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Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

37 reviews

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.75

Like The Office or Superstore but make it fantastical horror. There were scenes that grossed me out so much I was physically gagging. There was also lots of humour, but I found that zapped out by the end. Strong start and middle, but I definitely lost interest by the end. Liked this more than The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires and I might check out more by him in the future after this one.

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Content Warnings

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

lottieingham's review

adventurous dark lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Physical abuse, Vomit, and Confinement

Moderate: Blood, Torture, Gore, and Death

kalira's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

What a very well-written horror (story? experience? yes?); it was also a well-done slope that had me cringily anticipating Bad Things, easing up and even laughing, thinking it wouldn't be so horrific after all, and then . . . hooboy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, and Body horror

Moderate: Blood, Gore, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism

eye trauma, finger/hand trauma (self-inflicted and not)

alamayhem_reads's review

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

This book was so fun and definitely creepy! Although it wasn’t my favorite Hendrix book, I did enjoy my time reading it and absolutely loved the physical book being exactly like a furniture catalogue!

I want to start this off by saying I absolutely love Hendrix’s writing and will enjoy anything that he writes. His sarcastic humor but also ability to create a downright terrifying scene is unmatched. He is an incredible horror author and includes every aspect that I am looking for in a horror story. Also his tongue in cheek writing always leaves me laughing out loud.

This story was so much fun and I absolutely loved the descriptions of the Orsk items at the beginning of each chapter.

I loved the detailing of the items becoming more and more sinister as the plot became darker as well — that was fantastic and really another great addition that was terrifying but also hilariously sarcastic at the same time!

I did find some of the explanations to be a little lacking toward the big climax. I think I needed a little bit more context because I was feeling a bit confused and not following as well as I would’ve liked to. So that’s the only thing that really stopped me from loving this book. It almost felt anticlimactic because I wasn’t fully grasping it from the brief chapter or two it was explained.

I enjoyed all of the  creepy elements of this book and definitely did find myself both grossed out and uncomfortable while reading, which happens to me every time I read a book by Hendrix, so bravo to him once again for completely making me cringe as I read haha.

Overall, I really enjoyed my time reading this book and having the little details of the physical book did elevate my experience. My only complaint was the lack of explanation for the reason behind the haunting. In the end, I rate this book 3.75/5 stars! 🌟 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Vomit, and Gore

embee007's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

"It was the kind of repetitive labor that killed your soul."

Quick, fun read. The joys of working in a very strict retail place,

compared to a jail, when it's is haunted by one.

“Orsk: Our Home Is Forever”

This very quickly goes from light, sarcastic, & easy going, to very dark, & traumatic (for our MCs).

"The only thing it didn’t offer was coffins. Yet."

“There was a prison here, and we built a new prison on its ruins, and all the old prisoners came out to give it a try.”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Death, Murder, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Gore

cartermon4's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Death, Confinement, Violence, Grief, Torture, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

mj452's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Death, Gore, Suicide, Vomit, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Misogyny, Alcohol, and Sexual content

jacob_dion's review

dark tense fast-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Suicide attempt, Death, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Body horror, Blood, Confinement, Mental illness, and Torture

saskia6's review

3.25

what i liked: fun horror read, deffo scary at times, characters that (although not super developed) you can root for
what i disliked: it tried to provide some sort of satire commentary on capitalism, but it couldn’t really pull it off

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Excrement, Body horror, Blood, and Vomit

nikenacs's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

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