Lauren O. (LoMel) - , reviewed on 9/10/2015 + 134 more book reviews

I don't generally like crime fiction as a genre so bear that in mind, but that being said I think Finders Keepers is a worse book than Mr. Mercedes (which I thought was capital F Fine) so that doesn't bode well.

I was bored for most of this book. Even the constant references to literature and literary fandom didn't really hold my interest. I don't really find Bill Hodges to be that interesting of a character so a lack of him didn't bother me, but it seems weird that for the second book in the "Bill Hodges trilogy" he doesn't show up until over 150 pages in and just isn't really in the book that much. Speaking of the trilogy, I'm not sure why there was a new antagonist in this volume if we're going back to the original antagonist for the third one. I'm sure there'll be some tie-in but it seems odd, why not just make it a two book series in that case? Finally, for all the talk that this is supposed to be straight crime fiction, it's insinuated that one of the characters has some psychic ability? I mean, that's totally fine with me but I thought the point was these books didn't have any of those supernatural elements.

ANYWAY King is still one of my favorite authors. His writing is always smooth and easy and my distaste for this genre as a whole almost certainly influences my opinion of these two books. We'll see how I feel when End of Watch comes out next year.

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