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A review by mzojo
Holly by Stephen King
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
I feel like King gets easier to read as the years go on, and one thing I loved about Holly was that even though King wrote a young female character, she was sexualized or demeaned for being so. She was raw and real, that’s not what I normally see with male authors writing thrillers or horrors.
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Excrement, Police brutality, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail