Title: NOS4A2
Author: Joe Hill
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
Release Date: October 15, 2013 (first published April 30, 2013)
Acquired Via: TLC Book Tours
NOS4A2 is a spine-tingling novel of supernatural suspense from master of horror Joe Hill, the New York Times bestselling author of Heart-Shaped Box and Horns.
Victoria McQueen has a secret gift for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. On her Raleigh Tuff Burner bike, she makes her way to a rickety covered bridge that, within moments, takes her wherever she needs to go, whether it’s across Massachusetts or across the country.
Charles Talent Manx has a way with children. He likes to take them for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the NOS4A2 vanity plate. With his old car, he can slip right out of the everyday world, and onto the hidden roads that transport them to an astonishing – and terrifying – playground of amusements he calls “Christmasland.”
Then, one day, Vic goes looking for trouble—and finds Manx. That was a lifetime ago. Now Vic, the only kid to ever escape Manx’s unmitigated evil, is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx never stopped thinking about Victoria McQueen. He’s on the road again and he’s picked up a new passenger: Vic’s own son.
Exclusive to the print editions of NOS4A2 are more than 15 illustrations by award-winning Locke & Key artist Gabriel RodrÃguez.
My Review
As I was reading NOS4A2 by Joe Hill, I was asked by several people, "Why are you reading that book? I thought you didn't like horror." I shrugged them off because I didn't have an easy answer (I hate horror movies yet love Stephen King fiercely), but as I got further into the book, I learned something about myself as a reader. I may not like the guts, gore, or brutality that is generally found in horror, I very much appreciate the creativity and grotesque beauty of the worlds or scenarios created in the genre. NOS4A2 is such a well-written, albeit disturbing, novel that it helped me realize this.