Bookworm Wednesday (on a Friday)

With everything that has been going on in the last little while in has been hard to find time to read, or to write.  However this week's review is

Heart shaped box by Joe Hill

Our story follows the trials of ageing rockstar Judas Coyne.  Judas is a collector of oddities, a witch's confession, a snuff film, and other morbid memorabilia.  He purchases a dead man's suit that is supposedly haunted.  The ghost that is 'attached' to the suit arrives in a heart shaped box.  After the suit's arrival it becomes obvious that the ghost is less than friendly, and perhaps has a personal vendetta against Judas.  Judas and his girlfriend flee to hopes of figuring out what the ghost wants and how to stop it.

I really enjoyed this book, in most parts because there were parts that were actually quite scary.  I consider myself to be rather jaded in the "scare me" department, but several times I felt like perhaps I should stop reading until daylight hours.  A certain hallway scene was particularly creepy.  The plot is hardly innovative to regular horror-reading folk, but it is well written, the characters are enjoyable and the creeps are enough to spook but not too gross.

All in all a great read and a high recommendation.