SERIAL CANNIBAL ACADEMICS

STEPHEN KING — HOLLY — 2023

This is the direct sequel of the famous Bill Hodges Trilogy that counts three novels, 1. Mr. Mercedes (2014), 2. Finders Keepers (2015), 3. End of Watch (2016). But we all know Bill Hodges is dead and that he had willed the business, Finders Keepers, to his “secretary become partner” Holly Gibney, but seven years have not elapsed in the story. In fact, hardly one year probably if we see what Jerome and Barbara Robinson have become in “seven” years. But some time has gone by, nevertheless. But I suggest concentrating our attention on the plot of this “detective” monstrous story.

First of all, we have to say that Stephen King tells us from the very start who the criminals are because he is trying to explore the psyche of these two criminals who are so different from what we would expect from a couple of post-80-year-old university professors, one in biology and nutritional science, the other one, his wife, in literature, meaning apparently only English literature. To state that beyond 80 years of age you cannot be a serial killer is totally absurd. There is no age for serial killers, and no age limit or mandatory retirement age for serial killers. The physical weakness is often easy to compensate with intelligence, planning, and “culture,” I mean the cultivation of the knowledge and the science of crime. It is true banks do not…