Would you consider the audio edition of Mr Mercedes to be better than the print version?
Would like to hear more from him I think I'll get one of his classics next, just to remind myself how exceptional a writer King is. On a plus note, Will Patton's narration was excellent, just the right amount of inflection so you could tell the characters apart without it decending into a radio play.
The dialogue doesn't snap the way it does in his other works, and the storyline is pedestrian at best. And that's the rub the writing style just isn't King's. Added to this there are two significant plot twists that you can see coming a mile away, and Mr King is known for being able to spring twists and turns on the reader out of the blue. The overall premise (a retired cop being stalked by a criminal he failed to catch) is sound enough, but as the story unfolds it's all a bit clumsy. I'm still not sure what happened, but this book was largely a bit of a let-down. I therefore approached 'Mr Mercedes' with a deal of anticipation at enjoying the newest offering from one of the master story-tellers of our time. I should start this review by explaining that I'm on a roll with Stephen King right now, having recently completed the excellent '11-22-63' followed by 'The Stand' (Brilliant) and then 'The Dome' (absolutely gripping).
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