tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post557999472376044502..comments2023-09-05T05:36:02.930-06:00Comments on .: Heart Shaped Box!Ysabeau Wilcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01684128551495819812noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771986852817302610.post-85850619108519802302007-04-09T15:23:00.000-06:002007-04-09T15:23:00.000-06:00I'm with you on this one, although I almost don't ...I'm with you on this one, although I almost don't feel it's fair for me to opine on horror since I'm so NOT a kinda-sewer of the genre. Also, my tepid reaction may be partly due to the circumstances under which I bought the book: I usually pick up every first novel I hear about more or less automatically as a way to support new writers, give 'em encouragement as well as a financial return. I really hesitated on this one because of my ambivalence about horror, but I figured Joe Hill (great name of sentimental value to this lifelong lefty) "needed" me. When I found out the dude is Steven King's son I have to admit I felt a little manipulated by whatever powers-that-be decided to keep this fact under wraps. I wouldn't have bought the book if I'd known, because I would've figured he had a huge ready-made audience already, including folks who were just curious about what SK's son is capable of as well as horror fans. I've never read a Steven King novel, so I don't know how his son lives up to that daunting legacy. I do know that I wasn't scared by Heart Shaped Box. I considered this a very good thing at the time, but hard-core horror fans probably won't. The scariest thing I've ever read was The Handmaid's Tale. Now THAT is seriously blood-curdling!Erika Hamerquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09721599229029331587noreply@blogger.com