Finders keepers

I wasn't getting on with the most recent Murderbot novella so instead I picked this up. For me, reading King is just comforting. There's only a hint of horror in this book but it intrigued me. The rest was a personal crime novel. The Saubers family is hit with the aftermath of the events in Mr. Mercedes, facing poverty. But then 13 year old Pete finds a trunk in the grounds by his home, full of money and notebooks full of writing, giving him the opportunity to secretly help his family. But then the real owner of the trunk is released from jail and Pete's nightmare begins...

This novel didn't actually have that much Bill Hodges in it. PoVs were mostly split between Pete, Bill, and the villain Morris Bellamy.

It was pretty good. I really hope that the final book returns to Brad as villain because he was far more interesting than Morris. There was a bit of foreshadowing...

Trilogiaren lehen atala bezainbeste gustatu zait, agian gehiago. Eleberriaren egitura, bi garaitan kontatutako hasiera horrekin, erakargarriagoa iruditzen zaidalako. Pertsonaiak, ohi bezala, izugarriak dira eta, gainera, SKren obsesioetako bati buruz hitz egiten digu: idazle eta pertsonaia gogokoenekin obsesionatzen diren irakurleak. “Misery”-n bezala, baina oso modu ezberdinean.

Badira Estatu Batuetako literaturako aipamen asko asko asko asko asko. Nire bi liburu kutunenak barne: "To Kill a Mockingbird", Harper Leerena, eta "The Grapes of Wrath", John Steinbeckena ("The Grapes of Wrath" liburuaren spoiler izugarria dagoela ohartarazten dizuet). Baina literatura estatubatuarreko beste pertsonaia handi batzuen zeharkako eragina ere aurkitu dut: Holden Caulfield ("The Catcher in the Rye", J. D. Salinger), Tom Sawyer ("The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Mark Twain), Huckleberry Finn ("Huckleberry Finn", Mark Twin) edo Richard Hickock eta Perry Smith ("In Cold Blood", Truman Capote). Den denak itzelak!

Tira, liburu ona da, amaiera onekoa. Eta erreferentzia horiek guztiak ezagutzen badituzu, uste dut are gehiago gozatuko duzula irakurketa, baina ezagutzen ez badituzu ez da ezer gertatzen (ezagutzen ez badituzu, egin mesede bat zeure buruari eta irakurri behintzat "To Kill a Mockingbird" eta "The Grapes of Wrath" ZORAGARRIAK baitira 😎).