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Sep 23, 2018 Jesse rated it liked it

Not my favorite Joe Hill. This is the first time that I've read one of his books and felt that a lot of the plot was lifted from his father's body of work. Maybe not line for line, but it just rung too familiar. It's hard to explain. In reading his other books, it has felt like he took the art and craft of his father and lifted it to a higher plane for a new generation of readers. This one feels more like he just settled down into, and settled for, the old and comfortable and familiar. I'm proba ...more

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Oct 30, 2013 Dana Fontaine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites

Words cannot express how awesome this book is.

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Apr 21, 2013 Rachel Yuska rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery, ebook, horror

Haven't read a scary book for ages. This one is a page turner, gripping yet engrossing since the first page. Ok, it's not really scary according to my standard, but the suspense kept me awake for a few nights. And that Craddock ghost appeared in my dreams. Yes, I should give Joe Hill a credit. ...more

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Aug 03, 2011 Adam Smith rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Judas Coyne, a retired death-metal star, has a collection of strange oddities ranging from paintings drawn by convicted serial killers to a genuine snuff film, he doesn't go out of his way to collect them, they just have a way of finding him, but when he stumbles across a web page offering to sell him an actual ghost, he knows he has to have it, but what Jude doesn't realize is that when you pay for something you own it, no refunds, no exchanges.

This book was really good. Not what I was expectin ...more

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