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Finders Keepers by Stephen King

13 reviews

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

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

alucke94's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

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

linda_wolf's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

crystal689's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

violetturtledove's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Another completely gripping book. There's an unusual timeline to this, the set up is half of the book and the characters from the last book only show up at the end, but it does make for interesting reading. Like the last book you know 'whodunnit' right from the start, and can pretty much see what's going to happen, but finding out how it all plays out is the fun part.

The character of Morris is also brilliantly done, he is of course an awful person, but you still feel for him at times (waiting 36 years to be able to finish your favourite book series...ouch). 

The ending also leads up really nicely to the third book, which I have of course went straight into.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Violence, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Gun violence, Homophobia, and Rape