Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

23 reviews

melliedm's review

adventurous dark 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

4.0

A campy, disgusting trip through a haunted Ikea-like store. Fun, easy read that’s a little clunky and perhaps overwritten in parts, but overall a great time with a hokey ghost-infused take on capitalism, the labour myth, and the prison industrial complex.

Oh and the book design has to be mentioned. Styled after an IKEA catalog and filled throughout with product designs like you would expect in a manual, as well as some other surprises, it absolutely adds to the campy delight of this book. Kudos to the designers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Confinement, Gaslighting, Medical content, Murder, Body horror, Blood, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Slavery and Sexual assault

Underwater/drowning

ashleycmms's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Death

Moderate: Gaslighting

gracklewarp's review

adventurous dark lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Suicide, Body horror, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Abandonment, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Excrement

noxygens's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, and Violence

romehsaur's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? N/A

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Classism, Slavery, Torture, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Bullying, and Kidnapping

thehhugg's review against another edition

dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Suicide, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Vomit, Gaslighting, and Violence

spooderman's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Ableism, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, and Misogyny

nyssa_jo's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Death, Forced institutionalization, and Gaslighting

Minor: Confinement and Cursing

jessiebertram's review

dark mysterious tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

blymanor's review

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