Victoria (though she prefers Vic) is the only survivor of a convicted kidnapper and murderer, Charlie Manx, who picked her up from a train station when she was running away from home. Only she wasn't exactly running away from home. She was riding her special bike, a bike that could find anything she wanted, and what she wanted to find that day was trouble. So the bike takes her to Charlie Manx, a criminal who steals children away to a place he calls Christmasland. After Vic escapes, she turns him in and Manx dies in prison. Victoria thinks he is gone for good, but no such luck: in NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (son of Stephen King), Manx is back and looking to take revenge on the woman who put him in prison.
Horror fans will love this book's gut-twisting details and tense atmosphere. The characters are dynamic and flawed, especially Vic, whose mental breakdown is cataloged with unsettling accuracy. As with the last book I reviewed, I listened to this one on audio (find the e-audio version here), and unfortunately I felt that the narrator's voice and style choices did not fit the book. Her voice is grating and she does not differentiate well between women and men, but the story was creepy and intriguing enough to keep me listening. Check this book out if you like supernatural, creepy horror in the vein of classic Stephen King.
Shannon Wood, Adult Services Librarian
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