3k reviews for:

Heart-Shaped Box

Joe Hill

3.68 AVERAGE

lindsaysc310's review against another edition

3.0

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Pretty good horror story. I was most scared in the beginning of the book. Wish that creepy feeling had stayed with me throughout, but it was still well-written and the characters were fully formed people.

icanreadish's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad tense fast-paced

ssn8's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I really loved this! Joe hill is a great writer, and I liked the main characters. This book really gets going fast - so early on I was kind of like “how is this sustainable for almost 400 pages” but the twists and turns and events kept coming! Jude is a bad person but he’s also a good person and the way he’s characterized is so good. Anyway. Gonna have to try another Joe hill. 

whendles's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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The best horror I have read to date. Possibly. Amazing story. Tear jerker.

migrex's review against another edition

4.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kmosie's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

theremightbecupcakes's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

jmoses's review against another edition

4.0

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This was good. And interesting. Parts were, not scary, but creepy. I had goosebumps a couple times. I continue to like Hill's work.

If this sounds like you'd like it, you probably will.

annienigma's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sam_g's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes