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Horns by Joe Hill

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“It was like wondering how evil had come into the world or what happens to a person after he dies: an interesting philosophical exercise, but also curiously pointless, since evil and death happened, regardless of the why and the how and the what-it-meant.”

Merrin Williams is dead, slaughtered under inexplicable circumstances, leaving her beloved boyfriend Ignatius Perrish (Ig) as the only suspect. On the first anniversary of Merrin's murder, Ig spends the night drunk and doing awful things. When he wakes the next morning he has a thunderous hangover... and horns growing from his temples. Ig possesses a terrible new power, a macabre gift he intends to use to find the monster who killed his one true love.

Horns, at it’s core is a touching love story that is surrounded by grief, loss, love, death, and the extent of human nature. The innocence of childhood love is a beautiful thing that the Author explores with such grace that you can't help but feel warm inside. However, it's a bittersweet feeling when you know the fate of their love.

This brutal and edgy story is a dark fantasy full of mystery and tension. The characters in this story are human, they're likeable and they have their faults. I couldn't help but feel connected to them instantly. I've yet to read anything similar to this book. It does an excellent job of weaving together multiple genres - dark fantasy, crime fiction and horror.

I’m relatively new to the world of Joe Hill having only read Heart-Shaped Box and now Horns. But I can already see myself becoming a huge fan. What an incredible talent. Highly Recommend.

“Satan has long been known as the Adversary, but God fears women even more than He fears the devil—and is right to. She, with her power to bring life into the world, was truly made in the image of the Creator, not man, and in all ways has proved Herself a more deserving object of man’s worship than Christ, that unshaven fanatic who lusted for the end of the world.”

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“Satan has long been known as the Adversary, but God fears women even more than He fears the devil–and is right to. She, with her power to bring life into the world, was truly made in the image of the Creator, not man, and in all ways has proved Herself a more deserving object of man’s worship than Christ, that unshaven fanatic who lusted for the end of the world. God saves–but not now, and here. His salvation is on layaway. Like all grifters, He asks you to pay now and take it on faith that you will receive later. Whereas women offer a different sort of salivation, more immediate and fulfilling. They don’t put off their love, for a distant, ill-defined eternity but make a gift of it in the here and now, frequently to those who deserve it least”
― Joe Hill, Horns

Reading Progress

May 8, 2022 –Started Reading

May 10, 2022 –Finished Reading

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