44 pages 1 hour read

Stephen King

Finders Keepers

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2015

A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.

Important Quotes

Quotation Mark Icon

Content Warning: This section of the guide discusses the source text’s depictions of murder, rape, and antigay bias and language. It also includes scientifically inaccurate and offensive depictions of people with brain injuries and people with mental health conditions.

“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life.”


(Epigraph, Page 1)

The novel’s epigraph sets up Pete’s journey. As he goes enters the “abyss” of his obsession with the Rothstein notebooks he discovers the real “treasure” of his family. Ultimately, he realizes, his sister and the people around him mean more than literature.

Quotation Mark Icon

“I have never asked myself. Any more than I’ve asked myself why I keep filling notebook after notebook. Some things just are.”


(Part 1, Chapter 1, Page 9)

Rothstein here illustrates the mindset of the author in The Relationship Between Author and Readers. He does not understand why he writes; he just does it, without thought to pleasing a specific reader or group, despite how passionately Morris may feel about it.

Quotation Mark Icon

“The first argument about money in the Saubers household—the first one the kids overheard, at least—happened on an evening in April. It wasn’t a big argument, but even the greatest storms begin as a gentle breeze.”


(Part 1, Chapter 2, Page 15)

This metaphor compares the argument between Pete’s parents to a gentle breeze that will grow into a storm. Pete’s reflection suggests that the fighting has escalated in severity and may end in a natural disaster-sized catastrophe. This fighting ultimately inspires him to give them the money, then look for a way to sell the notebooks, in an effort to help them. Ironically, this small act creates the “storm” of the events of the novel.

Related Titles

By Stephen King

Plot Summary

logo

Bag of Bones

Stephen King

Bag of Bones

Stephen King

Study Guide

logo

Billy Summers

Stephen King

Billy Summers

Stephen King

Study Guide

logo

Children of the Corn

Stephen King

Children of the Corn

Stephen King

Study Guide

logo

Different Seasons

Stephen King

Different Seasons

Stephen King

Study Guide

logo

Doctor Sleep

Stephen King

Doctor Sleep

Stephen King

Study Guide

logo

Dolores Claiborne

Stephen King

Dolores Claiborne

Stephen King

Study Guide

logo

Elevation

Stephen King

Elevation: A Novel

Stephen King

Study Guide

logo

End of Watch

Stephen King

End of Watch

Stephen King

Study Guide

logo

Fairy Tale

Stephen King

Fairy Tale

Stephen King

Study Guide

logo

Firestarter

Stephen King

Firestarter

Stephen King

Plot Summary

logo

From a Buick 8

Stephen King

From a Buick 8

Stephen King

Plot Summary

logo

Full Dark, No Stars

Stephen King

Full Dark, No Stars

Stephen King

Study Guide

logo

Gerald's Game

Stephen King

Gerald's Game

Stephen King

Study Guide

logo

Gwendy's Button Box

Stephen King, Richard Chizmar

Gwendy's Button Box

Stephen King, Richard Chizmar