Horns

I love that a normal human being, Ig Perrish (awesome character name), wakes up one morning and notices he is physically transforming into a supernatural being. The progressive growth of the horns (excellent anatomical descriptions of their extension from the cranium) coinciding with his gradual distaste and rejection of all things Judeo-Christian is brilliant.

I also love that Joe Hill turned the idea of what a demon is on its head, that they are not inherently evil but become that way because they can detect the hypocrisy of human thought, which drives them mad. They are so mad that they… show more.

A person doesn’t usually wake up one morning to find horns have sprouted from their head. That’s a tad worse than acne. So, from the beginning, I was intrigued by this somewhat absurd premise and wondered how the author would pull that off. But Joe Hill, who had big shoes to fill (his father was Stephen King, after all), did exactly that.

I loved this book because I’ve often wondered how I would feel if those around me always spoke the truth. Would I have wished I didn’t know? Probably. Well, that’s the main character’s plight, along with the fact… show more.

I haven’t read a lot of Hill’s work, but this novel was entertaining. The movie adaptation left a lot to be desired, but we won’t talk about that. Ignatius Perrish wakes one morning and has horns growing on his head. His girlfriend was raped and murdered, and everyone thinks he did it. He tries to find the killer and his horns give him power over people’s behaviors. Townsfolk partake in all kinds of debauchery around him, but they still think he raped and murdered his girlfriend. This novel has a lot of symbolism and metaphor. I loved the absurdity and… show more.