*Update upon finishing*I am so glad that I won The Hollow Ones in a Goodreads giveaway! I enjoyed (most) of The Strain trilogy, but I was slightly hesitant about this one. I was intrigued, but just not sure exactly if I was intrigued enough. However, after finishing this one I absolutely can't wait for the next book in this series!!! This one was like Guillermo del Toro meets something like The Dresden Files. It was a fast-paced read and DIFFERENT. I loved this one and I can't wait for the next

You can find my review on my blog by clicking here.There are horrifying things that humankind has seen occur throughout history. From a single heinous and passionate crime to mass-killings making us wonder if we'll ever be able to prevent these horrors from taking place, evil takes on new forms that simply astonish the most seasoned veterans in the field of crime investigation. But what if the cause of such terrors is beyond Man's reach? What if there are supernatural forces at play that provoke...

Audio - 4.25 StarsStory - 3.85 Stars

Reminiscent of THE THING or perhaps FALLING ANGEL, THE HOLLOW ONES was a good time!We follow a young female FBI agent named Odessa Hardwicke, as she is temporarily suspended for an officer involved shooting, wherein her partner was the victim and she the perpetrator. She ends up taking a desk job until everything is sorted out. She takes over the desk of an agent on medical leave and for...spoiler-ific reasons, she goes to meet him. He then tells her to mail a letter, which she does and then, PO...

What an atrociously bad novel. This is my first book from del Toro and Hogan. I own THE STRAIN, and one of Hogan's thrillers, but if they're as mundane and cliched as this mess, I'll take a hard pass. I can only imagine this exists in the publishing world because del Toro's name is on it, because if this were from an unknown author, I'd hazard a guess and say it would've never made it out of the slush pile. I'm a big fan of del Toro as a director, but everything I love about his work is absent h...

Oh boy - one of those reviews I don’t really want to do.I’ll start by saying that it’s a fast, entertaining read. I finished it extremely quickly.But…It was not epic. Having read and loved the authors before, I expected epic. I expected a book that would thrust me into a world so dark and compelling that I couldn’t come up for air. What I got was Denzel Washington flashbacks.Don’t get me wrong, I love Denzel. But this was Fallen starring Denzel Washington mashed up with a little Exorcist prequel...

When FBI agent Odessa Hardwicke is forced to shoot her partner, a man who until moments before was laughing and joking with her over a meal, everything she thought she knew is thrown into doubt. Shunned by her colleagues and put under investigation she is despatched to clean out a retiring agents office where she discovers records of similar events taking place over multiple centuries, all involving a mysterious figure known as John Silence.This was a beautifully written book from start to finis...

First, I have to say how fast paced and fun this was to listen to.  I started it yesterday morning and listened in one sitting.  I was sucked in and definitely entertained.  That being said, this wasn't really an original idea as the synopsis made it sound.  Let me explain a little on how I rate books, many people do not read my profile, so here it is:  For ☆☆☆ I Enjoyed reading

Was super excited to receive an ARC but was so disappointed by the time I finished it. The character John Silence is a total ripoff of Pendergast from the Pendergast Series by Preston/Child -looks, clothing, demeanor. Silence even drives the same car and lives in the same building as Pendergast. Total RIPOFF. Two authors of this caliber could surely have created an original character. The only character I liked was Solomon-the 82yo cantankerous ex-FBI agent. I just feel like there could have bee...

An ancient evil and an occult detective come crashing into Odessa Hardwicke's life. As an FBI agent she thinks she knows how the world works. She has worked hard to be where she is and she know's she's smart enough to get the job done. Then something strange happens and she is forced to turn her gun on her mentor. This is just the beginning, all sorts of crazy and scary things happen. I really liked Odessa. I liked how smart she was and how she never backed down. I do believe she was one of the

A huge thank you to Grand Central Publishing for the giveaway win! I received an early copy of The Hollow Ones by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, and while I slightly missed the publication date I read it as soon as I could!This book is everything I could ever want in a crime / thriller /paranormal / FBI / supernatural bundle of amazing ness. Maybe I have just been away from thrillers for too long but I read this in three sittings and have no regrets. From a modern day FBI agent who has to s...

These days, I'll usually DNF anything I'm not enjoying - life's too short, and my TBR is too long. But once in a while I'll push through, in this case because Guillermo del Toro is one of my absolute favourite people and creators; hopefully my sense that he comes up with concepts and Chuck Hogan does the writing is correct, because damn,It's a pain, too, because the synopsis for The Hollow Ones is pretty much my catnip - secret supernatural goings on investigated by a man haunted with centuries

Well this was disappointing. This is "Horror fiction" and a not very suspenseful novel. Don't get me wrong it wasn't horrible it just wasn't very good. It didn't draw from any character development so the characters were shallow (the book would have been more aptly named "The Shallow ones") and lacking in interest. A lot of times It reads very much like a screen play. I was waiting to read the "fade to night", "Scene 2 act: 1" etc..., directions. 1 to 2 stars.

3.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum https://bibliosanctum.com/2020/08/11/...The Hollow Ones by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan follows a rookie FBI agent named Odessa Hardwicke as she investigates a string of mass murders after she herself survives one of the horrific attacks. At the end of a terrifying hunt for a rampaging killer on the loose, she was forced to shoot her own partner and mentor Walt Leppo after the older agent inexplicably became violent and turned on her. While the shooting

Not going to lie, probably one of the most unsatisfactory endings I've ever read! While I'm not a fan of rambling character resolves, this book wasn't the complete package for me.I went into The Hollow Ones expecting just a dark, gritty, murder mystery, but it really went full-blown horror. This is definitely for fans of The Outsider and books like such. While I enjoyed the beginning segments, (no matter how gruesome they may be) the second half completely lost me.I thought John Silence was an i...

I wanted to love this so much since My Love’s name is attached to it- Guillermo del Toro but I did not. It’s not terrible and it’s interesting enough but I left that it didn’t really go anywhere. The plot kinda went up then flatlined for me. I will not be continuing this series.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this newest book by Guillermo Del Toro. I loved The Shape of Water, but Pan's Labryinth (movie and book version) wasn't my thing at all. But....even if a Del Toro story isn't a personal favorite....it's always entertaining and well-done. So, I jumped at the chance to review this audio book. Every day for a week I listened to this story as I commuted to and from work. I know when an audio book grabs my attention because I can't leave the story once I reach work.....

This was an interesting read. I quite enjoyed the three different stories of Odessa, Solomon, and Blackwood happening throughout and how each of them came to find themselves mixed in otherworldly business. I found each one added something extra to the story in a good way. While we got to know a bit about each of them and in turn the mostly unseen dangers threatening the world, there's clearly so much more to know about them and the larger beings in play. I'm really curious to see how this tale c...