Part of this is because of the exhaustive character development in its first third, but also because the second third exists to set up the conflict.

And I would never argue that Stephen King doesn’t make decisions, I would argue that at least for Finders Keepers the momentum of the story takes a long time to build up. Whether we really need to see every detail or not, it is true that the stories themselves are interesting, even if they get in the way of pacing. Do we really need to know that his mother was a famous writer who wrote a single book, and nothing else? Do we need to follow the entire stretch of time in between him hiding his stolen stash and him emerging from prison to claim it? The backstory for the boy makes sense, it lays the foundation for his own motives and why he ends up over his head. The first third of Finders Keepers is spent following the backstory of two characters: a thief that stole the money, and a boy that found the money. There are a lot of character details in the novel, but does he really need to include their dental records? One of his student’s reads his first draft (or a chunk of it) and says that it’s good, but it feels like he’s not making any decisions. In that movie he plays an author who’s attempting to write his second novel. Reading the book reminds me of the 2000 film Wonder Boys with Michael Douglas. Because so much time and attention are given to what these characters lives were like before they intersected, it takes a long time before the plot becomes immediate and thrilling again. I wouldn’t necessarily call this bad, as much as it removes the immediacy of the plot. Until then it feels like reading two separate character studies stacked on top of each other. Mercedes don’t even show up until a third of the book is done. This is a story that moves at such a glacial pace that the returning main characters of Mr. It’s a thrilling start to a book that doesn’t really have any intent on doing anything quickly. Two are in it for the money, but it’s the third that pulls the trigger, killing the old man. In the dead of night a reclusive author’s home is invaded by three robbers. Stephen King’s novel Finders Keepers, sequel to Mr. Finders Keepers by Stephen King – In Review

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