Thymos@bookwyrm.social reviewed Holly: A Novel by Stephen King (Holly Gibney, #3)
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3 stars
I had never read anything by Stephen King before this, but I had seen some of the movies based on his work. This book is well-written, especially the characters, but I feel it could have been much better than it is.
The plot is okay. We learn right in the beginning that a senior couple is responsible for the people that go missing. I just wish it was either funnier or scarier.
One thing that annoyed me was the frequent use of brand names to describe things. In his Author's Note King writes: "I think fiction is most believable when it coexists with real-world events, real-world individuals, even brand names." I disagree. My world doesn't exist out of branded stuff and mentioning brands I loathe takes me out of the story. I also think it's lazy, unless King receives money to put the brand names in (with correct …
I had never read anything by Stephen King before this, but I had seen some of the movies based on his work. This book is well-written, especially the characters, but I feel it could have been much better than it is.
The plot is okay. We learn right in the beginning that a senior couple is responsible for the people that go missing. I just wish it was either funnier or scarier.
One thing that annoyed me was the frequent use of brand names to describe things. In his Author's Note King writes: "I think fiction is most believable when it coexists with real-world events, real-world individuals, even brand names." I disagree. My world doesn't exist out of branded stuff and mentioning brands I loathe takes me out of the story. I also think it's lazy, unless King receives money to put the brand names in (with correct capitalisation by the way).
It's a decent book, but nothing to write home about.