Aloft

by Joe Hill

200 pages, ebook

About the author

Joe Hill's debut, Heart-Shaped Box, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. His second, Horns, was made into a film freakfest starring Daniel Radcliffe. His other novels include NOS4A2, and his #1 New York Times Best-Seller, The Fireman... which was also the winner of a 2016 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Horror Novel.

He writes short stories too. Some of them were gathered together in his prize-winning collection, 20th Century Ghosts.

He won the Eisner Award for Best Writer for his long running comic book series, Locke & Key, co-created with illustrator and art wizard Gabriel Rodriguez.

He lives in New Hampshire with a corgi named McMurtry after a certain beloved writer of cowboy tales. His next book, Strange Weather, a collection of novellas, storms into bookstores in October of 2017.

Reviews

[Wendy · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 hours 12 minutes on Audio.
Description from Strange Weather by Joe Hill.
A young man takes to the skies to experience his first parachute jump. . . and winds up a castaway on an impossibly solid cloud, a Prospero’s island of roiling vapor that seems animated by a mind of its own in Aloft.

[Nick Katenkamp · Rating 3 out of 5]

The idea of a man living in a dream world on a cloud is an interesting plot for a novella, but the execution is just okay. The story ends up being a relationship drama more than anything else and lacks much excitement.

[Kelly · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was fine writing and decent character development, however the plot was just not for me. I really struggled with this fever dream of a story. It was distracting and hard to follow. I will say it was unique, but I don’t think I’d recommend it unless you’re a fan of Joe Hill.

[Nganka · Rating 3 out of 5]

rating-2.75
very good imagination and some creative thoughts but the story didnt do much for me, but others may like .

[Leslie Stacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite of his so far!!

[J. · Rating 2 out of 5]

So far, least favorite in the collection. Dragged a little bit for me, but overall interesting premise.
On to #4, "Rain".

[Andrew kutz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it do I even really need to do a review for Joe Hill anymore most people if they look at my stuff, we know that Joe Hill is my favorite author, and this one was no exception.