Somewhere I read that this book was a thriller. What does that even mean? I guess someone must have thought it was suspenseful but I laughed through most of the "scary" scenes. Hill uses a lot of humor and I thought the suspense was more of a joke on his part. Maybe I misread. The Heart-Shaped Box is about an aging, I'm talking Ozzy Osbourne aging, rock star who is obsessed with the dead and fills his house with tons of creepy nick knacks. He buys a ghost in an online auction only to find that it means to haunt him, maim him, kill some of his friends, and then kill him. The rock star has to delve into the ghost's past or die. That's basically the book.On the Four Star Scale
Sap Factor (***) - Womanizer finally finds love? That seems sappy enough to me although sap is not the point.
Naughty Bits (****) - Old man rocker, has lots of groupie girlfriends and is mean to them. Potty language.
Readability (****) - 384 pages. Reads easy.
Final notes- What is the point? I'm trying to be enthusiastic. That's it.
2 comments:
I heard from another review that this book was scary beyond all reason. Either way, I won't be reading it, but I was interested to read your take.
I guess I don't scare that easily. That is so not true. I read mysteries and I'm always scared...but not of the supernatural. That just seems cheesy to me :)
Post a Comment