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4.5 starsVictoria has a knack for finding lost things ever since she was young. She would pop on her Raleigh bicycle and immediately she could find the missing item. Sounds amazing, right? The amazing part is how she got there. All Vic had to do was pedal her Raleigh bicycle, turning the pedals f...
Synopsis:The plot of this novel revolves around Charles Talent Manx, his enemy Vic (Victoria) McQueen and her family. Both Vic and Manx have the same gift – a very vivid imagination which allows them to create new worlds and move between them and reality, bending space-time continuum with the help o...
4.5 starsAfter reading this, I told my husband, "I think this is Joe Hill's IT."He replied, "That's a bold statement."Indeed it is. And it's not made lightly.As I read NOS4A2, I could see shades of some of Stephen King's best work: Christine, 'Salem's Lot, IT, The Shining, Children of the Corn, The ...
This was solidly OK. First off, or is clearly a product of Stephen King in one way or another; the simplistic language used to convey severity, the obsession with the innocence of children, nostalgia taken to a supernatural extreme. It's all here. That said this was placed better than any King I hav...
The Basics Vic McQueen is really good at finding lost things. Good in that wow-that-shouldn’t-be-possible kind of way. It’s a power she has, and she’s not the only one with secret modes of psychic travel. Charlie Manx, an incredibly unsettling guy who kidnaps children, has this power, too. And he’...
I tend to stay away from the horror genre due in part to the fact that I read Halloween when I was a preteen and never quite recovered ;)When I picked up NOS4A2 I thought it would have more of a fantasy bent than a focused horror flavor. Then I discovered that Joe Hill was none other than Stephen Ki...
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