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The Bill Hodges Trilogy
Now an AT&T Audience Original Series
A magnificently packaged boxed set of hardcover editions of Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch, the Edgar award–winning trilogy starring Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, Jerome Robinson, and the diabolical Mercedes Killer, Brady Hartsfield—with unique new jackets and case.
A magnificently packaged boxed set of hardcover editions of Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, and End of Watch, the Edgar award–winning trilogy starring Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, Jerome Robinson, and the diabolical Mercedes Killer, Brady Hartsfield—with unique new jackets and case.
1344 pages, Hardcover
Published June 28, 2016
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Stephen King
1,911 books886k followersStephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.
He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.
Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.
In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
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August 6, 2023
First off, what a gorgeous hardcover boxed set, packaged nicely. I think it fits perfectly on my home bookshelf with other boxed sets. I practically inhaled the series in my second go around, and found that the suspense was not diminished despite knowing the outcome.
The first book of the Bill Hodges trilogy is Mr. Mercedes, more noir detective, thriller than horror novel, but King provides profoundly insightful characters that are flawed, but recognizable as neighbors, friend, and/or family. From the opening setting of being on a line at a job fair, King takes the recognizable to construct stories that the Constant Reader finds familiar before leading us into the darkness.
In Finders Keepers, the second novel of the trilogy, King builds on the characters he introduced in the first novel and adds a few more. Again, you have the familiar scenario of a home invasion becoming the inciting event to the novel before it twists into a darker path. I actually wouldn't have minded an additional hundred pages to this one. In the trilogy finale, End of Watch, the reader finds the most terrifying of the novels. The police procedural aspects of the first two books turn toward the supernatural in the third and for me it was the most intensely riveting with Holly, Jerome, and Bill striking emotional beats that moved me.
Damn, there is some really great storytelling here. I wrote separate reviews for each of the novels which can be found on my: author S. King bookshelf.
The first book of the Bill Hodges trilogy is Mr. Mercedes, more noir detective, thriller than horror novel, but King provides profoundly insightful characters that are flawed, but recognizable as neighbors, friend, and/or family. From the opening setting of being on a line at a job fair, King takes the recognizable to construct stories that the Constant Reader finds familiar before leading us into the darkness.
In Finders Keepers, the second novel of the trilogy, King builds on the characters he introduced in the first novel and adds a few more. Again, you have the familiar scenario of a home invasion becoming the inciting event to the novel before it twists into a darker path. I actually wouldn't have minded an additional hundred pages to this one. In the trilogy finale, End of Watch, the reader finds the most terrifying of the novels. The police procedural aspects of the first two books turn toward the supernatural in the third and for me it was the most intensely riveting with Holly, Jerome, and Bill striking emotional beats that moved me.
Damn, there is some really great storytelling here. I wrote separate reviews for each of the novels which can be found on my: author S. King bookshelf.
April 4, 2017
I really loved this series. Stephen King pulls me in and gets me hooked on his books all the time. One of my all time favorite series.
March 15, 2025
When Mr. Mercedes first came out, it was already known that it would be the first book in a projected trilogy, and I never start an unfinished series if I can help it. After it was completed, I still put it off for years, because somewhere deep down, I suspected that it wouldn't really be my thing.
The non-or-only-slightly-supernatural stories are generally my favorites by King, but I just don't think he's very good at crime fiction... and yet, here we are. I'm a completist (now that this is over, I'm only missing a handful), and he just seems to keep piling on on this one. I was pretty miffed when I couldn't read The Outsider when that came out (it sounded much more appealing, but it references and spoils this trilogy, which would've put me off reading it even more), and with If It Bleeds containing a novella centered around yet another recurring character who first appears in the Bill Hodges series, I decided that it was time to bite the bullet.
It went pretty much as I expected it would, but considering that I wasn't expecting much from this series in the first place, it still managed to surprise me with a pretty great second book. The other two also had their moments, and I'd say the trilogy is worth picking up if you're already a King fan, but it should be nowhere near the top of your list if you're new to his works. While I think that it's among his weaker output as a whole, it's still nice to see an established author experiment with genres outside of his comfort zone so far into his career.
My individual reviews can be found here:
Mr. Mercedes (2014) · ★★
Finders Keepers (2015) · ★★★½
End of Watch (2016) · ★★½
The non-or-only-slightly-supernatural stories are generally my favorites by King, but I just don't think he's very good at crime fiction... and yet, here we are. I'm a completist (now that this is over, I'm only missing a handful), and he just seems to keep piling on on this one. I was pretty miffed when I couldn't read The Outsider when that came out (it sounded much more appealing, but it references and spoils this trilogy, which would've put me off reading it even more), and with If It Bleeds containing a novella centered around yet another recurring character who first appears in the Bill Hodges series, I decided that it was time to bite the bullet.
It went pretty much as I expected it would, but considering that I wasn't expecting much from this series in the first place, it still managed to surprise me with a pretty great second book. The other two also had their moments, and I'd say the trilogy is worth picking up if you're already a King fan, but it should be nowhere near the top of your list if you're new to his works. While I think that it's among his weaker output as a whole, it's still nice to see an established author experiment with genres outside of his comfort zone so far into his career.
My individual reviews can be found here:
Mr. Mercedes (2014) · ★★
Finders Keepers (2015) · ★★★½
End of Watch (2016) · ★★½
November 14, 2020
Dit zijn drie boeken. Dat verklaart deels waarom ik er zo lang over heb gedaan. Andere probleem is dat de eerste twee een beetje voortkabbelen en pas het derde boek is echt interessant. Dat laatste boek las ik zo uit.
March 30, 2017
Great stuff! The second is my fav
August 26, 2021
After much anticipation, I arrived at the Bill Hodges trilogy expecting a new and exciting hardboiled crime series by Stephen King. And while I still walk away feeling satisfied, I have to say that as a whole series this set of stories barely works together. Let’s get to it.
For starters, you have Mr Mercedes. It is very much the detective story I was looking for set in modern times and still full of King-isms for me to enjoy. I thought it was very good, but by no means perfect. A respectable 4 stars.
Moving onto Finders Keepers. This is actually the star of the show, and probably deserved to be it’s own book as Hodges and co. don’t even make an appearance until halfway through. Most of the book is spent alternating perspectives between a past crime and a modern day discovery. The story is honestly probably the high point of the series and felt very self-contained. It still fits loosley within the Bill Hodges universe but it really is a detour from the events taking place in the other two novels. Again 4 stars, another good read.
And then we circle back to a more familiar cast and setting in End of Watch. Just to veer straight off a cliff into looney land. It was almost as if King simply couldn’t help himself. Half the book is spent explaining (in boomer levels of detail) the made-up technology needed to justify the outrageous and suddenly supernatural twist of the story. There’s an abundance of ways in which this was a major letdown for me, but I just rolled with it and managed to enjoy the remainder of a seriously bad end cap to the trilogy. End of Watch gets 2 stars, mostly because I still enjoyed the characters. The actual things that transpire are goofy and reminiscent of some of his flops like Cell/Dreamcatcher/Tommyknockers and really did not match my expectations coming off two straightforward crime novels.
So The Bill Hodges “trilogy” as a whole is actually kind of a mess. Book 2 barely relates to book 1, and book 3 is an abomination compared to 1&2. And the ending throws a bit of cold water on my excitement for The Outsider and one of the stories from If It Bleeds that I know ties into this universe, but at least now I know what to expect. I’m still a big enough fan of his work to enjoy all of this series but make no mistake The Bill Hodges Trilogy is all over the map in terms of quality, storytelling, and even genre. 3 stars overall.
For starters, you have Mr Mercedes. It is very much the detective story I was looking for set in modern times and still full of King-isms for me to enjoy. I thought it was very good, but by no means perfect. A respectable 4 stars.
Moving onto Finders Keepers. This is actually the star of the show, and probably deserved to be it’s own book as Hodges and co. don’t even make an appearance until halfway through. Most of the book is spent alternating perspectives between a past crime and a modern day discovery. The story is honestly probably the high point of the series and felt very self-contained. It still fits loosley within the Bill Hodges universe but it really is a detour from the events taking place in the other two novels. Again 4 stars, another good read.
And then we circle back to a more familiar cast and setting in End of Watch. Just to veer straight off a cliff into looney land. It was almost as if King simply couldn’t help himself. Half the book is spent explaining (in boomer levels of detail) the made-up technology needed to justify the outrageous and suddenly supernatural twist of the story. There’s an abundance of ways in which this was a major letdown for me, but I just rolled with it and managed to enjoy the remainder of a seriously bad end cap to the trilogy. End of Watch gets 2 stars, mostly because I still enjoyed the characters. The actual things that transpire are goofy and reminiscent of some of his flops like Cell/Dreamcatcher/Tommyknockers and really did not match my expectations coming off two straightforward crime novels.
So The Bill Hodges “trilogy” as a whole is actually kind of a mess. Book 2 barely relates to book 1, and book 3 is an abomination compared to 1&2. And the ending throws a bit of cold water on my excitement for The Outsider and one of the stories from If It Bleeds that I know ties into this universe, but at least now I know what to expect. I’m still a big enough fan of his work to enjoy all of this series but make no mistake The Bill Hodges Trilogy is all over the map in terms of quality, storytelling, and even genre. 3 stars overall.
November 10, 2019
Stephen King is my favourite author. His horror is my favourite, but even in these crime novels, there lies some extremely macabre scenes and some twists and turns I never would have expected.
February 3, 2020
Finders Keepers is the best one.
July 13, 2025
Pan Mercedes - 4.0
Znalezione nie kradzione - 3.5
Koniec warty - 3.0
~ 3.5
Znalezione nie kradzione - 3.5
Koniec warty - 3.0
~ 3.5
July 30, 2017
Did not actually buy the boxed set, but read all three books . . . good reading and great stories!
August 10, 2021
- Mr. Mercedes 4*
- De eerlijke vinder 4*
- Wisseling van de wacht 4*
Stephen King is weer ouderwets op dreef met deze trilogie die geen moment verveelde
- De eerlijke vinder 4*
- Wisseling van de wacht 4*
Stephen King is weer ouderwets op dreef met deze trilogie die geen moment verveelde
April 9, 2021
Każda powieść ulubionego pisarza, to jedno z najważniejszych wydarzeń książkoholika. U mnie od lat jest tak m.in.w przypadku Stephena Kinga. Mistrz horroru przez którego niejedna osoba zasypiała przy zapalonym świetle, ostatnimi laty stracił na horrorze, na rzecz powieści obyczajowej, thrillera z wątkiem paranormalnym i niestety wciąż czekamy na powrót starego Kinga. Ten zaś szuka nowych inspiracji, jak w przypadku powieści detektywistycznej, do jakiej zalicza się trylogia Pana Mercedesa. W jej skład wchodzi: Pan Mercedes, Znalezione nie kradzione i Koniec warty.
W tytułowym Panu Mercedesie początek jest typowo kingowy. Otóż grupa bezrobotnych osób stoi na Targach Pracy w poszukiwaniu zatrudnienia, kiedy to w tłum wjeżdża rozpędzony Mercedes. Wśród poszkodowanych są zabici i ciężko ranni, a sprawca ucieka z miejsca zdarzenia. Odpowiedzialnym jest Brady Hartfield, geniusz komputerowy i modelowy psychopata w jednym. Jego tropem rusza emerytowany detektyw, Bill Hodges.
W drugiej części trylogii King wraca do tego w czym zawsze jest najlepszy, temat dorastania i psychopatycznego fana poczytnego autora. Należy do tego grona John Rothstein, najwybitniejszy amerykański pisarz, którego największym dziełem jest cykl o Jimmym Goldzie - młodym buntowniku będącym dla nastoletniego pokolenia symbolem wolności. Na życie literata czyha jego największy fan, Morris Bellamy, który to chce go ukarać za złe zakończenie historii Golda. Złe, bo nie takie, jakiego on by oczekiwał. Zabija Rothsteina, kradnie jego pieniądze i zeszyty z dalszym ciągiem losów Jimmy'ego. Zostaje ujęty za zupełnie inne przestępstwo i skazany na dożywocie. Pieniądze i notatniki czekać mają bezpiecznie ukryte w kufle. Trzydzieści lat później, natrafia na nie trzynastoletni Pete Sauber, syn jednej z ofiar Hartfielda. Rodzice chłopca przeżywają problemy finansowe i przez kilka lat wysyła im znalezione w kufrze pieniądze. Gdy się kończą postanawia sprzedać notatniki, w ten oto sposób życie Saubersów zamienia się w koszmar, bo na wolność wychodzi Morris, który zrobi wszystko by odzyskać zeszyty.
Wreszcie Koniec warty to godne domknięcie trylogii. Tutaj znów rozpoczyna się rozgrywka między Hodgesem a Hartfieldem.
Czy straszy? Jak wspominałem na początku Stephen King i tym razem nie straszy, nie niepokoi i nie intryguje. A mimo to cykl ten czyta się z rosnącą fascynacją. Ba, wiele wątków jak choćby problem bezrobocia czy rasizmu wybrzmiewa mocniej dziś, niż kilka lat temu, kiedy Pan Mercedes został napisany. Problemy poruszane przez Króla są jakieś bliższe, bardziej dotykalne. Nie przeszkadza to, że wykorzystano typowy schemat psychopata-detektyw. Sam Brady nie przeraża, mimo że nieco przypomina on Patricka Batemana z American Psycho Breta Eastona Ellisa. Zamiast straszyć jest wręcz nieco groteskowy, a jego trudne przeżycia, do mnie nie przemówiły. Podobnie w przypadku Morrisa Bellemy, któremu daleko jest do słynnej Annie Wilkes z Misery. King czerpie z tego, co już wielokrotnie było wykorzystane w literaturze gatunku i u niego samego, ale wszystko przerabia po swojemu dając historię, która rzeczywiście wciąga. Opowiada o tym, czego Stany Zjednoczone doświadczają tu i teraz, to dopiero przeraża, gdyż dotyka tematu nie tylko znanego mieszkańcom USA ale i nam samym. Zawsze to, czego gdzieś sam jestem w stanie dotknąć, oddziaływuje na moją wyobraźnię najmocniej. Kwestia inności i nietolerancji, najmocniej.
Potwór u Kinga to nie stwór czający się w tunelach, ale ktoś kto mieszka obok nas, niczym nie wyróżnia się i nie wiadomo, kiedy uderzy w tych, którzy najbardziej potrzebują pomocy. To też strach przed tym, co nieznane, przed brakiem stabilizacji i poczucia bezpieczeństwa.
Stephen King w trylogii Pana Mercedesa to już nie ten sam Król Horroru znany sprzed lat. Stał się bardziej współczesny, odwołuje się do leków nam współczesnych w dobie pandemii. Bezrobocie, śmierć i zagrożenie przychodzące nagle. Te trzy powieści docenić najłatwiej po lekturze ich wszystkich pokolei, dopiero wówczas w pełni odsłania się zamysł autora. Pan Mercedes znakomite wprowadzenie, Znalezione nie kradzione opowieść w której tle rozgrywa się dramat ludzi pierwszej części i Koniec warty znakomite domknięcie. Nie ma tu kinowego przeglądania, nie ma niczego, czego nie powinno być.
W tytułowym Panu Mercedesie początek jest typowo kingowy. Otóż grupa bezrobotnych osób stoi na Targach Pracy w poszukiwaniu zatrudnienia, kiedy to w tłum wjeżdża rozpędzony Mercedes. Wśród poszkodowanych są zabici i ciężko ranni, a sprawca ucieka z miejsca zdarzenia. Odpowiedzialnym jest Brady Hartfield, geniusz komputerowy i modelowy psychopata w jednym. Jego tropem rusza emerytowany detektyw, Bill Hodges.
W drugiej części trylogii King wraca do tego w czym zawsze jest najlepszy, temat dorastania i psychopatycznego fana poczytnego autora. Należy do tego grona John Rothstein, najwybitniejszy amerykański pisarz, którego największym dziełem jest cykl o Jimmym Goldzie - młodym buntowniku będącym dla nastoletniego pokolenia symbolem wolności. Na życie literata czyha jego największy fan, Morris Bellamy, który to chce go ukarać za złe zakończenie historii Golda. Złe, bo nie takie, jakiego on by oczekiwał. Zabija Rothsteina, kradnie jego pieniądze i zeszyty z dalszym ciągiem losów Jimmy'ego. Zostaje ujęty za zupełnie inne przestępstwo i skazany na dożywocie. Pieniądze i notatniki czekać mają bezpiecznie ukryte w kufle. Trzydzieści lat później, natrafia na nie trzynastoletni Pete Sauber, syn jednej z ofiar Hartfielda. Rodzice chłopca przeżywają problemy finansowe i przez kilka lat wysyła im znalezione w kufrze pieniądze. Gdy się kończą postanawia sprzedać notatniki, w ten oto sposób życie Saubersów zamienia się w koszmar, bo na wolność wychodzi Morris, który zrobi wszystko by odzyskać zeszyty.
Wreszcie Koniec warty to godne domknięcie trylogii. Tutaj znów rozpoczyna się rozgrywka między Hodgesem a Hartfieldem.
Czy straszy? Jak wspominałem na początku Stephen King i tym razem nie straszy, nie niepokoi i nie intryguje. A mimo to cykl ten czyta się z rosnącą fascynacją. Ba, wiele wątków jak choćby problem bezrobocia czy rasizmu wybrzmiewa mocniej dziś, niż kilka lat temu, kiedy Pan Mercedes został napisany. Problemy poruszane przez Króla są jakieś bliższe, bardziej dotykalne. Nie przeszkadza to, że wykorzystano typowy schemat psychopata-detektyw. Sam Brady nie przeraża, mimo że nieco przypomina on Patricka Batemana z American Psycho Breta Eastona Ellisa. Zamiast straszyć jest wręcz nieco groteskowy, a jego trudne przeżycia, do mnie nie przemówiły. Podobnie w przypadku Morrisa Bellemy, któremu daleko jest do słynnej Annie Wilkes z Misery. King czerpie z tego, co już wielokrotnie było wykorzystane w literaturze gatunku i u niego samego, ale wszystko przerabia po swojemu dając historię, która rzeczywiście wciąga. Opowiada o tym, czego Stany Zjednoczone doświadczają tu i teraz, to dopiero przeraża, gdyż dotyka tematu nie tylko znanego mieszkańcom USA ale i nam samym. Zawsze to, czego gdzieś sam jestem w stanie dotknąć, oddziaływuje na moją wyobraźnię najmocniej. Kwestia inności i nietolerancji, najmocniej.
Potwór u Kinga to nie stwór czający się w tunelach, ale ktoś kto mieszka obok nas, niczym nie wyróżnia się i nie wiadomo, kiedy uderzy w tych, którzy najbardziej potrzebują pomocy. To też strach przed tym, co nieznane, przed brakiem stabilizacji i poczucia bezpieczeństwa.
Stephen King w trylogii Pana Mercedesa to już nie ten sam Król Horroru znany sprzed lat. Stał się bardziej współczesny, odwołuje się do leków nam współczesnych w dobie pandemii. Bezrobocie, śmierć i zagrożenie przychodzące nagle. Te trzy powieści docenić najłatwiej po lekturze ich wszystkich pokolei, dopiero wówczas w pełni odsłania się zamysł autora. Pan Mercedes znakomite wprowadzenie, Znalezione nie kradzione opowieść w której tle rozgrywa się dramat ludzi pierwszej części i Koniec warty znakomite domknięcie. Nie ma tu kinowego przeglądania, nie ma niczego, czego nie powinno być.
November 23, 2016
LOVED the first one - really enjoyed the second and liked the third. I'd recommend the trilogy but wish I'd loved them all as much as the first
February 4, 2020
El genio del suspense dedica una trilogía a este policía retirado y lo hace con estilo, saliéndose de su zona de confort para darnos unas interesantes historias del género policial y he de destacar que su camino por este género me ha dejado muy satisfecha.
Mr Mercedes es la presentación de Bill Hodges, policía jubilado que extraña su trabajo el trabajo, está alcoholizado, deprimido y piensa en el suicidio. Desde el comienzo King pone su magia para ir caminando junto a Hodges y sus ganas de recuperar su vida y atrapar a un psicópata de nombre Brady, el cual consiguió matar a un grupo de personas que esperaban para entrar a una feria de trabajo montado en un Mercedes, desde esa premisa ya el libro captó mi atención y lo leí sin parar, de hecho es mi favorito de la trilogía.
En Quien pierde paga, el autor inicia la historia en el mismo lugar donde empezó la novela, sin embargo hubo páginas de más para mostrarnos a sus protagonistas, especialmente a Morris Bellamy, personaje desesperante que ama los libros. También aparecen Holly y Jerone, que aydan a Hodges a desenredar la telaraña de la historia.
En la última entrega, quizás innecesaria para algunos, King cierra la trilogía con Fin de guardia y, desde mi punto de vista era un libro necesario para cerrar cabos sueltos dejados en la segunda entrega. Hay que recordar que a Stephen King le gusta el detalle, es meticuloso, por eso me gusta tanto, y en este cierre lo demostró una vez más.
Valoración: Ampliamente recomendada la trilogía. 5/5
Mr Mercedes es la presentación de Bill Hodges, policía jubilado que extraña su trabajo el trabajo, está alcoholizado, deprimido y piensa en el suicidio. Desde el comienzo King pone su magia para ir caminando junto a Hodges y sus ganas de recuperar su vida y atrapar a un psicópata de nombre Brady, el cual consiguió matar a un grupo de personas que esperaban para entrar a una feria de trabajo montado en un Mercedes, desde esa premisa ya el libro captó mi atención y lo leí sin parar, de hecho es mi favorito de la trilogía.
En Quien pierde paga, el autor inicia la historia en el mismo lugar donde empezó la novela, sin embargo hubo páginas de más para mostrarnos a sus protagonistas, especialmente a Morris Bellamy, personaje desesperante que ama los libros. También aparecen Holly y Jerone, que aydan a Hodges a desenredar la telaraña de la historia.
En la última entrega, quizás innecesaria para algunos, King cierra la trilogía con Fin de guardia y, desde mi punto de vista era un libro necesario para cerrar cabos sueltos dejados en la segunda entrega. Hay que recordar que a Stephen King le gusta el detalle, es meticuloso, por eso me gusta tanto, y en este cierre lo demostró una vez más.
Valoración: Ampliamente recomendada la trilogía. 5/5
October 19, 2023
Series ranking: 3 stars.
I would like to say that this is an OK series. From the first book (Mr. Mercedes) I thought that I would love this series (I gave that book four stars). Then I got to the next book (Finders Keepers). I did not like that book. It was good for the first half, and then for the second half, I could not stand it. I have no plans of starting the third book in the series (End of Watch). But I do have plans on reading the Holly Gibney series.
Books in Stars
Mr. Mercedes: 4 stars
Finders Keepers: 3 stars (DNF)
End of Watch: no rating
Mr. Mercedes review
4.5! I will be reading Finders Keepers next!
Finders Keepers review
DNF
Not sure if I am going to continue the Bill Hodges trilogy. Will read the Holley Gibney series (The Outsiders, If It Bleeds, and Holly )
I would like to say that this is an OK series. From the first book (Mr. Mercedes) I thought that I would love this series (I gave that book four stars). Then I got to the next book (Finders Keepers). I did not like that book. It was good for the first half, and then for the second half, I could not stand it. I have no plans of starting the third book in the series (End of Watch). But I do have plans on reading the Holly Gibney series.
Books in Stars
Mr. Mercedes: 4 stars
Finders Keepers: 3 stars (DNF)
End of Watch: no rating
Mr. Mercedes review
4.5! I will be reading Finders Keepers next!
Finders Keepers review
DNF
Not sure if I am going to continue the Bill Hodges trilogy. Will read the Holley Gibney series (The Outsiders, If It Bleeds, and Holly )
August 13, 2024
Series ranking: 3 stars.
I would like to say that this is an OK series. From the first book (Mr. Mercedes) I thought that I would love this series (I gave that book four stars). Then I got to the next book (Finders Keepers). I did not like that book. It was good for the first half, and then for the second half, I could not stand it. I have no plans of starting the third book in the series (End of Watch). But I do have plans on reading the Holly Gibney series.
Books in Stars
Mr. Mercedes: 4 stars
Finders Keepers: 3 stars (DNF)
End of Watch: no rating
Mr. Mercedes review
4.5! I will be reading Finders Keepers next!
Finders Keepers review
DNF
Not sure if I am going to continue the Bill Hodges trilogy. Will read the Holley Gibney series (The Outsiders, If It Bleeds, and Holly )
I would like to say that this is an OK series. From the first book (Mr. Mercedes) I thought that I would love this series (I gave that book four stars). Then I got to the next book (Finders Keepers). I did not like that book. It was good for the first half, and then for the second half, I could not stand it. I have no plans of starting the third book in the series (End of Watch). But I do have plans on reading the Holly Gibney series.
Books in Stars
Mr. Mercedes: 4 stars
Finders Keepers: 3 stars (DNF)
End of Watch: no rating
Mr. Mercedes review
4.5! I will be reading Finders Keepers next!
Finders Keepers review
DNF
Not sure if I am going to continue the Bill Hodges trilogy. Will read the Holley Gibney series (The Outsiders, If It Bleeds, and Holly )
November 15, 2017
Stephen king is a genius. Mr. Mercedes was really a page turner. It had all the right elements of a thriller in right proportion. Just when i thought he could not do any better, Finders Keepers surprized me! This is the best book in the series. The author has tied all 3 novels together in such a way that the readers cannot put the books down. Third and final one was my least favorite. May be because my expectations had gotten way high. May be part of mind games was too hard to believe for me.
All 3 books can be read out of order without losing much context but recommend reading in the same order for full effect.
All 3 books can be read out of order without losing much context but recommend reading in the same order for full effect.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 6, 2018
I'm not typically a King fan. I bought Mr. Mercedes on a whim while browsing a book store to kill some time. I am absolutely glad I bought this and finally read it. The ENTIRE trilogy had me sucked in. I couldn't WAIT to get home to read these books. This is the second book series I've ever read that had me obsessed and in love. I wish this had been a continued series but I also know it couldn't have been one of those stories that could continue too far along. A lot of the story seemed a bit raunchy and taboo which made it that much better.
December 28, 2020
Stephen King to jakość sama w sobie. Niby wiemy czego się spodziewać, ale zawsze kolejna jego książka to podróż w rejony w których jeszcze nie byliśmy. Seria Pan Mercedes to naturalna kontynuacja, jedna po drugiej książka omawia kolejne aspekty krążące wokół jednego wątku - masakry pod targami pracy, którą autor opisuje już na pierwszych stronach pierwszej z części.
Bardzo dobre opisy otoczenia, wnikliwe obrazy psychologiczne bohaterów. To jest to, za co uwielbiam Kinga.
Bardzo dobre opisy otoczenia, wnikliwe obrazy psychologiczne bohaterów. To jest to, za co uwielbiam Kinga.
October 1, 2022
The first Stephen King books I ever read. At times there were some disturbing moments or parts I had to reread to make sure I knew what was going on but from beginning to end it was incredibly gripping and hard to put down. The detail to the smallest moments was incredible, you could picture the scenes by reading effortlessly. I was incredibly interested in this series being a true crime lover and it definitely did not disappoint!
November 10, 2018
All three of the books were great. I read the first in the series before i knew there were two more after that one. All of the characters had more time to develope and grow it was amazing. I want more but, great none the less. lol
By the sea
By the sea
By the beautiful sea
You and me
You and me
Oh how happy we'll be
Very Very Creepy
By the sea
By the sea
By the beautiful sea
You and me
You and me
Oh how happy we'll be
Very Very Creepy
September 2, 2021
Entertaining in the ways that Stephen King conventionally is... pulpy and wise-cracking with the stale odor of fragile, toxic masculinity in the throes of 'mid-life crisis'. Holly Gibney's character redeems the entire series; I inadvertently read The Outsider before this series, which is chronologically backwards, but worth going back to experience more Holly-based content.
Want to read
September 26, 2019Read Mr Mercedes--overall, an interesting read--bit of a different take on Stephen King--one that I like. I am currently reading the second book in the series, Finders, Keepers (so far so good but I am barely in it at this point).
April 6, 2024
As a series, the overarching story beats and characters are alright, but nothing contained within are really beyond good, I wish I could say more but the series is just alright, worth one read though and that’s it.
July 27, 2017
I loved all three books!!
August 4, 2017
Easy read, sometimes hard to put down.
December 20, 2017
My very first taste of Stephen King. I can dig it.
February 8, 2018
couldn't put the books down, this is why Stephen King is the master of scare
August 29, 2018
Really entertaining. Not my favorite by King, but definitely worth reading, with good characters and scary situations.
March 31, 2019
Masterpiece written by the KING... I recommend it to everyone.
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