Reviews

Dark Hollow by John Connolly

gabitheaustrian's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

octavietullier's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

lbermingham7's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

cassandra_yule's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

lucasm12333's review against another edition

2.0

Bleh
The worst book I've read by him. Long, slow, boring, just stopped caring.

Skip this one. His other books are so much better

chazmo1431's review against another edition

5.0

I love this author. His imagery and characters come to life so vividly. This book had me fearing the darkness of the forest again in a childlike way. There are some laugh out loud moments in the banter between Louie, Angel and Charlie. Highly recommended!

bxermom's review against another edition

5.0

I read the first book quite awhile ago and I remember that I liked it. This book I loved!

lwalker77's review against another edition

3.0

Charlie Parker is a great character and John Connolly develops the story well in this second book in the series. The book did seem to get bogged down at times and I struggled to stay with the story, but overall I enjoyed the book. I’m looking forward to reading the next book in the series.

noonjinx's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Another dark, violent, hard boiled, private investigator hunts down vicious serial killer story in the Charlie Parker series. Still well written but maybe a little formulaic. I would like the supernatural element to be more up front. Maybe that comes later

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Minor: Rape

organchordsandlightning's review against another edition

3.0

There was something about Dark Hollow that just felt copy-and-pasted from the first novel of the series. I can't put my finger on as to why, but there was so much of the novel that just felt the same that I found I could almost not keep them straight.

The actual working gang of this book was interesting enough (Charlie, Louis, and Angel have a decent on-page chemistry when they're working together), but overall I couldn't help but dislike a few of the other side tangents. Charlie's love life remains deeply uninteresting to me, unfortunately, and we get to meet an old lover of his as well as keeping on with his pining of the lady who barely got a personality in book #1. Also, I feel like Charlie's dream-vision thing could lead up to something interesting, but in the book it just felt like an additional filler.