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A review by kgaitzimeo22
N0S4A2 by Joe Hill
4.0
2019: Take a ride with Charlie Manx to Christmasland! A wonderland for children where every day is Christmas and unhappiness is against the law! Using his special Rolls Royce Wraith, Charlie Manx “rescues” children from their parents and drives them to Christmasland. Strange things happen to both Manx and the children as they travel through the snowy hidden highways. Meanwhile, young Victoria McQueen discovers that riding her bike through a special bridge allows her to find missing things. On a trip through the bridge, Vic meets Maggie, a librarian who understands the connection between Vic and Manx. With Vic’s uncanny ability to find things, she is the only one who can help find these children and their evil chauffeur.
This was my second time reading this and I loved it even more than the first. Kate Mulgrew does an excellent job and I love listening to her different voices. She remained badass even when she did not see herself that way. There was excellent world building and such cool characters with fun abilities. Christmasland and the wraith were SO interesting and exciting to read about. Overall this is just an excellent book with so much going on I don't even know where to start!
Other thoughts:
-Bing's role was interesting and QUITE disturbing. For a man who thinks he is doing the right thing, it is interesting how Manx chooses his sidekicks....
-I also loved how Kate Mulgrew said Bing's rhymes. So darkly sing-song it was wonderful!
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2016: I really enjoyed this book. I read it as an audiobook and the reader Kate Mulgrew did such an awesome job sounding creepy! Joe Hill did another great job writing from a woman's perspective. I was upset by the ending to a degree, but I also LOVED part of it. Overall - very good read, pretty creepy.
This was my second time reading this and I loved it even more than the first. Kate Mulgrew does an excellent job and I love listening to her different voices.
Spoiler
I also particularly noticed how flawed Vic is as a character. I did not pay much attention to that the first time I read it, but it is such an important part of the plot. I feel like it is common for protagonists to be good people always trying to do the right thing. Vic started off good but with her parents constantly fighting and her powers taking a toll on her, just like they did to Manx, and she became more selfish. I just thought it was a unique path to follow her from childhood to a tough adolescence to an unhappy and troubled adult life.Other thoughts:
-Bing's role was interesting and QUITE disturbing. For a man who thinks he is doing the right thing, it is interesting how Manx chooses his sidekicks....
-I also loved how Kate Mulgrew said Bing's rhymes. So darkly sing-song it was wonderful!
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Spoiler
Vic getting phone calls from the hungry children in christmasland was so cool and despite how much it sucked for her, I loved how it got her admitted to an institution. That rarely is seen in protagonists and knowing that she is not crazy made it all the more interesting. Setting her house on fire and whatnot. I just love the psychology used in the story, Vic's reasoning and thought process.The ab
2016: I really enjoyed this book. I read it as an audiobook and the reader Kate Mulgrew did such an awesome job sounding creepy! Joe Hill did another great job writing from a woman's perspective. I was upset by the ending to a degree, but I also LOVED part of it. Overall - very good read, pretty creepy.