Why did I love this book?
I’m a committed Stephen King fan, not because of the genre (horror scares me too much, so he’s the only author in this genre I read!) but because he is a consummate storyteller and, in particular, because he does real people and everyday life so well that by the time the horror kicks in it’s too late, you’ve already followed the path he’s laid out for you.
Holly, featuring one of his own favorite characters, Holly Gibney, is King at his very best, with the everyday life of this private investigator slowly turning into a horrifying scenario, but one which you saw coming all along, thanks to the device of immediately telling you who the ‘bad guys’ are and then allowing you to watch as Holly tries to find them for herself.
I really couldn’t put this one down, and loved every page. A master on top form.
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Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town.
“Sometimes the universe throws you a rope.” —BILL HODGES
Stephen King’s Holly marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly’s gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodges’s partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider. In King’s new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against…