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A review by ybbmel
The Black Phone: Stories by Joe Hill
4.0
for once in my life! I prefer a movie over a book! well, short story I should say..
Something that I do enjoy about this novella over its movie adaption is the element of horror. This story struck more overall fear in me than it's movie counterpart (though, the movie did make me more emotional... this is not a movie review however, so let's move on.)
For how short this novella is, it's effective! Hill's writing is fantastic, seemingly simple but really effective to the overall tone and mood. It's not a masterpiece by any means, but it's good for what it is.
The last line of this story is genius I will add, it's the one thing i'm still thinking about after both the movie and the novella.
A great introduction to Hill's writing, I cannot wait to dive deep into some more stories. :)
Something that I do enjoy about this novella over its movie adaption is the element of horror. This story struck more overall fear in me than it's movie counterpart (though, the movie did make me more emotional... this is not a movie review however, so let's move on.)
For how short this novella is, it's effective! Hill's writing is fantastic, seemingly simple but really effective to the overall tone and mood. It's not a masterpiece by any means, but it's good for what it is.
The last line of this story is genius I will add, it's the one thing i'm still thinking about after both the movie and the novella.
A great introduction to Hill's writing, I cannot wait to dive deep into some more stories. :)