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Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
4.75
dark tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Heart-Shaped Box was a thrilling read. I can't think of another horror book that's earned a tear for me so it gets that as a newly founded award.
(You would think Gillian Flynn's books had, but I was too related to the characters and I put on a hard shell before the feels could get me.)

There were certainly parts of the book I found less than interesting, but I can acknowledge that was a matter of self rather than quality of the story. Every bit of it was needed, it was simply apart from my own style, and that's what makes it good.