Heart-Shaped Box

Joe Hill

Feb 2007 · HarperAudio · Narrated by Stephen Lang

About this audiobook

“Wild, mesmerizing, perversely witty....A Valentine from hell.”
 —Janet Maslin, New York Times

 

The publication of Joe Hill’s beautifully textured, deliciously scary debut novel Heart-Shaped Box was greeted with the sort of overwhelming critical acclaim that is rare for a work of skin-crawling supernatural terror. It was cited as a Best Book of the Year by Atlanta magazine, the Tampa Tribune, the St. Louis Post Dispatch, and the Village Voice, to name but a few. Award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling Neil Gaiman of The Sandman, The Graveyard Book, and Anansi Boys fame calls Joe Hill’s story of a jaded rock star haunted by a ghost he purchased on the internet, “relentless, gripping, powerful.” Open this Heart-Shaped Box from two-time Bram Stoker Award-winner Hill if you dare and see what all the well-deserved hoopla is about.

Ratings and reviews

The plot was decent, but the main characters were entirely unlikable in an unendearing way, nor was their journey through this story redemption for their flat, uninteresting back stories. Additionally, the odd musical breaks throughout the audio play was distracting and unappealing. Perhaps instead of the poor quality, Garage-Band mixer techno blasted out randomly, something with a guitar, as a call back to the main character.

I really loved this book. it's very descriptive and the narrator does a. great job changing inflections In his voice to indicate which character and emotions they're feeling. great author. love this and nos 4a2. Joe hill is one of my new favorites

Stellar book. The best I've read in a long time. Thank you Joe Hill!!!

About the author

Joe Hill is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Fireman, NOS4A2, Horns, and Heart-Shaped Box; Strange Weather, a collection of novellas; and the acclaimed story collections Full Throttle and 20th Century Ghosts. He is also the Eisner Award–winning writer of a seven-volume comic book series, Locke & Key. Much of his work has been adapted for film and TV, including NOS4A2 (AMC), Locke & Key (Netflix), In the Tall Grass (Netflix), and The Black Phone (Blumhouse).

Stephen Lang's Broadway work includes Wait Until Dark, A Few Good Men, The Speed of Darkness and Death of a Salesman. His films include Last Exit to Brooklyn, Gettysburg, Gods and Generals, and Tombstone. He is the Co-Artistic Director of the Actors Studio.