What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Hill just constantly is swinging for the fences. King/hill -king of the hill. Stephen king. Jesus the lord to many people, including me.
Cons
The only redeeming factor in this novel is the premise, which is interesting and unusual. There were so many long captions of flashbacks that it * any kind of momentum out of the story. What starts off promising quickly devolves into predictable, bori... Read More
Merrin was found murdered and * in the woods after being on a badly ended date with ig. The main character, ig's behavior is not believable at times, and some of his actions seem almost soap opera to try and drum up some artificial suspense. I suppose... Read More
This is a story that joe hill should have shelved and came back to at a later date. Even joe hill states himself that he had to do 5 rough drafts of this story, and that should have been a clue, to shelve it. Joe hill spends a little too long in the p... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Didn’t see the movie yet but decided to start with the book.
The story follows the reason why and how he deals with the situation.
I’ll make it up to my cultural soul with the next book, i promise!
Shipping
It was slow and bland more than thrilling.
Blew my mind how fast the book arrived!
Packaging/appearance
I loved it but this punched me in the gut with a heavy dose of sadness.
This one caught me right in the feels.
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- This product had a total of 3,291 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 7 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I enjoyed the book much more than the film adaptation
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Very imaginative hard to put down
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Cant read with your eyes closed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you happened upon the movie read the novel
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Hill is such a gifted writer and imbued the people especially the people and places with a terrifying and at times heart breaking realism that comes with life and its myriad vagaries
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The wording was as lyrical as the trumpet music described to have been played by the parrish men
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Suspending all expectations i started the book and could not put it down
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Told in the first person it doesnt feel like fiction
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