"Holly" by Stephen King -- A REVIEW
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", his books have sold more than 350 million copies as of 2006, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published over 65 novels/novellas, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections.[5][6]
King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. In 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.[7] He has also received awards for his contribution to literature for his entire bibliography, such as the 2004 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America.[8] In 2015, he was awarded with a National Medal of Arts from the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts for his contributions to literature.
Holly Gibney is a fictional character created by American author Stephen King. Originally appearing in the Bill Hodges trilogy of novels (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch), she later appears as a major supporting character in The Outsider and as the main character in "If It Bleeds", a novella included in the collection of the same name. Most recently she is the main character in Holly. She has been portrayed on screen by Justine Lupe in the television adaptation of the Hodges trilogy and by Cynthia Erivo in the miniseries adaptation of The Outsider.
Character biography
King has characterized Gibney as "an obsessive compulsive with a huge inferiority complex". She has been described as "very observant, refreshingly unfiltered and unaware of her innocence"[2] with "savant-like memory, razor sharp observation skills", as well as "a computer whiz". She first appeared in Mr. Mercedes, where she is first shown as a shy (but brave and ethical) recluse with many emotional issues and social awkwardness. By the end of Mr. Mercedes her intelligence and courage play a major role in assisting main protagonist, Bill Hodges, to bring down the villain.[4] In Finders Keepers she has evolved into a private detective in partnership with Hodges. In Holly, Gibney returns as a solo private detective.
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The Bosch call out was great 👍👍 I saw King really liked Desert Star and Midnight Mass
Reading the new Lincoln Lawyer novel now. So far it's great.
For Pete being her partner he sure never did much in any of the books. Barbara and Jerome always just seem to pop up right at the end to save holly. For all the reference and friendship she talked about having with Ralph from the outsiders he is never even really mentioned at all in this which I found weird cause she talks about him so much in if it bleeds. All in all though I love holly and bill Hodges trilogy. Would love to see more of this character and hope they do a tv show of this book like they did Mr Mercedes.
I can't wait to read holly I really enjoyed holly gibney in the outsider so hopefully I will enjoy her here
I really enjoyed it. She's a great character.
Need to read more King. That's all i have to contribute
Yes. He makes fracking Battlestar references.
I like the new background of your setup.
Thank you
Would you recommend reading any of the prior books which included Holly before reading this one?
I don't think it is needed. If you were to read one, read Mr Mercedes. It establishes how Holly got into the PI business. She is not the lead of the story, but it is her intro.
Holly is a stand alone novel that references her past, but it also tells you everything about her past you need to know for this book.
I did the first 2 Mercedes books, the third is the most heavily referenced. Also really liked the outsider, but that was a super small reference
Thanks Phillip!
I think you'd really like Mr Mercedes
I heard Holly was a real Gas...
I felt King got too far up his own a@@ with his out of touch rich liberal boomer views in this book, Trump broke King after he won in 2016 and King just can't move on. He used to do politics and social commentary in a smarter way but now it's just a mix of being whiny and pretentious. I'm indifferent towards the character of Holly, I don't hate her but I also don't found her interesting enough to be the main character. The story was forgettable, and I would like King to move on from this genre.
I really like Holly and I liked how so many different characters saw things in different ways.
This and Billy Summers and Fairy Tale were all rather different from one another. He's been mixing up his prose quite a bit.
I would guess his next novel will be straight up horror. Just guessing.
Thank you for watching
To be fair, Trump broke a lot more than King 😂 Trump even broke himself, yammering on about the start of WWII and how he's running against Obama just two days ago
@@GenghisWanghis The topic is about Stevie Boy still crying and not being able to move on from 2016.
@@BishopWalters12 good point, whatever you have to create a safe space for yourself to ignore the guy pretending who's to be president while also stating publicly that he's running against Obama & trying to prevent World war II in 2023 🤣
@@thisphillipbrian did you do the audiobook for fairytale? It was one really well, great production. I saw some lukewarm book reviews and think the audiobook made it stand out more