381 reviews for:

The Hollow Ones

Guillermo del Toro, Chuck Hogan

3.52 AVERAGE

karlyerin's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

reed_faster's review against another edition

4.0

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Good old fashioned Noir Horror

Only much less racist and much less sexist. Brilliantly written, tying in aspects of history (like John Dee) with modern magic (science).

raforall's review against another edition

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Three Words That Describe This Book: ancient evil, solid world building, occult detective

Review in the May 15, 2020 issue of Booklist Online and on the blog: http://raforall.blogspot.com/2020/05/what-im-reading-hollow-ones.html

katertotaf's review

4.25

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rebekah_l's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

kim_m's review

3.0

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New release from Guillermo del Toro, author of The Strain and director of Pan's Labyrinth. It was creepy but not necessarily horror. It's more of a ghost story involving the FBI and the supernatural. It's much like an X-File except the female lead is definitely no Dana Scully. She is portrayed as extremely defensive and closed minded with daddy issues. The male lead, Hugo Blackwood was the interesting character and the story revolves around 3 time periods involving him. The narration by Brittany Pressley was well done. 3 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Hatchette Audio for the audiobook

remigves's review

3.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nerdgirl92's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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SO FREAKING GOOD!!!

shai3d's review against another edition

4.0

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Despite some low reviews that almost convinced me not to waste my time, I found that I enjoyed this book. It’s gritty and fast paced. Looking forward to next on the series especially as there won’t be as much background.

darkstar69's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No