Welcome to another First Impression Friday. In case this is your first time, here’s the rundown:
• Based on this sampling of your current read, give a few impressions
and predict what you’ll think by the end.
• Did you think you’d love and ended up hating it? Or did you think
you’d hate it and wound up loving it? Or were you exactly right?
• Link back to Storeys of Stories so I can enjoy reading all the
First Impression Fridays out there!
Let’s talk about Horns by Joe Hill.
“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.”
My first introduction to Joe Hill was The Fireman. Even though I really like it I wasn’t exactly running to the bookstore to get his entire catalog, but a reading challenge had me looking at this one… AND I LOVE IT!
If this one continues as strong as it started, I just might run to the bookstore to get him entire catalog!
Warning: This book is awesome, but messed up. It starts out with most people revealing the worst, most evil parts of themselves, ramped up to 11.
I read Horns a few years ago because of the Daniel Radcliffe movie (which I still haven’t seen) and it only gets more messed up with each chapter. There are some scenes I still can’t get out of my brain to this day. I also read Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill shortly after reading Horns. That one is more like a dark comedy, not as intense as Horns though.
Does that mean you liked Horns, or hated it? Lol. Not being able to get scenes out of your head can be good or bad…
I did like it overall. At some points, though, it was a little too heavy on the gore.
I read this book ages ago and don’t remember that much about it – only that I thoroughly enjoyed it 🙂
Here’s my book vs. movie post for Horns: https://thepunktheory.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/book-vs-movie-horns/