Mr. Mercedes - Stephen King
A stolen Mercedes rushes into a crowd - killing eight people and leaving dozens wounded; approximately six months after the incident the killer sends retired detective Bill Hodges a letter….
Another Stephen King book I read, and another one I’ve loved. I didn’t love this quite as much as his other work, though. I think this is the only contemporary novel that I ever read from him without a supernatural aspect. It doesn’t matter which genre Stephen King chooses - he masters them all. This one’s a really good psycho-thriller.
Almost from the beginning, the audience knows who the mysterious Mercedes Killer is. His name is Brady and he lives with his mother and he’s …. well, having issues. Major issues. I’ve always loved how Stephen King portrays his villains, but this one’s perfect! I felt myself shake when reading about his fantasies, he felt credible! Sometimes he was sympathetic, and then he was antagonistic in a way that I wanted him dead.
It even went so far that in the end I didn’t even know whose side I was on. And that creeps me out. It made me question my sanity. And that shows the true quality of Mr King’s work.
(originally posted September 2015)
A stolen Mercedes rushes into a crowd - killing eight people and leaving dozens wounded; approximately six months after the incident the killer sends retired detective Bill Hodges a letter….
Another Stephen King book I read, and another one I’ve loved. I didn’t love this quite as much as his other work, though. I think this is the only contemporary novel that I ever read from him without a supernatural aspect. It doesn’t matter which genre Stephen King chooses - he masters them all. This one’s a really good psycho-thriller.
Almost from the beginning, the audience knows who the mysterious Mercedes Killer is. His name is Brady and he lives with his mother and he’s …. well, having issues. Major issues. I’ve always loved how Stephen King portrays his villains, but this one’s perfect! I felt myself shake when reading about his fantasies, he felt credible! Sometimes he was sympathetic, and then he was antagonistic in a way that I wanted him dead.
It even went so far that in the end I didn’t even know whose side I was on. And that creeps me out. It made me question my sanity. And that shows the true quality of Mr King’s work.
(originally posted September 2015)
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