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Finders Keepers by Stephen King

31 reviews

greendog1200's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape

caitri0na's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Good quick read, and I was excited to read this as I loved the previous book in the series. I don’t know if it’s because King is a bit older, but the younger characters felt fairly poorly conceived. The women as well were fairly poorly developed. However the plot itself was great and quite engaging, I may read the sequel!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, and Murder

jourdanicus's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

More enjoyable than Mr. Mercedes for me somehow? Maybe it's that I'm more invested in the characters now. I enjoyed the alternating timeline, and the classic Kingism of how the first 1/3rd of the book seemed like a completely different story, but then that it all came together in the end. And of course, kids save the day!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Suicide

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Alcohol

bittie_bee's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, and Rape

Minor: Racial slurs and Vomit

lisaloveslions's review against another edition

challenging dark

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Confinement, and Cursing

itsheyfay's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Fatphobia, Incest, Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicide

eadrianschmitz's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 The King of villains strikes again. Excited to see what Ret. Det. Hodges, Jerome, and Holly are up to in the next installment and Holly's solo novel. Will Patton's narration is :chef's kiss:


**Spoilers below**

There's something slightly self-indulgent in writing about characters obsessed with a writer.
Everything about the rec center feels too lucky: That Morris finds the rec center as a haven as well, that Pete's mom still being conscious enough to notice where Pete went including that he took a key from the wall, that it was the only key missing and the key hook was labeled. Just all aligned a little too neatly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

amalas_bookstop's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Ummm…all I can say is wow! And I am immediately diving into the third book.

I can’t believe it has taking me this long to start reading Stephen King. After I am done with this trilogy, I am starting at the beginning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is the kind of Stephen King I love most, and a cliffhanger to boot!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

claudia_moreira's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Medical content, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Alcohol