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Run out and buy this book now. Seriously...it is that good. I have heard several people say it was great for a debut novel. But this book would be great even if it wasn't a debut. It had just the right amount of creep factor to make me a bit skittish when I was reading in bed after midnight. It's been awhile since that has happened.
The story starts when an aged rock star buys a ghost on an an online auction. The ghost is delivered via an old suit in a heart-shaped box. But, this isn't just an ordinary haunting story. No, there are reasons for the ghost to come to him.
The book pulled me in by page 2. The chapters are short so it was real easy to talk myself into reading just one more before I turned out the lights. Which is how I was able to read it in just two days.
Joe Hill is the son of Stephen King and if you look at the photo on the book cover jacket you will see the resemblance. There is also a resemblance in the writing style. There are phrases in the story that will sort of stay in my head and make my skin crawl the way that "They all float down here" and "Beep beep Ritchie" stay with my from It.
So, I give the book a 4.5/5. Why not a 5? Simply because I thought the ending tied up a little too nice and neat and fit too well into a little box. Heart-shaped? Maybe.
The story starts when an aged rock star buys a ghost on an an online auction. The ghost is delivered via an old suit in a heart-shaped box. But, this isn't just an ordinary haunting story. No, there are reasons for the ghost to come to him.
The book pulled me in by page 2. The chapters are short so it was real easy to talk myself into reading just one more before I turned out the lights. Which is how I was able to read it in just two days.
Joe Hill is the son of Stephen King and if you look at the photo on the book cover jacket you will see the resemblance. There is also a resemblance in the writing style. There are phrases in the story that will sort of stay in my head and make my skin crawl the way that "They all float down here" and "Beep beep Ritchie" stay with my from It.
So, I give the book a 4.5/5. Why not a 5? Simply because I thought the ending tied up a little too nice and neat and fit too well into a little box. Heart-shaped? Maybe.
