Horns by Joe Hill is one awesome book! Firstly, Joe Hill is the son of Stephen King, so you automatically know its going to rock. Secondly, if you love a good horror story as I do, you need to go get this book now.
Okay, this has to be one of the best books I have read in the past six months. Not only are you getting great and eccentric writing, it is filled with grapic horror and topped off with a little black humour. Hello? How could I not love it!
I love the way Hill tells you the villin in the first portion of the book - pretty much less than 100 pages in. then you go into the past and find out the events leading up to the ultimate action. That just made me want to read at top speed to find out how it all transpiried. Hill's writing is very graphic and the images literary jump off the pages at you. I read this book with such force and as little pause as possible, that I felt I was in the story too.
My favourite quote that I keep telling my fellow readers comes from the very first page and goes like this, "...and saw he had grown horns while he slept. He lurched in surprise, and for the second time in twelve hours he pissed on his feet" (3) Every time I read this or even say it, I laugh out loud. It is just great humor, great writing, and a perfect image to start a great book.
Have you read Horns yet? No, then you should, and then let me know how you liked or disliked it.
Oh, Hill is also the New York Times Bestselling Author of Heart - Shaped Box, which I haven't read yet, have you?
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