Dark Hollow by John Connolly

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Dark Hollow
Cover of Dark Hollow by John Connolly
Author(s) John Connolly
Published January 6, 2000
Publisher Pocket Books
Genre(s) Horror
Mystery
Thriller
Age group Adult


Dark Hollow by John Connolly is an adult horror mystery thriller novel, originally published on January 6, 2000. It is the second book in the Charlie Parker series.

Trigger Warnings

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  • Ableism
  • Animal death
    A cat is found mutilated, and a dog is killed.
  • Assault
  • Cheating
  • Child abuse
    Talk of a character being physically and sexually abused by their mother from a young age.
  • Child birth
    Mentions of forced pregnancy and child birth.
  • Child death
    An infant is killed.
  • Depression
  • Emesis
  • Emotional abuse
  • Gore
    Heavy and graphic descriptions of violence and dead bodies.
  • Gun violence
  • Incest
    Talk of a character being physically and sexually abused by their mother from a young age.
  • Infertility
  • Kidnapping
  • Miscarriage
    A character talks about faking a miscarriage.
  • Misogyny
  • Murder
  • Occult
  • Pedophilia
  • Physical abuse
    Talk of a character being physically and sexually abused by their mother from a young age. Talk of domestic abuse.
  • Pregnancy
    Mentions of forced pregnancy and child birth.
  • Prostitution
  • Racism
    Racial slurs (challenged), talk of past racist violence including lynching and burning.
  • Rape
    Talk of a character being physically and sexually abused by their mother from a young age. Additional mentions rape, forced pregnancy and child birth.
  • Self-harm
    A character talks about past self-harm and attempted suicide. Not graphic.
  • Sexual abuse
    Talk of a character being physically and sexually abused by their mother from a young age.
  • Stalking
  • Suicide
    There is a suicide scene. Another character talks about past self-harm and attempted suicide at one point but not in any graphic detail.
  • Torture
    Several instances of torture, both past and present. Includes burning, cutting and electrocution.

Representation

An asterisk (*) indicates that the author openly identifies with that identity.

  • Black gay side character
  • Gay side character

Tropes