A review by readingwithkelsey
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

3.0

I enjoyed some parts of this and other parts... I did not. I think the start of this book was really interesting, I really enjoyed learning about Vic as a character and the "powers" that her and other children would have. I even enjoyed when the book jarringly jumped to Vic twenty some years later because I was very interested in her motivations as a mother and I really enjoyed reading from the perspective of her son and her ex-boyfriend (side note: both of them are super sweet and enjoyable characters). Charles Manx as a villain was interesting as well and I really enjoyed his motivations behind finding Vic again as the one who got away. And then ending was very engaging and I really enjoyed how the final chapter closed out the novel. However, I found the pacing in this book to be extremely difficult in keeping my attention. I never wanted to listen to this book when I had the time simply because the majority of the middle portion was long-winded and quite frankly, boring. I think if the book was shorter, it could have had a much quicker pace and the stakes of Vic's life would have felt much higher.