Excuse my french, but this story was some fucked up shit. And I loved every minute of it.This may have been the darkest, twisted, most imaginative book I have ever read. Even more so than one of Stephen King's books. Which is ironic since Heart Shaped Box was written by his son. Perhaps the deranged writer DNA was passed down. Who knows.
Basically a story of a goth rock god who collects the dark, twisted occult like objects. Ends up buying a man's suit that is supposedly 'haunted'. And boy is it ever. Turns out the suit inhabits the step-father ghost of a previous girlfriend. But as the story develops, even more layers are added into the background of the ghost and the ex-girlfriend. Very shortly after the book begins, so does the tortuous journey of the characters. Absolutely chilling. When my pledge is done, I fully intend to read Joe Hill's first book.
Meredith found this book on our trip to the Wylie bookstore "Eerie Books" which leads me to think that maybe another trip will be warranted when it's time for new books.
Highly recommend this book. But you could save it for some terrifying beach reading during the summer.
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