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So I just finished the book Horns yesterday and I decided to watch the movie a little after. And... I can recommend the book... but not so much the movie. Lol. It wasn't bad, if I hadn't read the book I would think "ohhh this is okay." But I did read it and it wasn't. They changed everything important from the book. The book uses a lot of time jumps as a way to show the background of each character and you really understand why they do the things they do. Its a big book, everything is explained in great detail and it all makes sense. We see flashbacks of Lee and Ig as kids and see how Lee talks about women. He talks about wanting girls to be "cherry" and virginal or innocent looking. It shows that he is insane and that yeah he killed Merrin. Also in the book Merrin's sister dies of cancer and she is really awful to Merrin and her father and said unforgivable things. Merrin didn't want to be like that and she didn't want to put Ig through th...

I picked this book up not too long ago because after seeing the trailer for the movie and seeing it was based on a book I thought "Hey, that looks good. I should read the book." Then my friend gave me a Barnes and Noble gift card for my birthday and I thought "Hey I wanted to read Horns, I should grab that." And I did, and I had to read it around halloween of corse! So this is my kind of horror story first of all. I love that the universe it takes place in is very realistic and very small-town. If you've noticed in some of my other book reviews... I like mysteries that take place in small towns. And its very believable because the world and the characters are all so real. I think its a good book just for that. The book starts out with this guy Ignatious, or Ig a year after his girlfriend Merrin is murdered. He grows horns from out of his head... for no real reason. And then a few chapters in we find out who really did it and then we find out why and that thi...