Ratings144
Average rating3.9
Privatermittlerin Holly Gibney steckt in einer Lebenskrise, da erhält sie einen Anruf: »Meine Tochter Bonnie ist vor drei Wochen verschwunden, und die Polizei unternimmt nichts.« Ihre Nachforschungen führen Holly zu einer weit zurückreichenden Liste ungelöster Vermisstenfälle. Alle spielen im Umfeld eines inzwischen emeritierten Ernährungswissenschaftlers mit dem Spitznamen »Mr. Meat«. Holly hat schon gegen grausame Gegner bestanden, aber hier begegnet sie dem schlimmsten aller Ungeheuer: dem Menschen in seinem Wahn.
Tags
Series
Featured Series
3 primary books#3 in Holly Gibney
Holly Gibney is a 3-book series with 3 released primary works first released in 2018 with contributions by Stephen King. 1 book is still to be released. The next book is scheduled for release on .
Reviews
Popular Reviews
Reviews with the most likes.
Mixed feelings about this book. I like the titular character as it's great to have leading PI's who are neuro-diverse (see the great "IQ" series of novels for another engaging character.) I like her backstory which I learned from the three Bill Hodges novels. I'd not read the other, more recent, series in which Holly and Barbara Robinson appear. And I don't think I will read it now as there's quite a few references which apparently spoil the climax in at least one of those novels. On the negative side, I don't like mysteries where the identity of the villain(s) is immediately known by the reader. While this gave intense insight in to their heads in this instance, I feel much more suspense could have been built. And then there's the cannibalism - which doesn't remain a mystery for long either. I think it was handled mostly tastefully (pun intended) - except for one scene late in the book which involves lines drawn by a sharpie - which was jaw-dropping for me. Lastly, the "twist" which leads to the climax was telegraphed a mile away. NOTE- I was disappointed in the audio version of this novel. I'd listened to the outstanding reader for the three Bill Hodges novels. Although Holly was a secondary character, he gave her a voice which illuminated her uniqueness. While having a female reader for "Holly" makes sense, I thought she gave Holly a flat, uninteresting and often tough to listen to voice. Overall, a good, mostly engaging story, but lacking in a few key areas.
Holly was a pleasant yet weird experience, to say the least.
I define it as weird because I lack a better word for describing how engaged and immersed I felt while reading this book. I usually can’t remember most characters of a book by the time I finish it because most simply don’t matter or aren’t explored well enough for me to care but during Holly I felt strongly for their pains, celebrations and even sadness. In terms of character development this is probably one of the best books I’ve read and I’ll definitely read the other books.
I saw lots of complains about too many mentions of COVID and politics but that felt more like additional context and insight on their personalities.
Overall a very good read and possibly a good (soft) introduction to Stephen King.
