I think the books hardest to get into are the horror ones because it's really a thin line between something being scary and it becoming funny and not believable so I really have to give credit to Hill because even though the book was long he kept me engaged the whole time and even though the concept easily could've turned ridiculous he managed to keep it creepy, like every time Charles Manx was doing something I can't even explain the anxiety and anger I felt especially when the book was at its

When Victoria McQueen was young, she had a unique gift: she could summon an old covered bridge that would take her wherever she wanted to go. After an encounter with Charles Manx, a Rolls Royce Wraith-driving kidnapper with a similar ability, her life is torn to pieces. Twelve years later, Charles Manx comes looking for the girl that got away and not even death is an obstacle...First off, I think the title, NOS4A2 (Nosferatu, get it?), while clever, is very misleading since Manx isn't a vampire....

My first ever book by Joe Hill, read at last, and I admit I did enjoy it. I do not open horror books too often, but had been intrigued by this one for several years. Stefan's review pushed me towards it and no regrets here. It is not the scariest horror I have ever read but it kept me interested. Kate Mulgrew does a terrific job as the narrator and the fourth star goes to her.

Do You Fear What I Fear?Christmas was one of the best things about being a kid. There is nothing quite like the anticipation leading up to Christmas morning. And even now, having achieved geezerhood, I am still a complete sucker for the big day. Every year a real tree, the lights, sorting through and selecting from the decades and decades of collected ornaments, the gifts, and hopefully a tree skirt free of cat vomit. I put on It’s a Wonderful Life, wife by my side, hopefully at least one of my

I liked this one - some parts of it more than others - but after having my eye on this book for over six years, I am disappointed that I didn't enjoy it more.Like many, I finally picked up NOS4A2 (or NOS4R2) so I could read it before the new TV show comes out. The only thing I'd previously read by Joe Hill was the first volume of his Locke & Key graphic novels, but I'd heard over and over that this book reads just like a Stephen King book, so I was eager to give it a shot.And it does. It's got S...

Joe Hill tells another wonderful story that is scary, disturbing, beautiful, sad, and surprisingly touching.Read it all the way to the end. All the way.

Well, that has to be a personal record on the fastest time I've finished a 700 page novel. --------Pleased to announce that this is our #scaredsuspensebookclub pick for December! If you’re wanting to read this before the show airs in 2019, come join us. ♥️ The discussions will be broken up as follows:12/14: Prologue-Search Engine 12/28: Remainder of NovelPlease let me know if you’d like to be added to the Instagram reading group by leaving your handle in the comments. 🎄📚

12/25/21: Again: Why - because it’s Christmas and there’s no better time for NOS4A2, Vic McQueen, Charlie Manx and the great Kate Mulgrew! Welcome to Christmasland! 5 Stars. One of my top favorite books of all time (which should be obvious since I have now read the book twice and have listened to the audiobook once, narrated masterfully by Kate Mulgrew, as well).A Creepy, Disturbing Thrill Ride, with a flawed, yet lovable heroine, NOS4A2 is Joe Hill at his best. Victoria (Vic) McQueen is no ordi...

The most deliciously EVIL Christmas story ever penned. Making all my horrid holiday dreams come true!I didn't think it was possible but, it happened. I enjoyed NOS4A2 EVEN MORE the second time around.I think the first time I read this, it was so intense, I was just racing through the pages to see what was going to happen next. I was literally anxious to know!This time however, I could sit back and enjoy the finer details, as I knew how it was ultimately going to end. Regardless of the fact that

I may never view Christmas songs the same way again. I don't know if I should thank Joe Hill for that or kick him in the knee!What can I say? I loved it (by "It" I mean this book and not "It" which I also loved)!!! I liked Horns, I liked Heart shaped box and I do believe those two books were Joe Hill getting "warmed up" and NOS4A2 is him hitting his stride. I seriously could not put this book down. I found it to be interesting and captivating from cover to cover...and yes, I am on the "nice" lis...

🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄“Charles Talent Manx the Third at your service, my dear! CEO of Christmasland Enterprises, director of Christmasland Entertainment, president of fun! Also His Eminence, the King Shit of Turd Hill, although it doesn’t say that on my card.”I LOVED MANX! I know he's supposed to be the villain in this story but he thinks he's a good guy so surely that redeems him in some way ? No? He definitely goes down as one of my favoritest bad guys.I've read a number of Hill's books and found them to...

“Already, though, she understood the difference between being a child and being an adult. The difference is when someone says he can keep the bad things away, a child believes him.” Charles Talent Manx with his silver hammer.Some people are born with bad wiring. Some people get caught in a whirlpool of one tragic circumstance after another that has a detrimental effect on their sanity. Some people are too fragile; some are too hard, and some accumulate so much baggage that their soul gets lo...

Reread this with wonderful friends at For Love Of A Book! MY BLOG: Melissa Martin's Reading ListI CANT WAIT FOR THE AMC SHOW!!Photo’s by Zach Dilgard/AMCOH. MY. GOD!This is NOT a sweet little Christmas story boys and girls. This is a book about the evil Charlie Manx who takes boys and girls to Christmasland to live forever and ever and ever.......and Christmasland is not a place you want to be with your soul sucked dry. Charles Manx cruises around in his 1938 Rolls Royce Wraith stealing children...

I will not compare Stephen King's son to him...I will not compare Stephen King's son to him.....I will not...............compare....Joe Hill deserves to be in a class all of his own. Don'tcha think?I put off reading NOS4A2 for awhile. I read Heart-Shaped Box first... Which I really liked- but this...this was much better!!!Sooooooooooooooo many friends said- "You have to read NOS4A2!!!!...Oh you haven't read NOS4A2???? What is wrong with you??? Why haven't read NOS4A2?? What are you stupid?" One

3.5 starsCharlie Manx is a vampire. But not really.It's his car that sucks the life out of its victims and keeps him young. And who does he suck the life out of? Well, little kids.He kidnaps kids and takes them to this creepy as fuck place called Christmasland, where the kids act on their worst impulses. Why? Because on the way to Christmasland his car turns them into monsters. And he does all that with the help of The Gaskmask Man, who's this crazy dude that likes to rape the Mommies. <--this w...

People think I'm strange because I don't like Christmas. Well, this book did not cure me of this dislike in the slightest, nossir. Read it, and you'll understand. "You can’t let facts get in the way of the truth." I've also never been a fan of Christmas music. There's something just *off* in that fake strained cheerfulness that emanates from it. After this book, I dislike it even more because the annoying in it has been joined by the sinister undertones.Also, the dislike *may* have something t...

“Gold don’t come off. What’s good stays good no matter how much of a beating it takes.”Vic McQueen has a special gift for finding lost things. All she has to do is jump on her bike and the Shorter Way Bridge will guide her to whatever she is looking for. Until one day she finds trouble in the form of Charlie Manx - a vampiric old man who feeds on the souls of children.I have this terrible habit where if I don’t read Joe Hill for a prolonged period of time I forget how amazing Joe Hill is and the...

As a little girl Victoria McQueen has a magical talent for finding things. While riding her bike and focusing on what she’s looking for, Vic can conjure up an old wooden bridge that she can cross and be at the spot where the lost object is. Vic mainly uses her powers to distract herself from the constant fighting of her parents, and she eventually meets an eccentric librarian named Maggie with her own supernatural power who explains that Vic is tapping into imagination itself and plowing tunnels...

Although I don't want to waste too much time drawing comparisons between Joe Hill and his dad (Stephen King) he wrote this novel in a way where it's almost impossible to not at least bring it up. The book is essentially a mash-up of Christine, IT and The Gunslinger/Drawing of the Three, with a melting pot of other minor allusions. That said, it stands on its own and only true SK scholars will notice all the references. In a way, that's part of the fun.As for the writing, Joe must have been excel...