azuki wrote:As for you, I've picked
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Because I remember wanting to read it a few years back, when I read about its reviews as it came out. Let me know how you like it!
I finally finished reading this book just this month. It took me forever because I could only listen to it when I was sitting at a computer, and I couldn't listen to it when the kids were around. (I actually ended up listening to the majority of it while at work on overnight shifts
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It was well executed, though the level of sheer earthly evil Craddock McDermott embodied was pretty extreme. He had some pretty fancy ghost powers.
As a child who grew up in the 90s, I couldn't help but wonder if there's some strange connection between the novel and the Nirvana song.
I've read these all out of order, of course. The first Joe Hill book I read was his 3rd (Nos4A2 -- which was INCREDIBLE) , and then I read Horns (his second), and then I read The Fireman (his fourth), and now I've finally read Heart Shaped Box (his first novel, though he had been writing before). I can tell that Heart Shaped box is an early effort in his career, but that's ok. I'm going to continue reading his stuff.
If you have read any of Joe Hill's other stuff, then just be prepared and remember this was his first published novel, and later efforts are definitely more polished. But if you haven't read his other stuff, totally read this. And then read there rest of his stuff. I have liked them all.
Joanne Harris!
