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The Outsider

Stephen King

published: 2018, read: 7/13/22
576 pages, genre: Horror
rating: 6.5/10, normalized: 6.111/10
-0.685σ worse than average
-0.697σ or -0.564/10 worse than average in Horror genre
-0.921σ or -0.788/10 worse than average by Stephen King

Another continuation of the Mr. Mercedes storyline. Good standalone book.

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