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King Sorrow by Joe Hill

King Sorrow by Joe Hill

October 7, 2025 by Classic 2 Comments

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Trigger warning: The way it’s described it sounds like coercion which to my mind is still rape, but wanted to put a rape trigger warning here for readers due to a plot point with one of the characters. I don’t even know what to say. This is definitely a slog of a book (it’s over 800 pages) and there’s not a lot to say about it even though […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: joe hill, King Sorrow

Classic's CBR17 Review No:145 · Genres: Horror · Tags: joe hill, King Sorrow ·
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