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Book review:

Joe Hill. Some may know him as Joe Hillstrom King, of the family King. Son of Stephen King (Richard Bachman) and Tabitha King (Tabitha Spruce).

Apparently growing up with a couple writers in the family made it likely that one of their human offspring would pop out and take up a similar occupation. Joe Hill was only recently outted as one of the King family and was wise enough to go out and push himself under a pen name. I likely would not have read his book if i thought it had only been published because of who his DNA was sourced from. instead, i got 50-60 pages into the book before i was advised of this knowledge treat.

from my perspective, writers like Dan Brown (Angels & Demons, DaVinci Code) write “Harry Potter for adults”. they get adults and others who normally would catch fire to a book rather than read one. they force them to read something because everyone is doing it, then when they open the book they are spoon fed the whole plot line and coddled until they understand every secret nuance, they feel smarter because someone told them they are smarter.. this book does not fall into this category.

Heart-shaped box follows the story of Judas (Jude) Coyne, an aging rocker who is along the same vein as Ozzy. he was into the shocking on stage performances and carried his presence off stage too. at just over 50 years old, with his band dead and buried, he sits on his farm and goes about his business ignoring the world for the most part.

early in the book, things start to pick up as his personal assistant, Danny, finds an interesting item on a third rate ebay ripoff auction site. They are selling a ghost, specifically the ghost of an old man. the story goes that the old man wanted to be buried in his Sunday best but the funeral home decided against it. the winner of the auction would in essence be buying the ghost by purchasing the Sunday suit the dead man wanted to be buried in.

Jude and his assistant, decided it would be a fine addition to the collection of human skulls, and various other bizarre/creepy/stereotypical knickknacks that lay about the rocker’s home. a few days later the suit arrives at his home in a heart shaped box.

this book really caught my attention. from page one to the end, i was stuck in it. when i went on my trip, i took it with me and was a little sad that i could not just hole-up someplace and read it. Joe’s writing style is completely different than his father and mother. he is not a machine writer, pumping out details onto a page using a standard format and plot line. the book is not overly saturated with details. it does not force you along using loosely set plot lines or overly hinted at shocker ideas which would normally pop out in the last 5 pages. there is no secret twist and turns which will make you think you missed something. instead, as you read it, you know that you are getting a straightforward story, which an honest to god surprise ending.

if you look up other reviews of this book you will see many people state this was the “scariest book” they have ever read. some will state they are not into horror and this is why they can say this. others, i think just like buffy the vampire style horror and so anything really intense is considered scary. honestly, i didn't find this book to be scary. it falls into the horror category only due to the nature of the plot line, characters, and other entities. i would have to say this is a thriller instead. it kept me glued to the pages, but at no point was i horrified. it was missing all the classical horror standby's that bad writers fall back on. hell that even good writers fall back on.

it was refreshing to reach the end, smiling, pleased. i wanted more, but did not feel like i was cheated. likewise, i did not feel like i was over explained to.

if you have a sale in 5 minutes, but you talk to the customer for 15 minutes after they said they would buy, you are likely to lose the customer. this called over selling. Joe Hill sold me in about 400 pages and left me. he didn't use another hundred pages to explain all the intricacies that your standard read wouldn't get. he didn't hand hold or coddle the readers. he left a little mystery in the story. he made me go back and reread parts that i figured out had more details that were important. he didn't treat the read like an idiot, and left us to think for ourselves through each part of the book.

he accomplished a work that was no mere Harry Potter, yet was not the cliff notes of a story either. it was a robust, clear cut joy to read.