138 reviews for:

The Black Phone

Joe Hill

3.49 AVERAGE


This is considered his best short story from that collection.Dang
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gloomylesbian's review

2.0

Didn't give me anything new besides the Grabber's name, tbh. No backstory, no character development, nothing. My advice is skip it and just watch the movie instead!
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nelli_lakatos's review

5.0

I really enjoyed this short story!

I loved the movie, and I thought that I would love the story even more, but I feel like it wasn’t the same. Yeah, the premise is the same but the story lacks the heart, the feelings.
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

circa_sabrina's review

2.0

Never thought I would say this... but, the movie was better.
As it's own thing, it's not terrible. Certainly not the best short story I have ever read, but not too bad, either. The plot had a lot of potential, but I felt like there were too many other elements that the author was trying to incorporate that just could not develop sufficiently in 30 pages. I never have to read this again, but the movie I would probably watch again.

Me quedó con la película.
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Soooo good
the movie was great too, this being a very rare occasion which I watched the movie then read the book but I digress.
dark tense medium-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: Complicated