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End of Watch / Stephen King
3.5 stars

This is the third in the “Mr. Mercedes” trilogy. Possible spoilers for the first book: (view spoiler)[Brady Hartzfield (Mr. Mercedes) has been in the hospital, pretty much brain-dead. Retired Det. Hodges visits him and thinks there is more going on in Brady’s head than Brady is letting on. And he’s right! (hide spoiler)] Meanwhile, people (many, teenagers) are committing suicide, but it turns out many of them have been playing a game on an older, now-defunct tablet. What is going on?

Holly and Jerome also return in this 3rd book in the series. Holly still grates on me some (I reread my other reviews, and in the first book Holly did “grow on me”), but at other times, I found her amusing. I listened to the audio, and it’s possible it’s the way the narrator “plays” Holly that, at least plays a part in my irritation with her. Apparently, I didn’t like this one quite as much as the first two (each rated 4 stars), but overall it was still good. And, I think, a good conclusion to the series.

This book annoyed me more than I can possibly express! I found it so far fetched. I really liked the first two but this one crossed the line.

Susie wrote: "This book annoyed me more than I can possibly express! I found it so far fetched. I really liked the first two but this one crossed the line."

Oh no! Most of the reviews I skimmed didn't like this as much as the first two, but I don't think I noticed any that disliked it as much as it sounds like you did. :-(

Yes, I think my dislike might be an extreme case!

The narrator does an awful job with Holly. I heard him do her voice for a different book and hated it. I have vowed to never listen to another audiobook with him as a narrator because it annoyed me so much.

Rachel N. wrote: "The narrator does an awful job with Holly. I heard him do her voice for a different book and hated it. I have vowed to never listen to another audiobook with him as a narrator because it annoyed me..."

It was only Holly where it irritated me, not the rest.

I actually didn’t mind his Holly. I quite liked him as a narrator, although I did have to speed him up. I generally listen at 1.25x, but I think I listened to this series at 1.5x.