Reviews

Thumbprint: A Story by Joe Hill

4kdtonguee's review against another edition

4.0

I've read this at the library in about one hour and I was surprised by the graphic, brutal stories presented and the way it was sketched on pages. Haven't read the original novel, but I feel the story was well covered in this graphic novel. It was a good read for a little break, with a kinda unexpected plot twist in the grandious finale.
Tw for the book: torture, blood, gore.

bouncy_knight_reads's review

I'm not interested in war crimes and war criminals maybe this story was about a war criminal ultimately getting punished but I got too uncomfortable reading her memories

izaklights's review against another edition

3.5

what the fuck! i definitely need to read the original novella now

snowdiva121's review

4.0

Good story, wish there was more of it. Didn’t really care for the ending.

old_tim's review against another edition

5.0

Brilliant execution of this nasty little gem.

http://fedpeaches.blogspot.com/2013/12/speaking-of-disturbing-graphic-novels.html

greatnate008's review

4.0

This was a pretty good short story. I really like this author.

lukeisthename34's review against another edition

4.0

I'll be honest, I've actually now read this story, I think, three times. The first time by itself. Then I read it again in FULL THROTTLE. Then I found out there was a graphic novel and was told there was an ending (that the shortstories didn't have), and it's true. That said. It's still so bleak, and so depressing, I'm not sure why I gave it this much of my time. Well written. For sure. But like so many of Hill's stories, upsetting to a degree I sometimes find hard to deal with. Not because of gore, or violence, or a lack of humanity and empathy. But there is just something about the way he writes real feeling stories, like that mass shooter one, that stick with you and are so troubling. Very talented, for sure, but I hate having some of this stuff stuck in my head.

bpopovska's review

2.0

I honestly expected more from this short story. Joe Hill's stories usually have more edge to them. I was not impressed.
1.5 stars

mscoutj's review

3.0

I don't know why, but so far, Joe Hill just doesn't do it for me.

tiffanyinkdrinker's review against another edition

3.0

Well that was interesting and disturbing. I swear it was adapted somehow cuz I saw this story somewhere before. For the life of me I can't find it but I know I've seen it somewhere.

Would have liked this to be longer, I want to know more about the main character.