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Heart-Shaped Box

By Joe Hill

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| Hardcover | 9780061147937

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Book Description

Judas Coyne is a collector of the macabre: a cookbook for cannibals . . . a used hangman's noose . . . a snuff film. An aging death-metal rock god, his taste for the unnatural is as widely known to his legions of fans as the notorious excesses of his youth. But nothing he possesses is as unlikelContinue

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Debut Review: Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (Gollancz)

Title: Heart Shaped-Box Author: Joe Hill Publisher: Gollancz Published: 01 May 2008 Own Copy Synopsis If you’re a rockstar who already has a collection of the macabre what is the harm of buying a dead man’s suit, with ghost attached, off the internet ... (read full critics)

nextread published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

What Not to Wear

There’s some evidence that middle-aged heavy metal rock stars lead quiet, blameless lives, doing nothing more satanic than working on their golf and riding A.T.V.’s. But things are very different for Judas Coyne, the protagonist of Joe Hill’s first n ... (read full critics)

nytimes published on Sat, 18 Sep 2010

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11 Reviews

Gripping supernatural story, was hooked right until the end, both with this and 'horns'. However, i think he runs out of steam a bit when it comes to writing endings.

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Baileysbsc said on Aug 2, 2011 | Add your feedback

A fine novel with an hideous ghost,good characters and some rock 'n'roll.

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Otter said on Nov 13, 2010 | Add your feedback

Stephen King's son (yes, Joe Hill's full name is Joe Hillstrom King) follows the tracks of his father in a novel that reminds a lot of King's early works: tension, supernatural occurrences, some gore, a lot of fear.
It is very well written and digs under the reader's skin from the early stages, and ... (continue)

Stephen King's son (yes, Joe Hill's full name is Joe Hillstrom King) follows the tracks of his father in a novel that reminds a lot of King's early works: tension, supernatural occurrences, some gore, a lot of fear.
It is very well written and digs under the reader's skin from the early stages, and remains balanced until the end. Some passages seem taken straight from King's recent works, but mostly Joe Hill found his own voice to deal with similar - but not identical - themes.
Creepy, and so good.

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Marco Piva said on Mar 8, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

Hang On Tight ...

... this is a wild ride! The horror and ghost story both were done superbly. Hill tightly plotted his story to include a lot of detail, but moved the narrative at a faster pace than do most of today's horror writers. Hill did stretch the bubble on the gore factor but he still stayed in the area of m ... (continue)

... this is a wild ride! The horror and ghost story both were done superbly. Hill tightly plotted his story to include a lot of detail, but moved the narrative at a faster pace than do most of today's horror writers. Hill did stretch the bubble on the gore factor but he still stayed in the area of my acceptance. The idea of buying a ghost, which kicks the entire thing off, is quite unique. Hill also comes up with canine ghosts to protect the hero. I'll have to research that. It may be a first. Anyway, this was a ghost story I'll re-read several times.

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Woodenwiz said on Feb 1, 2010 | Add your feedback

Great start, but I lost interest as it went on.

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pktechgirl said on Jun 28, 2009 about the Audio CD edition | Add your feedback

Like father, like son

Good book - quite a simple story and little bit predictable as it went on. But had some good shocks in it.
Very similar style to his dad (Stephen King) - not just in genre, but something about the tone of writing too. If you're a SK fan, I can recommend this.

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Athene1710 said on Oct 7, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback