I'm absolutely loving Mercedes. Maybe that's largely due to my enjoyment of detective murder mysteries. But I'm telling anyone who cares what my humble opinion is that Mr Mercedes is as well-written a book as I've ever read.
I normally do not like murder mysteries. Mr. Mercedes is an exception in that regards for me.
I found it comparable to Colorado Kid, which is very different from King's "normal" writing. I Loved Colorado Kid, but it's another that I think has it's haters.
The only King book I hate is Cujo. Not because it's poorly written, but because it is about my phobia and it's the one book of his I found absolutely terrifying. I had to finish the book because the characters were so real to me, I felt like if I didn't finish the book I was leaving them stuck like that forever. I had to finish it and then probably should have gone in to therapy. <shudder> just the name and I'm getting scared <shudder>