Horns by Joe HillMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is definitely one of those books that will "stick with me". It's not a "feel good" read. The book definitely is what I would consider "heavy" (sorry for all the quotations, lol) That being said, I still loved it! It really offers a different kind of protagonist.
The main character in this book is Ignatius (Iggy, Ig... LOVE this name)Perrish. The book follows the life of Ig beginning in his pre-teens. Ig comes from a well-to-do family. He falls in love at an early age with Merrin Williams, whom he meets in church. He also befriends Lee Tourneau around the same time. The book centers around these three characters as well as Ig's older brother Terry.
The book begins with Ig waking up one morning after "doing bad things" to discover that he has grown HORNS from his temples. He soon discovers that these horns give him a power. Anyone who comes across his path is suddenly compelled to tell Ig all of their deepest, darkest thoughts and desires. The day that Ig discovers the horns he is confronted with the deep, dark thoughts and desires of multiple people in his life (mother, father, brother, grandmother, priest, doctor, girlfriend, etc...) This is definitely an amazing hook that will lock you into this book from the very beginning.
As you continue reading, you discover that Ig's long time girlfriend, Merrin was murdered the previous year, and though Ig was never convicted, EVERYONE believes he did it.
Ultimately, Ig uses the power of the horns to discover what really happened to Merrin, but he also learns things about himself.
This book has a number of plot twists in the story that give you those OMG moments while reading. It also pulls on your emotional heart strings... especially towards the end. There is one particular letter near the end that had me in tears.
Ig and Merrin have definitely become two of my all time favorite characters. I highly recommend this book, as an adult fiction novel!!
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