Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

8 reviews

fionamclary's review against another edition

dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Never thought I'd say "puppet violence" when telling my friends about what I'm currently reading.

I have to say I guessed the twist very early on, which is extremely rare for me, so either I got super lucky or the twist wasn't as subtle as it should have been.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Vomit, and Abandonment

Major themes of children in peril

thanksfrthemoomeries's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I’ve now read 3 of Grady Hendrix’s books and this one is my favorite this far. I actually thought as I read it “oh, so he can write a good book!”  Compared to the other two I’ve read, Final Girl Support Group and A Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, I found this book to be the most entertaining and well-written. It was still predictable, but I had more fun reading this and I believe the story played out better than the other books of his I’ve read. One thing Hendrix always manages to do is make me squirm and pause my reading, so at least that is consistent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Self harm, Excrement, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death

ohyayitsapril's review

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

toastrats's review

dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death

d0505's review

dark emotional funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood and Grief

Minor: Excrement

jessthanthree's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Excrement, and Pregnancy

toofondofbooks_'s review

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I think this was pretty good, probably my second favorite Grady Hendrix that I've read so far. I think what really took it over the edge was the sibling dynamic and the themes of grief of several types throughout. It became less about the horror of it all and more about the humanity of our main characters, even when the horror became just a little absurd. I think the only reason this isn't a 5 star for me is just that I think there are some aspects that could've been explained better in the narrative. I still have some questions that are annoying me. Overall though, a decent read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy

jayjm94's review

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

I read this 415 page book in one sitting. It was everything I love about Grady Hendrix— there is plenty of reflection, but it is mainly scary messed up stuff happening and men being absolutely awful to women. This is as good as a scary puppet book gets; it’s full of camp, gore and family secrets. I don’t think it dragged a bit. So much fun!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death and Excrement