Book #256 of 2017:
End of Watch by Stephen King (Bill Hodges Trilogy #3)
This last book in Stephen King’s Bill Hodges trilogy is unfortunately a bit of a mess. Partly that’s due to the tonal whiplash of following up two fairly straightforward crime thrillers with a story about hypnotic mind control, telekinesis, and bodyswaps, and partly it’s due to some very clumsy handling of the topic of teenage suicide. There also isn’t really much in the way of plot or character resolution to wrap up the series, and the villain’s motivations and schemes are never particularly clear. All in all it’s a rather poor send-off for Detective Hodges and his friends.
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