Holly - Stephen King

Let me preface this by mentioning that I’ve been a big fan of the Bill Hodges trilogy, enjoyed the Outsider and If It Bleeds.

I’m struggling with Holly.

I know King has quirks a lot of people don’t like, and I know he has put his political beliefs into his work which can hit people’s immersion. It’s never really been a big issue for me to ignore that.

I would also mention I agree with King on a lot of things politically.

Holly, however, is almost insufferable with its constant references to Covid and guidelines, mentions and digs at MAGA and Trump etc.

I am hoping that it’s just because Covid was kicking off as he started writing and it will die down later in the book, or is it like this the whole way through?

Potentially a DNF for me.