Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix

64 reviews

rosesofthespring's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Gore, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Additional CW for rats. Also, as someone who has trouble reading about hand injuries: be warned that there is SO MUCH hand mutilation in this book.

12dejamoo's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

I will say one thing for this book, it is certainly gripping. I kept going back to it as soon as I'd managed to put it down. There was a lot about this I really liked - the concept in general is just wonderful, and the fact that the book is laid out like a catalogue is just so fun but also adds to the creepy atmosphere. This book reminded me strongly of the IKEA documentary, which can only be a good thing. Also it was just really funny at times. However, I kind of expected to be scared when reading this and I was until after the seance where it becomes too large-scale and too unbelievable. I'm easy to scare and I kind of expected to come out of this always slightly creeped out when I went into an IKEA, but the whole thing just became too unbelievable to be that monster that's lurking just around the dark corner. I guess that's because it's Horrorstör and not Thrillerstör but yeah I was disappointed in that (although maybe I would feel differently if I had actually been scared and then had to go to sleep tonight).

I will say, if you're icked out by body horror-type stuff, or rats, maybe don't read this. The worst parts were the parts where Amy couldn't properly breathe because then as you're reading you feel like you can't properly breathe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Confinement, and Blood

Moderate: Death

Also rats and floods

littlelionslibrary's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Vomit, Torture, Excrement, Death, and Blood

blymanor's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

This book is so great! It's really fast-paced and Hendrix is skilled at writing impactful horror scenes. It does start a little rough, with some weird details that seem to be oversights and not intentional (the number of employees would be about 3 per store according to the total worldwide, but at least six are named in one location), but it makes up for this with its quirky SCP-like energy.

edit: the number of employees may be referring to just one location. oops

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Excrement, Gaslighting, and Sexual content

giannawarner's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

A really great read for people who like a little humor with their horror. Some parts of this book really freaked me out, but I think that was the whole point. Everything about this book pulls you into the Orsk with our main characters. You get to see them grow and understand themselves. Really atmospheric and a great book for any horror or Grady Hendrix fans. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Death

Minor: Excrement

sunsetcity's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, and Violence

bookedrightmeow's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious 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

5.0

- Perfect balance of snarky and spooky 
- Main character who turns out to be kickass
- Creepy details that horrified me and grossed me out 
- Definitely reading this author’s backlist 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

msradiosilence's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Gore, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Torture, Misogyny, Mental illness, Grief, Gaslighting, and Forced institutionalization

oliviafaye's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

lycheejelly's review against another edition

It has nothing good about it. Bad writting, characters, dialouge, descriptions, horror, etc. Has strong racist vibes and comments i could argue are racial mircoagressions. Do not recommend.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Biphobia, Cursing, Excrement, and Suicide