Joe Hill might be my favorite "new" author. I really liked his first novel, Heart-Shaped Box, and last night I just finished his second, Horns. Reading a blurb about it, I wasn't prepared to like it. A guy wakes up with horns one day? But it wasn't about the horns, precisely. The story of Ig and Merrin was brilliant, and how more and more was revealed throughout the book...and from several different viewpoints, was great. Ig sees himself in a different way from Terry, as the protective older brother, which is completely different from the twisted infatuation of Lee.
There were also some neat literary references. I can't recall most of them, but brief mention of a daughter named Regan who says ugly things about her father was a nice, subtle touch, and there are others like it. Probably more I missed. Overall, I thought the book was well-written, thoughtful, and had some great twists, right up until the end with Merrin's last morse code message. Brilliant. I hope Joe Hill has some more novels on the burner.
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