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If It Bleeds (Holly Gibney, #5)
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“I will live my life until my life runs out.�
If It Bleeds is some of King’s best work in recent years, showcasing his talent once again when it comes to the novella. In each of these novellas, King reflects upon death in some way, and he handles it so perfectly. For me, it sits firmly up there snuggled close to Different Seasons and Full Dark, No Stars.
Mr Harrigan’s Phone was simply a lot of fun! A little creepy at times and the writing just felt like old King, but with more modern topics, like technology. Maybe a little unsatisfying for me personally, but still very solid.
The Life of Chuck is the story of a man’s life told in reverse and it works so beautifully. This is the type of King story I love most of all. When he just sucker punches you with a story full of heart and emotion. I may have even shed a tear...
In If It Bleeds we get to meet up with Holly Gibney once again in a sequel to The Outsider. In some ways it feels like a rehashing of that story, but it held my attention and I really liked the idea and theory behind how the “villain� fed. However, her use of the word “poopy� did start to grate on me a little.
For some reason, I had low expectations for Rat, but it ended up being one of my favourites. King loves writing about writers - these stories can be hit or miss for me, but this one was a winner! A struggling writer in isolation is an interesting narrative to follow... see also The Shining.
I had an absolute blast with this collection. It felt like the King I know and love. He’s still got it! 4.5 stars.
If It Bleeds is some of King’s best work in recent years, showcasing his talent once again when it comes to the novella. In each of these novellas, King reflects upon death in some way, and he handles it so perfectly. For me, it sits firmly up there snuggled close to Different Seasons and Full Dark, No Stars.
Mr Harrigan’s Phone was simply a lot of fun! A little creepy at times and the writing just felt like old King, but with more modern topics, like technology. Maybe a little unsatisfying for me personally, but still very solid.
The Life of Chuck is the story of a man’s life told in reverse and it works so beautifully. This is the type of King story I love most of all. When he just sucker punches you with a story full of heart and emotion. I may have even shed a tear...
In If It Bleeds we get to meet up with Holly Gibney once again in a sequel to The Outsider. In some ways it feels like a rehashing of that story, but it held my attention and I really liked the idea and theory behind how the “villain� fed. However, her use of the word “poopy� did start to grate on me a little.
For some reason, I had low expectations for Rat, but it ended up being one of my favourites. King loves writing about writers - these stories can be hit or miss for me, but this one was a winner! A struggling writer in isolation is an interesting narrative to follow... see also The Shining.
I had an absolute blast with this collection. It felt like the King I know and love. He’s still got it! 4.5 stars.
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Jun 16, 2020 04:24PM
Rat reminded me a lot of bag of bones!
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Great review! I'm reading this now, and so far he's giving me SK genius vibes.
Kacy wrote: "Rat reminded me a lot of bag of bones!"Ooh yes!! That's a great comparison!
ChopinFC wrote: "Great review! I'm reading this now, and so far he's giving me SK genius vibes."Totally agree. Some solid writing in here!
It was great! It really took me by surprise as I wasn’t expecting it to be ! Every story’s as strong I thought!
Nikki wrote: "It was great! It really took me by surprise as I wasn’t expecting it to be ! Every story’s as strong I thought!"I was surprised at how strong each story was too! But King has such a great track record of writing amazing novellas!
I agree with you on the "poopy"...I like Holly, but with all she's been through, and to break away from her mother, you'd think her swear words would reach at least 7th grade (say..."crappy")!
Just starting this collection and can't wait to read it! Different Seasons is definitely his best novella collection, imo.
Mike wrote: "Just starting this collection and can't wait to read it! Different Seasons is definitely his best novella collection, imo."Oh 100%! Different Seasons is incredible. But I did really like this one too :)
Johann (jobis89) wrote: "But I did really like this one too :)"Finished the first two stories, and so far so good. On to the title story, If it Bleeds, next! Looking forward to this one since the bill hodges trilogy was most excellent.
