End of Watch

I can't really talk about this book without spoiling the hell out of it. So spoiler tags it is.

I really liked the first two books in the series. I thought that Mr Mercedes was a great detective story and that Finders Keepers was a thriller ride as well.

For this one, I was truly disappointed. I know that a lot of readers didn't like Finders Keepers but liked this one a lot, so I will tell you why I didn't:
- After making Brady go bye-bye and introducing a new baddie, King does what King does best and goes for comfort. Brady is back. Why? Laziness. There's no reason to bring Brady back.
- While the first two were straight up detective stories that take place in the real world, SK does the most lazy SK thing ever and introduces supernatural powers. This is always one of the biggest criticisms of King. He's a vegetable but starts controlling people on an app? Come the fuck on. That was beyond any sort of suspension of disbelief anyone should be expected to maintain.
- The title. End of Watch is a little on the spoilery side if you know the meaning.

The story was well-written however. And Holly comes into her own quite a bit, which is nice. I can see why she's amassed a following. The ending was a downer for reasons pertaining to the above but the epilogue was nice and appropriate.