heart-shaped box

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill

It's OK. If you like this kind of thing. And I don't. Not at the moment. Basically it is a horror book and at this point in my life (am trying to think at what point in my life I did) I don't really read horror stories.

And now I'm just going to be mean. For those of you who didnt know, the author, Joe Hill, is the son of Stephen King. There was a period of my life when I liked/loved Stephen King books. Hell, my daughter wrote a thesis about his writing for her literature course - mainly because she knew the books well, having grown up in my house. Heart-Shaped Box is Stephen King lite [sic]. It is like Mr. Hill has tried to ram every Stephen King book into this one:

I see dead people (The Shining): check
Car (Christine): check
Dog (Cujo): check
Dead Dogs (Pet Sematry): check
The Walking Dude (The Stand/Dark Tower): check
Psychotic Woman (Delores Clayborn/Misery): check
Predicting the future (The Dead Zone): check

And I could go on but I won't. If this is your thing, then this could be your thing. But, read the father's oevre first.

Comments

[(S)wine]

"box office" appeal/success? check.