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Violence
Very heavy
A mass shooting with graphic deaths in Loaded; extreme violence in Rain; horror violence throughout
Language
A lot
Strong language in Hill's signature vernacular horror register
Sexual Content
Some
Adult relationships; some sexual content across the four novellas
Substance Use
Some
Moderate drinking and drug use in the contemporary settings
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The horror of ordinary violence made extraordinary; a world in which people do terrible things to each other with the tools available; the specific grief of Loaded's survivors
What this book is about
Joe Hill's Strange Weather collects four novellas, each built around a different form of impossible weather. Snapshot follows a man whose childhood is being erased by a supernatural camera. Loaded is set in the aftermath of a mass shooting at a hair salon and is the collection's most brutal piece. Aloft follows a skydiver stranded on a mysterious solid cloud. Rain depicts a world where it rains razor-sharp crystal needles. Hill's range is on full display — each story is tonally distinct, though Loaded in particular is a sustained exercise in the horror of American gun culture. Not for the faint of heart.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
graphic mass shooting violence in Loaded
strong language throughout
body horror in Rain
adult content
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