Horns

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Ignatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things He woke up the next morning with a thunderous hangover, a raging headache and a pair of horns growing from his temples.At first Ig thought the horns were a hallucination, the product of a mind damaged by rage and grief He had spent the last year in a lonely, private purgatory, following the death of his beloved, Merrin Williams, who was raped and murdered under inexplicable circumstances A mental breakdown would have been the most natural thing in the world But there was nothing natural about the horns, which were all too real.Once the righteous Ig had enjoyed the life of the blessed born into privilege, the second son of a renowned musician and younger brother of a rising late night TV star, he had security, wealth, and a place in his community Ig had it all, and he had Merrin and a love founded on shared daydreams, mutual daring, and unlikely midsummer magic.But Merrin s death damned all that The only suspect in the crime, Ig was never charged or tried And he was never cleared In the court of public opinion in Gideon, New Hampshire, Ig is and always will be guilty because his rich and connected parents pulled strings to make the investigation go away Nothing Ig can do, nothing he can say, matters Everyone, it seems, including God, has abandoned him Everyone, that is, but the devil inside Read Horns – kino-fada.fr Joe Hill has the story telling gift and his terrific sopho effort catapults him onto my authors to watch list I had some heated internal debates regarding what final rating to tag this with as I vacillated between 5, 4 and 3 stars depending on where I was in the book, eventually settling on a very strong 4 I don t think this ratings quandary necessarily reflects uneven levels of quality in Hill s execution Rather, I think the back and forth resulted from the subtlety and complexity of Joe Hill has the story telling gift and his terrific sopho effort catapults him onto my authors to watch list I had some heated internal debates regarding what final rating to tag this with as I vacillated between 5, 4 and 3 stars depending on where I was in the book, eventually settling on a very strong 4 I don t think this ratings quandary necessarily reflects uneven levels of quality in Hill s execution Rather, I think the back and forth resulted from the subtlety and complexity of the story Hill was telling which caught me a bit off guard You know how some works you go into knowing that you need to be focused and mindful of parsing sentences ...Stephen King really messed up his son, Joe It s not surprising The children of famous people generally end up as tabloid fodder, and with King as a dad, I m shocked that one of his brood hasn t gone on an extended murder spree.King spends all day thinking of the most horrific shit possible to try and scare the collective pants off the reading public, and he had huge substance abuse problems when his kids were young So you gotta assume that the conversations we...In order to enjoy this book for the disappointment it is, I suggest the following for the over 21 crowd Take one sip every time Someone exclaims any one of No Oh my God What ARE you A character or location from a Stephen King novel is mentioned You want to slap the main character and tell him to man up Merr...Remember, way back at the beginning of the year, when I said that I wanted to hump Hugh Laurie s leg for writing The Gun Seller After reading Horns, and just the ARC not even the finished, shiny and perfect masterpiece I want to hump Joe Hill s leg for writing it Not too long ago, I read Hill s short story collection, 20th Century Ghosts, and in the intro, Christopher Golden says that Hill is subtle writer, that his stories are promises fulfilled I think that Golden s words about Joe Hi Remember, way back at the beginning of the year, when I said that I wanted to hump Hugh Laurie s leg for writing The Gun Seller After reading Horns, and just the ARC not even the finished, shiny and perfect masterpiece I want to hump Joe Hill s leg for writing it Not too long ago, I read Hill s short story collection, 20th Century Ghosts, and in the intro, Christopher Golden says that Hill is subtle writer, that his stories are promises fulfilled I think that Golden s words about Joe Hill are evenapt when it comes to Horns This is Joe Hill fulfilling his promise to readers Horns is his promise to the world that he can keep pulling new and amazing tricks out of his bag, and each one will be better than the last I m sad that I m finished, that it s over I feel like I should just flip back to the beginning and read it again, because I know, without a doubt, that it will be evenbrilliant the 2nd time around Joe Hill s subtlety and brilliance is muchin evidence and haseffect in this book than any o...It s hard for me to rate this book On one hand I was hooked within the first 20 pages On the other hand though I found it emotionally draining and painful to read There s a quote that Ig reads to himself that I think sums up my feelings as well It goes against the American storytelling grain to have someone in a situation he can t get out of, but I think this is very usual in life I often read fantasy and paranormal books to escape the harsh realities of life It s the same reason I don t w It s hard for me to r...Ignatius Perrish s longtime girlfriend was murdered and the whole town thinks he did it but he s walking free because the evidence was destroyed After an all night bender, he wakes up with horns sticking out of his head that allow him to hear the thoughts of others When he learns the identity of Merrin s killer, things start spiraling out of controlFirst off, the good points Joe Hill s writing is a throwback to his father s early days, back when people had the guts to edit him and his stil Ignatius Perrish s longtime girlfriend was murdered and the whole town thinks he did it but he s walking free because the evidence was destroyed After an all night bender, he wakes up with horns sticking out of his head that allow him to hear the ...I need three things to make the hurt go away andJoe Hill writes from a dark and mysterious place When I read this book, I was enthralled and uncomfortable at the same time With every Hill novel I have read, the evil is unconventional and twisted In this novel, the protagonist connects with the dark forces through mysterious horns growing out of his headand it only gets stranger from there My guess is that 9 out of 10 readers will have no idea exactly what happened, but there is a good chance that most of them will have enjoyed it Joe Hill writes from a dark and mysterious place When I read this book, I was enthralled and uncomfortable at the same time With every Hill novel I have read, the ...Actual rating 2.5 I had no idea where the story would go and how it would end, which led to me only be able to make a judgement at the very end This is one of those books you really have to look at as a whole.However, I still can t say if I enjoyed it or if I didn tThe biggest problem I had were the characters I felt no connection to any of them In fact, all of them seemed kind of unreal and untouchable I felt no emotion whenever something bad happened to them, either I just didn t Actual rating 2.5 I had no idea where the story would go and how it would end, which led to me only be able to make a judgement at the very end This is one of those books you really have to look at as a whole.However, I still...I ll start by saying that I loved both the book and the movie Daniel Radcliffe did an amazing job at portraying Ig even if the actor looked a lot better than the book Ignatius Ignatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things He woke up the next morning with a thunderous hangover, a raging headacheand a pair of horns growing from his temples.At first Ig thought the horns were a hallucination, the product of a mind damaged by rage and grief He had spent the last year in I ll start by saying that I loved both the book and the movie Daniel Radcliffe did an amazing job at portraying Ig even if the actor looked a lot better than the book Ignatius Ignatius Perrish spent the night drunk and doing terrible things He woke up the next morning with a thunderous hangover, a raging headacheand a pair of horns growing from his temples.At first Ig thought the horns were a hallucination, the product of a mind damaged by rage and grief He had spent the last year in a lon...

Horns
  • English
  • 09 June 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 370 pages
  • 0061147958
  • Joe Hill
  • Horns