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Holly

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Justine Lupe, Stephen King
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#1 New York Times Bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of the Year

Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and resourceful characters, returns in this chilling “exploration of grief and delusion, just pure undistilled evil” (New York magazine) as she uncovers the truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town.

When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency, hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly Gibney is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just passed away. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny’s desperate voice makes it impossible to turn her down.

Meanwhile, mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are also harboring a shocking, unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie’s disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to…for they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless. Now Holly must summon all of her formidable talents to outthink and outmaneuver these unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries in this chilling and unforgettable masterwork from Stephen King.

©2023 Stephen King (P)2023 Simon & Schuster Audio
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It’s a good book written by a national treasure

A book review is an interesting place to state your political viewpoints, and to get angry at an author for theirs… I won’t do that , but I will say , that it is telling , if you chastise Mr King for writing his into a novel , and you can’t keep yours out of a review…. If you are so weak that a fictional character disagreeing with you in a work of FICTION! Makes you angry and defensive …. Maybe novels aren’t your thing 😀

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Just finished.. love it

I loved this story, don’t eat while listening. Going back now and starting with Mr. Mercedes all over again!!! Thank you Sai King!

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Real Holly

Holly read by TV Mr. Mercedes Holly actress. It’s not like Will Patton, but was excited to hear Justine Lupe read this. Best onscreen version of Holly. It’s not “leftist” to discuss COVID. This happened. Deal with it and come back to reality. You will be welcomed back.

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Bringing full circle

I enjoyed Holly and how she grieved her mother even though they did not get along. I also liked how the different characters felt about Covid.

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Write your book and stop shoving your political opinions down the reader’s throat

I am a fan of King’s writing, but I am not a fan of political pandering. Truly, a dripping faucet of Trump hate and Covid shaming….. I believe in Covid as an anesthesia provider. I dare say I know a helluva lot more about it than Mr King… but the relentless harping on Trump and associating any Covid skeptics with Trump is just stupid and annoying as hell! If I want political vomit I can find it elsewhere- please keep it out of your books.

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I love this character!

I enjoyed this book in large because I love King and Holly is my favorite character. It is not my favorite King book, but I thoroughly enjoyed the story- except for the extremely graphic description of them eating people😵‍💫. The story moved along at a good pace and I wish the book was longer. I did miss the supernatural element one usually finds in his books, but it was still a great story.

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Holly!

As to some they don’t seem to like holly as a character, but I always loved her. I thought this book was great! It was so fun to be back with her again!

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Bounce back after Fairy Tale

After reading Holly then the reviews, I can say that the majority of the 1-2 stars are because of butt hurt anti-vax/anti-left readers that don’t like anyone (not even their favourite writers) speaking about their beliefs in a negative light. It wasn’t even that bad, many of the characters that spoke about Covid being a hoax were portrayed as normal likeable people with different beliefs.
I think a lot of the Covid references were not adding much to the story but we’re also not that distracting. I was still gripped by the story and wanted to see how things were going to turn out.
This is definitely the weakest of all the Bill & Holly stories but this was leaps and bounds better than King’s last year’s dumpster fire “Fairy Tale”.

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Its not great

The story was just ok, not as good as the trilogy. The politics and snark are a distraction. Ironic as well coming from a guy who writes black characters that sound like Amos n Andy.

'Scuse mah nakkin.

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S Kaye

First off I love Holly, Barbara and Jerome! This was terrific, I couldn’t stop listening.
So glad you’ve kept these characters alive and Justine Lupe you were excellent!

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