King Sorrow by Joe HillMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Thanks to Netgalley and William Morrow for the pre-release copy of King Sorrow by Joe Hill. Below is my honest review.
Absolute gem of a story. Even though it's really long, the overwhelming majority of it doesn't feel like it's superfluous at all, but rather that it's all important to the overall tale.
The key aspect of this story that really drives the success of the plot is the characters. Hill has created characters that are developed, have depth, and feel like people. I felt like I knew them to the core of who they were by the end of the story. They had flaws, foibles, strengths, feelings.
And King Sorrow himself was such a cool main antagonist. A dragon who binds himself to people with contracts that he uses against them through loopholes? It's so very fae-like, and I'm here for it.
But I also love how the story reveals that you don't always know the people you love as much as you think you do, how people can change and grow and branch out from your picture of them over time.
Five stars, highly recommended for Joe Hill fans, Stephen King fans, dragon fans, horror fans.
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