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During his Chancellor's Speaker Series talk at University of Massachusetts Lowell on December 7, 2012, King indicated that he was writing a crime novel about a retired policeman being taunted by a murderer. With a working title Mr. Mercedes and inspired by a true event about a woman driving her car into a McDonald's restaurant, it was originally meant to be a short story just a few pages long. In an interview with Parade, published May 26, 2013, King confirmed that the novel was "more or less" completed. Describing the novel for an interview with USA Today, published on September 18, 2013, King said that while it was started prior to the Boston Marathon bombings, Mr. Mercedes involves a terrorist plot which is "too creepily close for comfort".

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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Mercedes


Big SK fan but this was completely off my radar. Sounds pretty good.

DaveNinja

I read the exert from it in EW and will likely read it. sounds like it could be good

writer106

I'll probably buy this and it sounds pretty good. I have enjoyed SK's other recent books 11/22/63 and Joyland.

Rob V

11/22/63 was my favorite novel of all time so SK gets a lifetime pass from me.

mhg83

11/22/63 is right up there with my favorite SK books. If I had to list my top 3:

1.The Green Mile
2.11/22/63
3.The Stand

auto

Those are good but you've got some reading to do brother.

Mr. Flix

The correct answer is:

1. Pet Sematery
2. IT
3. The Shining

Dr. DVD

I will give this a shot, even if it does seem like a movie treatment.

Shoveler

Will definitely be reading it, currently halfway through Doctor Sleep, with Wind Through the Keyhole near the top of my queue. Doctor Sleep is excellent so far.

flair

Picked up the audiobook today. So far, so good.

writer106

I picked up a copy today and I'll probably start reading tomorrow or the day after. I need to finish up Joyland, which I've been enjoying so far.

story

Flair, does King read it himself? That's always a lot of fun.

Gotta admit, the subject matter doesn't necessarily entice me but I've pre-misjudged King's books before. For example, I didn't think From a Buick 8 sounded any good and it turned out to be my favorite book of his.

flair

Unfortunately not. I really enjoy when he does his own. On Writing was especially enjoyable because of that and years back I found a copy of The Drawing of the Three that was like a whole new novel when read by King.

The reader sounds like he is channeling the main character, definitely not just reading the book. I didn't know if I'd like it either, but it's been a solid read so far. Retired detective coming back for one last case against an unknown psycho. Strong character development in a short time, definitely holding my interest for a book I didn't think sounded that great either. I'm only a few hours in out of 14 though, so who knows.

Sean O'Hara

From King's Facebook page:

He goes on to list all the victims of the massacre, who will apparently be playing a role in the sequels.

Anubis2005X

I haven't listened to any of this yet, but it looks like it's the same narrator as Doctor Sleep (read by Will Patton). Haven't quite finished with that one yet, but he does a great job narrating imho...

maxfisher

Just finished this over breakfast this morning. Well paced read, but a little disappointing. I haven't read Joyland yet, but would rank Mercedes behind his other last three full novels (11/22/63, The Wind Through the Keyhole & Doctor Sleep). One thing that really took me out of it:



Anyway, I enjoyed the characters, but King always does an amazing job with characters. Plot just was a little weak. Hopefully he comes up with better for the other two in the trilogy.

rw2516

Seems another King novel is coming out already in Nov. Revival

writer106

That also took me out of it

Crocker Jarmen

After the annoying "Negro" dialect the kid spoke, the whole thing about the woman being vilified for having her car stolen eventually made me toss the book aside. These two things, plus the juvenile way King revels in racist language (I get the impression he enjoys using such "naughty" words) tells me his editors offer zero input other than to correct his spelling.

It seemed to me the story was starting to suggest that Brady invented all the community outrage at Mrs. T (he could have written the letters to the editors and been the one to spray paint her gate), but then messed up by mentioning the TV reports and talk radio callers, at which point I threw up my hands and decided not waste any more time on this.

The whole car thing was so bizarre, I actually wondered if King was going for some kind of anti-gun control analogy.

DaveNinja

I finished it yesterday. it was okay but not good. too predictable in parts.

Eddie W

I too just finished this & completely forgot I was reading a Stephen King book by the end.

And I really hated the :

Hopefully Revival will be better than this.

Pointyskull

Hardly King's finest hour, but I found it an enjoyable, quick read - weak spots and all...

Tom Banjo

I can't get into this one. I've been at like 7% on the Kindle version for over a week, and every time I think about reading some more I end up watching DVR or Netflix instead.

auto

It wasn't great, but I found it an enjoyable read. It does seem like an odd book/story to turn into a trilogy.

DaveNinja

I'm reading 11/22/63 now and i'm way more into it at 10% than i ever was into Mr Mercedes