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We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

41 reviews

taylormoore's review

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, and Gore

Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Minor: Alcohol and Death of parent

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Suicide, Body horror, Blood, Murder, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

thewellbitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 Entertaining but definitely not for me. Someone into metal would probably get a lot more out of this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Gore

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Violence, Sexual assault, and Drug use

hellokatya's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.25

this book took me a long time to finish, i just could not get myself to pick it back up once i’d stopped. 
around the 60-70% mark it got a lot better, but its a fight to get there.
i’ve read some grady hendrix before, and i’d definitely say he has much better books to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Death, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Body horror, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Stalking

Moderate: Murder, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Misogyny

Minor: Emotional abuse

madisbookshelf's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

this was my first grady hendrix book and overall i thoroughly enjoyed it! i loved the overall story and found the Troglodyte album being intertwined throughout the story very creative! i typically don't like stories that have a slower pace, which i feel this one has, but this one kept me engaged the entire time!
the overuse of "and" and "said" kinda of threw me off a bit and there were a few points where I was confused on exactly what was going on. 
however, i really enjoyed the story and cannot wait to read another book by mr. hendrix

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

kier__'s review

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicide, Child death, Blood, Cursing, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Violence, Drug abuse, Sexism, Drug use, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Suicide attempt, Torture, Bullying, Death, Sexual assault, Addiction, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

kmiff's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, and Gore

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual assault

sighsborg's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, Death, Suicide, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol, Misogyny, Vomit, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Addiction, and Toxic friendship

hmetwade's review

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Car accident, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Torture, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

jays_fairytales's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

First of all, I feel it’s important to note that since reading A Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires in January, I’ve read pretty much all of Grady Hendrix’s bibliography (with How to Sell a Haunted House, his newest release, being the exception). Suffice it to say, Grady Hendrix could release his tax release and I would read it.

I left We Sold Our Souls until second to last because I knew from the synopsis it wasn’t going to be my favorite. Growing up Christian, there was a point that I bought into all that satanic panic and the scary blurred lines between the devil and heavy metal.

What I was not expecting was for Hendrix to put write my childhood fears so clearly into this novel. Unlike the more classic horror elements of his other works (slaying vampires, performing exorcisms, fleeing a slasher, surviving a haunted house) this novel focuses on conspiracy theories and real life horror. 

For me, the best of this book was the relatable 40 something year old female protagonist who was once a rock star going on an emotional journey and falling in love with music again. A girl with a guitar has nothing to apologize for.

This book did take a while for me to get into - I think it was because while the first few chapters had lots of action and interesting twists, there were moments on the main characters journey where the tension dipped and took me out of it. 

The ending (like almost all of the Hendrix’s novels) did leave me feeling unsatisfied. I tend to like a tidy ending and Hendrix likes to leave you thinking about the implications of an open end. 

Definitely read the trigger warning son this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Gore