Heart-Shaped Box

Jow Hill's Heart-Shaped Box is the kind of story you don't see often enough these days - a classic ghost story. Not a ghoul-fest, just a classic, straight up haunting and exorcism of a sorts. This is a solid three star book, not quite up to par with Horns, but still a decent read. As another reviewer said, I think my biggest problem was that the level of peril never seemed to be quite imminent. Hauntings run a thin line, and I think Hill was trying to avoid crossing over it, but the final result was a book that didn't quite drag me along in the middle. Plus, living in Fredericksburg, I kept getting distracted for that part of that book :)