Reviews with content warning for Excrement - Horrorstor

This book had a unique premise. Haunted house thriller set in a knock off Ikea.

It started off as funny, but very quickly took a gory turn. I think some of the gore came out of nowhere and was a little too shocking.

I enjoyed how the publisher put the book together to make it look like an IKEA catalogue. It was very creative, immersive, and unique.

There were aspects of the story I liked, but I was not entirely content with how it ended for each character. It felt like parts of the story were missing. I still ranked the book fairly well though because of the cool formatting.

All in all it was a decent thriller. I read it in only a few days because I couldn’t put it down.

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dark sad 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? It's complicated

1.0

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dark funny mysterious 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? No

4.5

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

This was such a fun concept, and since uni is kicking my ass I sorta needed something quick and impactful. This deffo delivered. Loved the criticism of capitalism, loved Amy (which is rare for me to live main characters but Hendrix has always managed it so far), and loved the horror aspects.

I only wish we got more world building.

I’m assuming Orsk is more involved than we think. We assume its only the Ohio store affected since the prison was built there before it, but then we see that someone has gone missing from the New York location? And I sort of assumed it wasn’t the same ghosts since beehive was still under Planet Baby but idk. Considering its a criticism of capitalism, would make sense if Orsk was involved, especially with how they react.

Still a really fun story, but would love a sequel lol

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