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Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time

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Holly by Stephen King

January 19, 2024 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Unlikely private eye Holly Gibney is hired by the mother of a missing woman to track down her daughter. At first, Holly assumes the daughter has simply run away, tired of her overbearing mother, but she soon discovers that something more sinister is at play. I majored in English. Trust me when I say there’s little that sucks the joy out of reading as much as majoring in English, because you’re bound to overthink everything you read. The fun stuff isn’t good enough and the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Holly, horror, Stephen King, Suspense

Zirza's CBR16 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Holly, horror, Stephen King, Suspense ·
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“Just when you think you’ve seen the worst human beings have to offer, you find out you’re wrong.”

Holly (Holly Gibney, #3) by Stephen King

December 22, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was bit of a messy book that I ultimately enjoyed very much. King takes a lot of smaller pieces (racism, homophobia, cannibalism, the fear of aging, COVID, poetry and writing and the meaning of art) and smushes them together in this little book following Holly Gibney, a character some people love and some people (inexplicably) hate. I happen to love her. I thought this was a great showcase for Holly, even if it wasn’t perfect, and there were small moments I might have tweaked […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: are the elderly life-sucking monsters, cannibals, covid, Holly, holly gibney, horror, narfna, Stephen King, Suspense, thrillers

narfna's CBR15 Review No:150 · Genres: Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: are the elderly life-sucking monsters, cannibals, covid, Holly, holly gibney, horror, narfna, Stephen King, Suspense, thrillers ·
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Holly or TSTL Heroine

January 19, 2017 by Classic 16 Comments

Please note that I gave this book half a star and rounded it up to 1 star for the purpose of this review. So I live blogged this book yesterday on Booklikes. I am so glad that those who followed me got to read along to what a completely messed up romance book this was. I read this for Romance Book Bingo 2017, the Too Stupid to Live (TSTL) square. I can honestly say this may be a romance first for me to also find […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Holly, Jude Deveraux, romance

Classic's CBR9 Review No:12 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Holly, Jude Deveraux, romance ·
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    I felt the same way. Interesting concept, but the execution was lacking.
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    I loved this one so much.
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    so who are you reading these days?
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