A review by wjlongiii
The Pram by Joe Hill

5.0

I don't know if these should count as books, but Amazon counts them, so I'm going with it.

This is my first blush with Joe Hill, and I have been looking forward to it for some time. Being a fan of many of his father's books, I wondered just how far the apple fell from the tree. It turns out the distance is negligible in this case.

The Pram is a short but gruesome tale about loss and disconnection with an air of supernatural horror. At first, I was concerned that this would continue the tried and tired approach of masking suppressed trauma beneath some ambiguous scenario that may or may not be only in the main character's head. I was thoroughly relieved to find the threat real and the scenario both simplistic in its existence outside of our characters while being complicated by their emotional baggage.

It's a short read, so give it a shot if you're looking to make your skin crawl.