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Scary as usual, Stephen King mixes cannibalism with poetry with Covid with popculture and real world doings. Loved this one. 4.5 stars. Kings books are always horrifying but I love them. Holly and Barbara are great characters. An earring can kill!:)

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My favorite Kill so far!!!! Kill-pleted 🔪

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Looking forward to this October‘s “Halloween read”! Also- my first Stephen King read!
Happy reading 😊

Another great outing for Holly Gibney! I like the reveal of the motives of the antagonists, which is different from Holly's other outings. It was nice to have a not-traumatizing side story following the Robinsons. Also, it is a perfect encapsulation of COVID times, at least for those who took it seriously and followed guidelines.

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4✨I loved the thriller vibe of the fictional true crime direction this one went. It went back and forward in time which is always a struggle for me to keep straight, but that was what built the suspense as Holly investigates a few missing persons reports in the tail end of the Covid years. I couldn‘t put it down and real life really got in the way! #LosersClub #HauntedShelves #TeamFlurken

This was Stephen King at his best. I haven't been really creeped out by him in a while, but with some serious Silence of the Lambs vibes, this book did it.
Set during covid, Holly decides to investigate the disappearance of Bonnie Dahl by herself but ends up stumbling on others as well 🖤
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 Please be mindful of spoilers. We have new readers to King who haven‘t read all of his books. When referencing his other work, please keep this in mind for our new-to-King friends. Don‘t forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun!
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LOVED it!
Holly‘s character progression in this is so huge while still recognizing the woman she was when we met her in Mr Mercedes. I love her whole found family with the Robinsons. The villains in this… so creepy, so good.
Thrilling! I was on the edge of my seat for the ending.
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My mum is coming to dog sit for me, so I've prepared her a stack of books I think she'll like. Let's see if I can get her to read her second ever Stephen King (Billy Summers was a hit with her).

I‘m a few chapters in and the political hatred is really getting to me. It‘s 💯 not needed for the plot and so ugly. I really hope he chills out in future books!

One needs a #stephenking bookmark when reading for the #losersclub 🤣 #redrum

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This month‘s book is #Holly Grab your copy and check back at the end of the month for open discussion! Don‘t forget to tag me so I can see which version you have! #LosersClub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

This month‘s book is #Holly Grab your copy and check back at the end of the month for open discussion! Don‘t forget to tag me so I can see which version you have! #LosersClub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion
 

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I can‘t believe I‘m done ahead of time for once! I‘m leaving for a cruise on Saturday so I got it done early! Here‘s most of my #bookspinbingo I left three spaces for #roll100 @TheAromaofBooks

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Just a reminder that August's #LosersClub read is #Holly Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about August 1st, when we begin reading this one.
Discussion will be at the end of the month!
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Just a reminder that August‘s #LosersClub read is #Holly Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about August 1st, when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month! #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

Considering I have the opposite political views and the opposite views regarding Covid than Mr. King, I really liked this book. It would have been a 5 ⭐️ if it didn‘t talk down to those who think like I do. That being said, I couldn‘t wait to see how it would all pull together at the end. I like almost every book written by Stephen King. This book wasn‘t an exception.

I really ejnoyed it! I love this crime story and I really hope it will be a series.

Another great King. The villains are some of the most odious people in literature. Cannot describe how much I hated them. 😂 Holly Gibney is still one of his best characters.

I am a huge Stephen King fan, and I think he once again knocked it out of the park with this novel. I am thrilled that he decided to continue writing about Holly, Jerome, and Barbara. I fell for those characters during the Mr. Mercedes trilogy. The premise in this story is very creepy and believable. I was nervous for the characters and enjoyed seeing everything brought together in the end.

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Omg, it just came to me, duh - #Cellar 😆

I feel like each successive entry in King's Holly Gibney line showcases an author dialing in more precisely on what he loves about the character and what makes her books so unique. Holly is no different. To date, this feels like the purest distillation of what makes Holly such an engaging character. The supporting cast are all given blessedly ample page space, and the thrill and looming danger of Holly's investigation demands a frenzied pace. 5/5

While this isn‘t my favorite SK book, I did enjoy it. Holly Gibney is a wonderful character, and it was great to be back with her. Many readers complain about the presence of COVID here, but was King really supposed to ignore it when the book is set during the time when it was rampant? In some places, the story slowed down a bit too much, so perhaps some elements could have been left out, but overall this is a good examination of human evil.

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It‘s raining hard here, so instead of going for a walk, I‘m settling in to start Holly after finishing up Murder Road.

“Just when you think you‘ve seen the worst human beings have to offer, you find out you‘re wrong.” (p. 442).

King features Holly Gibney, a character I‘ve loved. She has been hired to find a missing woman and in the process unveils horrors wrought by a pair of demented professors who are seeking a way to reverse the ravages of their old age. King proves, yet again than no one should underestimate midwestern small towns.

It took me a while to get through it but I loved it as I knew I would. If it bleeds was a great start to holly gibney and im glad she got her own story.

Holly was my favorite character from King‘s The Outsider, so I‘ve been looking forward to reading her stand-alone since it was announced. I haven‘t read the Mr. Mercedes series, although I‘m interested now to go back to the start of her story. Overall, I enjoyed this book, but I kind of feel like giving away who the serial killers were right at the beginning took away some of the suspense. Didn‘t care at all for the heavy handed COVID commentary

This was entertaining enough to listen to when it was super cold and I needed a cozy distraction; I listened to it while crocheting this toy T. rex and together they were the perfect recourse for cabin fever. #litsycrafters
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The latest from Stephen King continues the story of Holly Gibney, private investigator. As a fan of King‘s books, this is another good one. Another twisted mystery and murder for Holly to solve. Such a great character and really enjoyable read!!

Don't mock my made at 230am, in pencil, eyeballed, and marred in eraser marks reading bracket 🤣🤣

My favorite read of 2023: Holly by Stephen King

Hubby and I exchange books for Christmas. Here is this year‘s selections.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A wrap on Holly Gibney? I immediately wanted this for its stunning cover, but being a relative King noob didn‘t realize I had a bit of back reading to do, so like any good completist, I started with Mr Mercedes. Over the last couple of months, Bill, Holly, Jerome, Barbara, etc, have been such enjoyable characters. Holly obvs stars, and shines, here. Mr King, your brain disturbs me. And your stories enthrall.

12-7-23: My 98th finished book of 2023! Holly Gibney has been around for many books now. She shows up in the Mr. Mercedes trilogy and in the short story If It Bleeds as well as The Outsider. She is a great King character. Flawed in many ways but a great detective who faces a lot of scary stuff. In this novel, Holly is dealing with a crazy old couple, several disappearances and her own personal issues related to covid.King always keeps my interest.

Always nice to re-visit Holly 😊

I was looking forward to this so much but it didn‘t live up to my imagination. The first half was good but not great. It wasn‘t until the final quarter that I felt excitement and didn‘t want to put it down. I do like to see the continuation of Holly‘s story and Barbara and Jerome. 3.5 stars.

Ready to be reacquainted with Holly on a cold Autumn afternoon.

We #NashvilleLittens did a local #SpookySwap. I‘ve been dying to open this package! Everything is just perfect! My extra-talented friend @Booksnchill painted this lovely card. Definitely framing it! 📦👻📚💚

I stopped reading King years ago after needing to read the ending of one of his books in the middle of the night so I could sleep. As it turns out, his ability to write an obsessively suspenseful novel hasn‘t diminished during my sabbatical. Even when you know the killers in the first 25 pages, it‘s still suspenseful. Some parts could have been shorter, but it‘s truly superb.

I just finished this audiobook and thought it was amazing. Good mix of thrill, mystery and “horror.” Anyone else read this?

I haven‘t read very many of Stephen King‘s books but I definitely love Holly Gibney. I loved The Outsider and I loved this one too. I definitely need to read the Mr. Mercedes trilogy asap to find out how Holly got her start.

Holly is really good. I like how Stephen King incorporated the Pandemic into the story. As for the killers, they are very unique. I think they are the one of scariest antagonists that Stephen King created. Brady Hartsfield was pretty but he has some competition. 5 stars ⭐️ out of five. #holly #stephenking

I got nine books for my birthday from family and friends. My only problem is which one to read first!

Set during the pandemic, Holly follows its eponymous heroine, private investigator Holly Gibney, as she takes on a missing person case that puts her on the trail of two truly horrifying serial killers. Parallel timelines show the killers' crimes while Holly, working mostly solo, follows the clues they've left behind. King fans who enjoyed the Mr Mercedes trilogy will definitely want to read this latest installment.

Loved this!!! It was my #September #DoubleSpin book :)

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=36 points ( I didn‘t do the word search for this one… it was too long) - 15 of the points for the shadow on the book cover

#HousePanther initially preventing me from reading this morning. 🦞