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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
One of my absolute favorites. I recommend this if you enjoy being thoroughly creeped out, as I do.
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very reminiscent of Stephen King. Not a fan of the audiobook, the man doing the reading was not the greatest... but book was good and fast paced. Good to read a ghost story!
adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really do love Joe Hill. His ability to build characters and throw twists and turns into his stories is amazing. I'd read 30 pages and feel like enough had happened that I'd read 100. There is a lot going on in this story but it is all written beautifully. The idea of being chased by a murderous ghost who can hypnotize you into hurting yourself and others is just terrifying. Was this a book I couldn't sleep while reading? No. But it was still fantastic and the ending was perfect.
Possibly spoiler trigger warning; animal death
Possibly spoiler trigger warning; animal death
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Solid 4.5- took me a while to get into the book, but once I did I couldn’t put it down.
I first became aware of Joe Hill's book accidentally. I was reading his review of Chuck Palahniuk's Rant. Hill had some pretty scathing things to say about it, so I had to check what he had written. He seems to have jumped on the tiresome bandwagon of "Oh, Palahniuk has lost his touch. He's not what he used to be. He's run out of ideas." Blah, blah, blah. Shut up. I guess I'm in a minority of people who aren't hip enough to slam Palahniuk these days.
Save it, clowns; the man can still write.
And I'm sorry, Mr. Hill, but you dare to call Rant "derivative" and "stale"?
Um, Joe, please reread your Dad's "Thinner", then reread the first hundred pages of your book, and THEN have the prunes to call someone else derivative. Thanks.
That said, I did enjoy this book. It was good. GOOD. Yes, page after page contains echoes of dear old Dad's work, but, hey, I guess that's okay, as long as you're related. Honestly, I probably would have enjoyed it more had I not read his review, but when you attack someone more talented than yourself, I'm afraid you invite criticism. A good read, though, Mr. Hill. Keep trying.
Save it, clowns; the man can still write.
And I'm sorry, Mr. Hill, but you dare to call Rant "derivative" and "stale"?
Um, Joe, please reread your Dad's "Thinner", then reread the first hundred pages of your book, and THEN have the prunes to call someone else derivative. Thanks.
That said, I did enjoy this book. It was good. GOOD. Yes, page after page contains echoes of dear old Dad's work, but, hey, I guess that's okay, as long as you're related. Honestly, I probably would have enjoyed it more had I not read his review, but when you attack someone more talented than yourself, I'm afraid you invite criticism. A good read, though, Mr. Hill. Keep trying.
Its actually kinda funny that Joe Hill writes so much like his father, I have all of the same issues with his writing as I do Stephen King, despite really trying to not compare them. anywho, this was slop, idk why horror fans have recommended this to me.
Joe Hill has a flare for horrifying storytelling but the story lost momentum about 2/3 of the way through. Sometimes horror is so horrifying because it cannot be justified. The last 1/3 of the book seemed a forced exercise with a "happy ending" as a result. I am already creating my own ending in which there is no happy ending, because life is like that - horrifying things happen in this world, happy endings are rare and often miraculous.