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louise

Disappointing

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 9 décembre 2018

I will start by saying that I have REALLY enjoyed Joe Hills other books (NOS4R2 especially, was brilliant). However this is the 1st short story collection of his that i have read, and i found it hugely disappointing. Nearly every story felt unfinished, barring 20th century ghost and voluntary commital. Very few of these stories either contain ghosts or are in any way creepy or scary, Dead-wood, Abrahams Boys and the locust one, are particularly bad, the others I can barely remember despite reading the book during a single day. I am truely sorry that this is a review i had to write but i hope that joe hill decides to return to writing full length books and stops trying to ruin his fan base by publishing his half baked first ideas and expecting people to spend their good money on buying them. Disappointed in you Joe!

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KevinF

Meat on its bones.

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 25 novembre 2014

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I approached this book with some caution as my only experience of Joe Hill was when I picked up Heart Shaped Box and then left it aside unfinished. But all in all I found this collection of fifteen short stories to be well written and interesting. Who knows, on the basis of my enjoyment of these I might just go back and pick up Heart Shaped Box again and give it another GO.

I prefer novels but this collection has some solid meat on its bones. The stories were short, but not too short, and I found them imaginative and entertaining. Only four of these tales were ghost stories in the proper sense and most, but not all of the rest, were straightforward horror, both real life and supernatural. A few others were somewhat surreal, one being definitely Kafkaesque.

In other hands we’d probably have some of these stories stretched out to novel length – some have that potential - but the impulse to do so, if ever it existed, was sensibly quashed. They’re tighter and tauter as they are.

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hamptoncherry

Very quality collection of stories, above the average level of the genre.

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 25 octobre 2014

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A good collection fit for the son of Stephen King. I would not call this book "a book of ghost stories", it is certainly more than that.

I gave it four stars because some stories just didn't falk, I couldn't understand what they were trying to communicate to me (The Widow's Breakfast and the Bobby Conroy Comes Back from the Dead). On the other hand, there are absolutely fantastic quality stories as well.

I was particularly touched by the one about inflatable people, so strange and beautiful. To me this is what stayed after I closed the book.

Another superb story is about a boy building alternative universes with empty cardboard boxes. It is not only very well written, it is sad and full of love at the same time. Deeply emotional without being sweet and cloying.

Give it a try, see what the stories will tell you.

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LhasaRainbows

A True Master At Work

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 30 juillet 2013

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I began reading this one too-hot, sticky summer's night, just after I had given up on the idea of sleeping at all. I started around 1am, and at 8am, realised that I simply couldn't put it down. I gladly sacrificed sleep and read right through until evening...each story compelling, fascinating, and as perfectly haunting in its own right as I had dared to hope, when I started the collection. I would be lying if I said I hadn't felt a frisson of familiarity, there are genetics here from one of the finest writers of all time, of course (Stephen King's son has inherited the writing gene!) but Joe Hill has his own voice, his own unique style, and is already a master of his chosen genre. I personally hope he will be as prolific a writer as his father.

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Andy Raff

Solid short story collection

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 3 août 2020

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It'd be easy to make the obvious comparisons so I won't. Theres a bunch of themes here, ghost stories, weird fantasy, drama, odd romance even. Theres a lot of subtext. Theres a lot to like, too.

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Jimbo

Underwhelming

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 6 novembre 2018

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I’m a big fan of Joe Hill, but this compilation of short stories didn’t really hit the mark. The title is a little misleading as most of the stories can’t be construed as ghostly tales in any way. The endings on a lot of them felt rushed, almost as if he couldn’t quite be bothered. I’ll stick to his novels in future.

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HELEN

Amazing

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 21 mars 2019

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Really got me back into the world of short stories - you won't be disappointed. I read every thing by Joe Hill, and I'm as addicted to his storytelling as much as I have been with his father's work all my adult life- I look forward to more - what an imagination

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Jack

Great

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 7 janvier 2019

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I know this is an old book but it has a punch to it that I can only expect from Joe Hill. I can see how some of his ideas have developed into other books I’ve read of his but he has the art of good story telling.

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Mo

Stephen Kingisg

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 23 février 2022

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Liked the tone and unusual story lines. Subtle yet gripping and relatable. I will look up the rest of his books

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Steve Kenny

Classic short fiction

Commenté au Royaume-Uni le 21 mai 2014

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Read all his stuff, being a longtime Kingophile. Enjoyed all his work, but this one is the best, even although it is short fiction. Up there with Bradbury, Barker and even Dad. Lots of high points, and great changes of pace and style throughout. My favourite is a cross between Lovecraft and House of Leaves..I'll let you guess which one that is!

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