shadowsdana 's review for:

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

2.0

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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.