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If It Bleeds (Holly Gibney, #5)
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Mr Harrigan's Phone
I absolutely loved this one, King writers such interesting characters that the reader instantly gets attached too.
All the staples of are here as we follow young Craig coming of age whilst working for the wealthy Mr. Harrigan.
During the course of their time together Craig introduces the elderly gentleman to an iPhone, resisting at first Mr. Harrigan soon realises the benefits of a cell phone and becomes hooked by the device.
King's scepticism to the technology is clear and well portrayed, I'm just as guilty of using my phone for everything now - I've even written this review on a notes app!
The Life of Chuck
Easily the weakest in the collection, it does have an interesting narrative as the story is played out over three acts but in reverse order.
If It Bleeds
The longest story in the collection and the one that most people will be desperate to read, this is a direct sequel to The Outsider as we are reacquaint with Holly Gibeny.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of King's recent novels is seeing her progress from a side character in the Mr. Mercades trilogy to the main protagonist in this adventure.
I don't want to spoil any of the previous novels, but this in keeping with them as Holly notices that there's something not quite right with a tv correspondent who is reporting on a school bombing.
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King has written a plethora of stories featuring struggling writers, this time we are introduced to Drew Larson who has had some moderate success with some short stories - but an epic novel has always aluded him.
He takes it upon himself to head to a secluded cabin to complete his story.
There's a lot of familiarity with this tale, I always find Kings take on the writing process especially as he is well known for some epic length novels which occasionally doesn't quite have that satisfying ending.
I absolutely loved this one, King writers such interesting characters that the reader instantly gets attached too.
All the staples of are here as we follow young Craig coming of age whilst working for the wealthy Mr. Harrigan.
During the course of their time together Craig introduces the elderly gentleman to an iPhone, resisting at first Mr. Harrigan soon realises the benefits of a cell phone and becomes hooked by the device.
King's scepticism to the technology is clear and well portrayed, I'm just as guilty of using my phone for everything now - I've even written this review on a notes app!
The Life of Chuck
Easily the weakest in the collection, it does have an interesting narrative as the story is played out over three acts but in reverse order.
If It Bleeds
The longest story in the collection and the one that most people will be desperate to read, this is a direct sequel to The Outsider as we are reacquaint with Holly Gibeny.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of King's recent novels is seeing her progress from a side character in the Mr. Mercades trilogy to the main protagonist in this adventure.
I don't want to spoil any of the previous novels, but this in keeping with them as Holly notices that there's something not quite right with a tv correspondent who is reporting on a school bombing.
Rat
King has written a plethora of stories featuring struggling writers, this time we are introduced to Drew Larson who has had some moderate success with some short stories - but an epic novel has always aluded him.
He takes it upon himself to head to a secluded cabin to complete his story.
There's a lot of familiarity with this tale, I always find Kings take on the writing process especially as he is well known for some epic length novels which occasionally doesn't quite have that satisfying ending.
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May 1, 2020
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May 1, 2020
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May 04, 2020 07:33PM
I have been thinking about purchasing this book. But I have never read Mr. Mercedes and the books that go with it. So I guess I will have to start there.
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Yeah I'd definitely recommend them first, seeing as If It Bleeds is the longest in this collection. They're a great trilogy though!
I literally obsessed over the phone call from the dead to the point where I had to get up and read on for the father's explanation, but the whole thing was so haunting. It sticks with me.
