Holly

De: Stephen King

Narrado por: Justine Lupe, Stephen King

#1 New York Times Bestseller * A New York Times Notable Book * An NPR Best Book of the Year

Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and resourceful characters, returns in this chilling “exploration of grief and delusion, just pure undistilled evil” (New York magazine) as she uncovers the truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town.

When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency, hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly Gibney is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just passed away. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny’s desperate voice makes it impossible to turn her down.

Meanwhile, mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are also harboring a shocking, unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie’s disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to…for they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless. Now Holly must summon all of her formidable talents to outthink and outmaneuver these unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries in this chilling and unforgettable masterwork from Stephen King.

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Justine Lupe brings a beloved Stephen King character, Holly Gibney, vividly to life with her narration. When a distraught mother with a missing daughter calls Holly’s investigative agency for help, quirky, brilliant Holly takes the case. She soon finds connections to other missing people and is slowly drawn into a world of pure evil. Lupe conveys the depravity of the perpetrators and the horror of the victims to a disturbing yet compelling degree. Listeners will feel like they are part of a true-crime podcast as Lupe transports them to this relentless nightmare. Lupe breathes life into every character—even if that life is not destined to last. Stephen King delivers his author’s note, adding to this amazing listening experience."

Good book-

If you can get past the lefty preaching. It’s unfortunate because the previous books didn’t have much if any but this one quite a bit.

Fantastic!

Don’t let the right wingers turn you off this book. The narration was spot on, and it was a well written masterfully told story! I love Stephen King, and it’s not even about the horror it’s about his excellent writing. He doesn’t say or reflect anything that isn’t happening in . our world today. He’s just giving characters a voice of the people that are in our world today.

Very Disappointed

I've loved SK since I was in high school. I spent summers binging his books. I never cared about his politics. it was his characters and settings that always felt lived in and relatable. Holly is an awesome character, and I was looking forward to this new chapter for her. I don't want to be brow beat with the political views right or left. I just wanted a great story. Maybe next time.

Too much politics, great story

I liked the story and the performance of Justine Lupe, televisions Holly. King needs to ease up on the politics. I don't particularly care for the preaching and I am pretty sure he insulted about 60 to 70 million people in this one .

NOT the Holly Gibney I have gotten to know.

I love Stephen King. It is not the content I disliked, except the COVID stuff a little, but Mr. King writes in the moment, so it makes sense given the time. The problem for me is that I have been getting to know Holly through two book series. Will Patton is a magical narrator and that is how I have come to know Holly. Through Will's narration. Holly is a very particular, very special person with quirks and issues and loves and hates and the voice given to her in previous books made that clear. The Holly in this book is "normal" ?? Holly has been body snatched. I think that will make sense to those who have listened to the other books. This Holly is not the Holly that I was looking forward to. I am disappointed enough to mention all of this and sort of annoyed I used the credit. I purchased this book first and then thought I should lead up to it, but I never noticed the different narrator. My mistake, I admit. I have waited a while to get to this "grand finale" and this imposter Holly is vanilla. Plus, although the narrator did well, she had a cold or something and sounded nasally at times, which is poopie. :) Please know that this book has a different vibe than the previous books. with love,