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  • Heart-Shaped Box

  • By: Joe Hill
  • Narrated by: Stephen Lang
  • Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (624 ratings)

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Heart-Shaped Box

By: Joe Hill
Narrated by: Stephen Lang
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Summary

"Buy my stepfather's ghost, read the e-mail." So Jude did. He bought it, in the shape of the dead man's suit, delivered in a heart-shaped box, because he wanted it - because his fans ate up that kind of story. It was perfect for his collection: the genuine skulls and the bones, the real honest-to-God snuff movie, the occult books, and all the rest of the paraphernalia that goes along with his kind of hard/goth rock.

But the rest of his collection doesn't make the house feel cold. The bones don't make the dogs bark; the movie doesn't make Jude feel as if he's being watched. And none of the artifacts bring a vengeful old ghost with black scribbles over his eyes out of the shadows to chase Jude out of his home, and make him run for his life....

©2007 Joe Hill (P)2007 HarperCollinsPublishers

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Just as good as his comic work

Unlike other people I read Joe hills comics unaware he was the son of Stephen King. I like both but i like more fantasy and humour in my books. This is more like his fathers books than his comics are but i still thoroughly enjoyed it. It is genuinely scary is some places and hats off to the narrator for that. Looking forward to Horns as it sounds more like his comic work.

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Great horror story

Having read the book I still greatly enjoyed the audio book. Very well narrated. This is a top notch modern day ghost story and thriller. Great book.

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not a horror fan, but a good listen

I got it after listening to "save the cat! Writes a novel" it was part of the samples and break down, it helps a lot as research considering that it's flow went so smoothly. The prose is great as well.

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Just as creepy as his Dad, Joe Hill is a great!!!

What made the experience of listening to Heart-Shaped Box the most enjoyable?

A cool concept and very creepy, I really enjoyed this book.

What other book might you compare Heart-Shaped Box to, and why?

Thats a hard one I would say the idea is pretty original.

What about Stephen Lang’s performance did you like?

Yes very much so! made the story come to life!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The end is pretty dramatic!!! great build up.

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Well written

Well written and narrated. My only niggle was that I didn't like the music between chapters. It really didn't work for me as it was jarring and brought me out of the story,

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creepy good

The best ghost story I've read for a long time, I've read the paper book twice,it was so good I also tried it on audio. glad I did,it was even better 3rd time around.

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Enjoyable read, well presented.

Great read, some dark moments and satisfying ending.

I will be reading more from this author.

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Needs to be updated

The story is excellent! I’ve listened to it so many times and it’s as chilling the 20th time as it was the first but the quality of the audio is terrible. The speech isn’t clear enough and needs to be sharper. This story deserves good quality. Also the music between chapters has to go! Really off putting.

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not one I would of chosen, not what I expected,

absolutely fantastic, so different from anything I've ever listened 2, so glad I got it 😁

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Love the theme, but not too scary

I was recommended this as a scary story by an online top 10 list. But I would say that this is more of a thriller than a horror.

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