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The Outsider
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August 1, 2018
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August 31, 2018
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What Members Thought

Trisha
Feb 19, 2020 rated it it was amazing
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"If we believe in monsters, in the supernatural, how do we believe in anything?"

Stephen King never lets me down. The story was completely captivating! Once you start it, the mystery just digs in and it's hard to stop. I wanted to know more, understand what was going on. I wanted answers and could barely get through the pages fast enough.

The audio book version is also wonderful! The narrator is amazing and does well with both inflection and distinguishing voices. Near the end, I couldn't listen f
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Stormi (StormReads)
Jul 22, 2018 rated it it was amazing
I have been going back and listening to a lot of older Stephen King books which has been interesting as I am finding out I don't enjoy them as much as I did as a teen. So any of his newer releases I haven't read so this is the first of his new releases and it has reminded me of why I use to love reading him in the first place. :)

It starts off with a young kid being gruesomely murdered and all the evidence points the local coach named Terry. The cops think they have enough information and decide
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Sheila
Oct 22, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
So many things to say about this one! The dialog is as real as it gets; rich and buttery where a 4 star story might use some margarine. The characters are awesome, and the plotting... so good. It's comfy like a story you may have heard, but so not like this. And had I heard a bump in the night, I don't think I could have set this one down. I'd have nudged my sweetheart to check it out while I dipped back into the story. The creep factor is creepy, but not too creepy, so I was able to enjoy it wh ...more
Laura
Sep 17, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: 2018
I’m not a Stephen King person. I don’t do scary. If I do read scary, I have to sleep with my lights on. Nevertheless, I had to read this for a book club and I became obsessed with it. My poor husband had to hear all kinds of ramblings about this book. And the book is the size of a doorstop, so he heard LOTS of ramblings.
Jenifer Jacobs
May 24, 2020 rated it really liked it
Stephen King does it again. Oh, and Holly Gibney showed up halfway through so that was the happiest surprise!
Dory
Apr 26, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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May 31, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Jul 06, 2018 rated it it was amazing
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Jul 18, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Jul 22, 2018 rated it it was amazing
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