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The Outsider by Stephen King

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mekarabeam's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

without a doubt, THE OUTSIDER is my favourite stephen king book. so many elements of this story kept me on the edge of my seat, and just when i thought it might be over, it got worse. the story was fast-paced, but not enough that you feel like you can’t connect with any of the characters (holly is now one of my favourite women in literature). even though it does peter out slightly towards the end, the suspense and horror in this book is impressively immersive. i highly recommend you go into it as blind as possible.

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midnight8100's review against another edition

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5.0

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rhiadav1's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I really enjoyed this book and it started off very fast paced with lots of character development. However as I got deeper into the book it began to lack the same pace. The ending was disappointing and anti-climactic. I liked the characters and how they reflected on themselves.

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natmorrall's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

pretty boring and slow to start with and then goes in a super weird direction but it's stephen king so like kinda expected

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lelathecat's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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bruxifixion's review against another edition

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3.0

Despite being a long time die hard fan, this one didn't really do it for me, truthfully, Mr. King. I admittedly only picked it up because my hold for Holly came in and I didn't realize it was technically a third (or a... sixth? depending on your perspective) and I had wondered if there was more to it than "same character, different stories/cases" that I'd need this previous book for. Don't really think I do upon finishing it, if there's anybody who winds up wondering the same.

The final confrontation felt like a letdown but Holly's continued resourcefulness struck my heart as someone who writes characters exactly like her, be it rogues or highly prepared people, etc.

Negativity aside, I liked Ralph's and Holly's relationship so very much, and the last couple pages really honed in perfectly on how far their friendship grew through the course of the novel. If anything, The Outsider left me looking forward to more of Holly as a character.

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