The Pram - Review

Author: Joe Hill

Genre: Horror

Format: eBook

Pages: 57

It has been a minute since I picked up a book by Joe Hill. Honestly, I think NOS4A2 broke me for any other book by this man. It's one that years later still lives rent-free in my head. The Pram is another that I think will simmer with me for a minute.

I knew this book was going to creep me out, and probably even make me slightly unhinged. Knowing what I know about the author's other works. But, I still wasn't prepared for what was laying in wait on these fifty-plus pages. This book could easily have been read in a single sitting.  The plot moves quickly, the story pulls you in, and for the first bit of the book, you really do feel for the main characters.

About a third of the way through the book, I set it down. Not because for any bad reason. Because I reached the point where I could feel, with my whole body, that I was not going to like what was about to happen. Not while I was reading, in the dark, quiet house, so close to midnight. There was that little voice, that little warning that was like, maybe not tonight.

So I set my Kindle aside to finish it the next day after work. Did that help? Nope, sure didn't. It was in fact as weird, creepy, and unhinged as I knew it was going to be. Did it help to read while my apartment building was awake and full of noise? Nope, still creeped me right out.

What Hill managed to create in under sixty pages is brilliant. And, while I wished we'd gotten a little more in the Sin Planters, or maybe more with the Pram. Maybe a bit more build to the night. As a whole, I think this story worked, and it creeped me the hell out. 

I really enjoyed this Creature Feature Collection from Amazon Prime. I'm definitely going to need to check the other books in this series. 

HAPPY READING!!