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Strange Weather: Four Short Novels

Joe Hill

Start date: July 1, 2019

Finish date: July 31, 2019

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Sep 05, 2017 destiny ♡ howling libraries rated it it was amazing

Shelves: collections, review-copies, adult, owned-p, horror

I've read almost every piece of work that Joe Hill has graced the world of literature with, and I've loved all of them, but this was exceptionally brilliant. Rather than dwell on monsters and ghosts, the most terrifying aspect of Strange Weather was simply the horror of the human psyche, and how far people will go to inflict pain upon others.

I'll be breaking this up by story, as I typically do with novella reviews. I've combined the content warnings and will add them all at the end of the revie ...more

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Jul 16, 2019 Tracy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: kindle-book, own-it, group-read-vwf, thriller, read-in-2019

Joe Hill has quite the imagination and "Strange Weather" was the perfect name for this book containing four short stories and strange they were for sure. Some of these stories I liked more than others. In order of most liked to least liked it would go "Rain" because it somewhat reminded me of Ray Bradbury's There Will Come Soft Rains, except it was also completely different. "Snapshot"- I thought the concept of this store was really interesting. "Aloft"- this one was just bizarre but also really ...more

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Aug 07, 2019 Tash rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: anthologies, horror, sci-fi, apocalyptic, read-in-2019

A collection of four stories that vary in genre, from horror to a survival story. I personally enjoyed 'Snapshot' and 'Rain' the most as their genres of horror and apocalyptic are some of my favourite genres to read. That being said, 'Loaded' and 'Aloft' were also well written.

The only negative that I do have is how little the weather actually features in the book, despite it being heavily advertised. The weather only really plays an important role in the last two stories, with its only use in ...more

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