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A review by coralinejones
Holly by Stephen King
2.5
Okay. I don't mind politics in literature (R.F. Kuang is one of my favorite authors, after all) but I didn't care about the constant Covid references within this novel. Covid being apart of the plot isn't an issue, not to me, but when every other page is "she was wearing a mask. Btw there's Covid in the air. Did I mention Covid? Did I mention I'm wearing a mask?" and then the tone-deaf mentions of BLM and black issues... Give me a break. Again, don't care if it's in a book, but I don't care to read about how Stephen King, of all people, frames these issues.
I'm black and I really despised the way King wrote about our issues and how he wrote the black characters. I'll give it to him, he tired, but God, I rolled my eyes hard. Just the names of the characters alone made me roll my eyes, lmao. The rest was just alright. Entertaining enough. I enjoy a story about cannibalism, weird old people, and a cool investigator uncovering crimes.
I'm black and I really despised the way King wrote about our issues and how he wrote the black characters. I'll give it to him, he tired, but God, I rolled my eyes hard. Just the names of the characters alone made me roll my eyes, lmao. The rest was just alright. Entertaining enough. I enjoy a story about cannibalism, weird old people, and a cool investigator uncovering crimes.