NOS4A2

A Novel

By: Joe Hill

Narrated by: Kate Mulgrew

The spine-tingling, bone-chilling　novel of supernatural suspense from the #1　New York Times　bestselling author of　The Fireman　and　Horns—now an AMC original series starring Zachary Quinto, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Ashleigh Cummings.

""A masterwork of horror.""—　Time

Victoria McQueen has an uncanny knack for finding things: a misplaced bracelet, a missing photograph, answers to unanswerable questions. When she rides her bicycle over the rickety old covered bridge in the woods near her house, she always emerges in the places she needs to be.

Charles Talent Manx has a gift of his own. He likes to take children for rides in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith with the vanity plate NOS4A2. In the Wraith, he and his innocent guests can slip out of the everyday world and onto hidden roads that lead to an astonishing playground of amusements he calls Christmasland. The journey across the highway of Charlie's twisted imagination transforms his precious passengers, leaving them as terrifying and unstoppable as their benefactor.

Then comes the day when Vic goes looking for trouble...and finds her way to Charlie. That was a lifetime ago. Now, the only kid ever to escape Charlie's evil is all grown up and desperate to forget. But Charlie Manx hasn't stopped thinking about Victoria McQueen. On the road again, he won't slow down until he's taken his revenge. He's after something very special—something Vic can never replace.

As a life-and-death battle of wills builds, Vic McQueen prepares to destroy Charlie once and for all—or die trying.

creepier than expected

Fantastic delivery by Kate Mulgrew! Really impressive - I didnt know she was such a good narrator!

Just ok but ...

This story just took too long to get to an obvious ending. A bit disconnected and not enough character development. I never did understand the change in the children's teeth. Won't drop a spoiler here though. Also, I'm from the area where this story was set and the mispronunciation of Haverhill over and over bugged me throughout. It wasn't even close. Kate Mulgrew was wonderful and kept me listening anyway.

Christmas sucks, figuratively of course

I enjoyed this story. It's a cross between It and Christine, only with a vampire instead of a clown. This is third book I've read by Stephen Kings son so I'm pretty sure I'm now a fan. His books hold my attention a bit longer, but there's plenty of gory descriptions and wretched acts for people who don't know anything about Stephen King. If you can't stand Christmas, this book is for you. Even if you can stand Christmas, you'll never feel the same way about ornaments and sleigh rides again. Also, the narrator was great, each and every raspy voice helped me figure out exactly who was talking even when I wasn't paying 100% attention.

great book

love this book. cant wait till part two. the story was amazing and and and

Just being nit picky

I loved Kate's reading and the story itself. But I found myself cringing every time he wrote anything about firearms. I know not everyone has the experience I do with them being a combat veteran. But I would think if you are writing about something you know nothing about you'd take a class or read up on the subject. I'm not trying to be mean or sound arrogant. I loved the book and gave 5 stars all around. After having firearm knowledge literally beat into me in the Marines, ignorance regarding firearms gives me a bit of anxiety.

This guy is good, really, really GOOD

I actually read it the first time. Listening to Kate Mulgrew read such great writing was more than a treat.

Good book and amazing reading

The story is great but narrator makes it even better! It’s like twice the story for the price of one.

NOS4A2

While this book was generally good, I just didn't enjoy it as much as I wanted to.

glad they made it into a series

the reading was amazing and they story was great. didn't really close with what the children actually become but other then that loved it.

Kate Mulgrew is amazing!

Joe Hill is most definitely a very talented writer in his own right. NOS4A2 was original and creative and the characters were so well developed. The end got a bit confusing for me, but I think its that I was listening to the book to ad from work and just maybe I missed some parts. Kate Mulgrew is so good at narration.