2013-11-16

ladysprite: (steampunk)
2013-11-16 11:16 am
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Story Of My Life

So I'm reading 'Nos4A2,' by Joe Hill, and it's pretty amazing. It's the second book I've read by him, and I love his writing style and I love his grasp of horror and I love how he twists his stories in directions you wouldn't expect without making it feel like bait-and-switch.

But it took until I was about 250 pages into the current book for me to realize that there might be other reasons I like this story in particular.

Because... well, it's about a kinda petite woman with a history of trouble and abuse in her past that has left her with some mental scars, who has a bunch of tattoos and a motorcycle, and who very much loves a kinda big heavy-set bearded guy who has a deep and unabashed fondness for comic books, SF movies, and playing the hero.

Oh - and it's set around Boston.

Admittedly, I don't have a kid, [livejournal.com profile] umbran isn't a high-school dropout, and I'm mostly certain I've never been targeted by an immortal serial killer with a Christmas fetish. But still. It's close enough to be both creepy and awesome....