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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
slow-paced
Absolutely loved it! ❤️ 📦
“The dead pull the living down”
“The dead pull the living down”
Well crafted ghost story. Great characters, great writing, great pacing.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
Can totally see a movie being made based on this book. Very good; my only complaint is that the ending seemed a little long. But overall, a good ghost story!
It was hard to listen to this book and not make the comparison to Stephen King. Joe Hill has chosen a lot of the same syntax and style as his father, to good effect. I couldn't help but wish, though, that Hill could step out from behind his father's shadow to become his own writer. The world already has one Stephen King.
This story starts with Judas Coyne buying a ghost off an ebay-imitation auction site. He gets exactly what he paid for, and then some. The ghost, it turns out, was marked for him for a reason, and now he has to get rid of it.
The story starts off creepy, but it veers into more thriller and mystery with horror elements. One particular scene stayed with me for days, but then nothing frightening happened for the rest of the book. The hypnotist's ghost is creepy enough, but I didn't find him particularly scary, and that's probably because of Jude's lack of engagement. He faces the problem fearlessly, and so we, the readers, don't get to feel the fear.
I enjoyed the story, overall, but I found the ending weak and too drawn out. I felt like the same ending could've been told in a way that didn't dilute the other elements in the story. It winds down like a literary novel. I can forgive Hill that, this being his freshman novel and all, but I was still disappointed.
This story starts with Judas Coyne buying a ghost off an ebay-imitation auction site. He gets exactly what he paid for, and then some. The ghost, it turns out, was marked for him for a reason, and now he has to get rid of it.
The story starts off creepy, but it veers into more thriller and mystery with horror elements. One particular scene stayed with me for days, but then nothing frightening happened for the rest of the book. The hypnotist's ghost is creepy enough, but I didn't find him particularly scary, and that's probably because of Jude's lack of engagement. He faces the problem fearlessly, and so we, the readers, don't get to feel the fear.
I enjoyed the story, overall, but I found the ending weak and too drawn out. I felt like the same ending could've been told in a way that didn't dilute the other elements in the story. It winds down like a literary novel. I can forgive Hill that, this being his freshman novel and all, but I was still disappointed.
"We have trouble lookin' back into your world, for whatever it's worth. You maybe noticed the black lines over our eyes. Think of them as the sunglasses of the livin' dead."
This is Joe Hill’s debut novel and the second of his I have read. This is the story of Jude, an aging rock star and collector of all things macabre, who is offered a suit haunted by a ghost. Jude has to have it for his collection and it is delivered in a heart-shaped box and promptly the ghost of an old man in a fedora with black scribbles instead of eyes moves into his house. I will not go any further but the story slowly unfolds from there.
I thought this would be a scary ghost story but it was a running-for-your-life story with horror elements -- and those elements are more about the frightening ways real people can hurt you. More specifically, your family, as most of the characters in this book were abused in many different ways.
P.S. I loved Angus and Bon.
P.P.S. The chapter at Bammy's was my favourite of the lot.
This is Joe Hill’s debut novel and the second of his I have read. This is the story of Jude, an aging rock star and collector of all things macabre, who is offered a suit haunted by a ghost. Jude has to have it for his collection and it is delivered in a heart-shaped box and promptly the ghost of an old man in a fedora with black scribbles instead of eyes moves into his house. I will not go any further but the story slowly unfolds from there.
I thought this would be a scary ghost story but it was a running-for-your-life story with horror elements -- and those elements are more about the frightening ways real people can hurt you. More specifically, your family, as most of the characters in this book were abused in many different ways.
P.S. I loved Angus and Bon.
P.P.S. The chapter at Bammy's was my favourite of the lot.
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced