and for me, it is one of my favorites of King's works. I respect and appreciate Bill, and I simply adore Holly. I just cannot seem to get enough of her. I am so glad that King can't let go of her either, because it brings all of us more joy. That's my two cents...

To good reading and great discussions!

Thanks, Scott.

I finished End of Watch a couple of months ago.. I read the whole trilogy because Holly was gifted to me but I hadn’t read the other books she was in.

I have to say my favorite of the three was Finders Keepers, I feel it kept me most on edge, I couldn’t put that one down! End of watch was also great, I think I will take a break from Holly Gibney. With such a long list of books to read it really makes it hard to decide… I need to read all the books I currently have on my bookshelf before I invest in new! Happy Reading :)

My fav of this trilogy is probably still the first one. It's such a good book that it sets up a trilogy, which results in two more great books.

But this third one is good too. It feels like a third piece of a good trilogy. Brings everything together well. But let's focus on it as its own thing.

It does a great job on bringing the villain from the first book back. And with a bang! And continues to add layers to both Hodges and Holly, who are ultimately the core of the trilogy in my opinion.

Said villain is so good at being EVIL, and we get more of that in this book. But how these two heroes deal with him is what makes this novel. A really good, and yet sad, ending to this series that shows King succeeding in the Thriller genre while still creating a series that is truly King.

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Listening to the Will Patton audiobook right now. I had skipped the books because I watched the TV series, so didn't think I needed to bother. But after reading Holly, I decided to revisit since I knew the show diverged from the series. Really liking it!

Thank you Michael for your input.