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The Outsider

Stephen King

Start date: May 31, 2018

Finish date: June 5, 2018

Why we're reading this: The Outsider by Stephen King
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An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. An eleven-year-old boy’…more
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An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad. As the investigation expands and horrifying answers begin to emerge.

Can someone be in two places at once? Before you say "no way", stop and think about the author that is trying to convince you of this. This is the man that presented us with nightmares about a killer clown that lives in the sewer (It), a disturbed young girls that used her powers to destroy an entire town and the people that tormented her (Carrie), that sometimes "dead is better"...a lesson that we learned as dead pets and eventually people returned, (Pet Sementary), various werewolves and vampires make appearances along his literary path...so this should not be too difficult for a Stephan King fan to buy into. Creepy and disturbing barely begin to describe "The Outsider. Once you start on this journey you won't be able to stop until you reach page 560..the end. Fans will also recognize and welcome back some of the characters from "The Mercedes Trilogy". I have to agree with the one reviewer that wrote "More than merely horror...this story will take you on an incredible ride through places you otherwise dare not go."

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Jul 05, 2018 Brenda H rated it liked it · review of another edition

For me, Stephen King is hit-or-miss; this book was neither - it was "meh". It took me 15 days to read this book as I would read for a bit, get bored and move onto another book for a while. The first half of the book was a police investigation into a murdered young boy - the second half was the hunt for a supernatural killer.

A large part of my problem with the book was that I never connected with any of the characters - the DA was smarmy, Marcy was a shrew, Jeannie was annoying, and Yulan was a c ...more

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Nov 10, 2018 Rachel N. rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-in-2018, thriller, horror, oklahoma

First off I highly recommend reading the Mr. Mercedes trilogy before this book if you don't want to have those three books spoiled. The Outsider begins with a child found raped and murdered in a park. Several witnesses along with fingerprints point to the beloved Little League coach Terry Maitland having committed the crime. He's arrested but then evidence comes out that Terry was 70 miles away in front of multiple witnesses when the murder occurred. The police then have to deal with how can som ...more

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