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How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

23 reviews

mx_harpstar's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Self harm, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

major CW for creepy puppets/dolls

crowsandcoffee's review

dark tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Gore, Self harm, Vomit, Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Alcohol

Minor: Gaslighting

possibly triggering scenes:

a little girl is forced by a ghost to cut herself

the mother and father get in a car accident and pass away

mark sets a house on fire, possibly killing the people inside

gross scenes:

louise cuts her brothers arm off

louise is stabbed in the eye with a needle

there’s also a lot of talk about religion, demons, and growing up in a religious family. along with that,

there’s mentions of mark and his friends, when possessed by their Pupkin masks, killing and possibly eating neighborhood pets

loongbooy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

mpswans1's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

julieyael's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

3.5 stars but rounded up

This is a book that I took time to really appreciate. 
The first half of it (that’s the first 200 pages!) were just ok. It’s a bit slow and I did not care too much for the characters. 
For a moment, I even thought about not finishing the book, because I felt that this was not what I expected from the story. 

But then it becomes more intriguing and you feel that there is more to it. 
When you enter the last third of the book, it becomes hard to leave it. 
I wished the slow part of the begining was not that long, because it’s all well written and you feel the creepy atmosphere building up. 

In the end, the book kept its promises, it’s a fun and creepy horror novel, with a good dose of paranormal, and a light touch of gory details (very light, but I guess it can be triggering for some people)

So I would recommend it, if you are ready to spend some time on the first part which is less exciting and a bit long to my taste. 
The second half of it really deserves a good 4 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Gore

Minor: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

ameliadidon's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

2.5⭐️
this book just didn’t do it for me, which is surprising because i loved SBCGTSV and my best friends exorcism.

HTSAHH was a slower burn and much of the action happened in the final third, an issue i also had with Hendrix’s other two novels i’ve read - however i enjoyed the lead up and storyline of the other two much more. with this novel i was disinterested in the characters and struggled to develop attachments to them, making the read feel like a slog.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death and Car accident

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sephiefoxx's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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’m pretty sure Grady Hendrix looked deep into my personal childhood nightmares when writing this, and honestly I feel attacked. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Animal death and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

darumachan's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I enjoyed the dark humor and wild twists.  The sibling relationship went through just as many rollercoaster swoops as the plot, but was touching and rang true in how they connected. This was a total romp with plenty of good suspense, peril, and creepy thrills along the way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Grief, and Death of parent

Dissociation

aniwillow's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Confinement

Minor: Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Fire/Fire injury

maddireads13's review

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Pregnancy