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sugarmountain's review against another edition
challenging
dark
inspiring
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
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Body horror
Moderate: Misogyny and Sexual harassment
Minor: Suicide
bebidocrimes's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
This is my new favorite Grady Hendrix, full stop. I was rooting for Kris the whole time and the whole journey was engaging and tense. I kept picturing Terry like Lestat, they just called him blond but hey whatever.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Suicide
archaicrobin's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I have now read all of Grady Hendrix’s novels and am currently working through his non-fiction book Paperbacks from Hell. I can honestly say that I enjoyed all of his novels and absolutely LOVED pretty much all of them except this one. Now I didn’t hate this book, not by any means, I don’t think I could ever hate or dislike anything by Hendrix but this one I found hard to really connect with.
Something about We Sold Our Souls just felt a little unfinished to me. I’m not a big metal fan but appreciated all the references to classic Viking metal and how the genre used to be. I enjoyed the story and the characters but the ending left a lot unexplained and I’m still wondering well what happened exactly?
This was an entertaining read but I’d put it at the bottom of my Hendrix list and would recommend The Southern Bookclub’s guide to Slaying Vampires or My Best friends exorcism over this one. If you’re Hendrix fan like myself, of course you’re going to read this one but if you’re not already a Hendrix junkie I’d let this one slide by.
Something about We Sold Our Souls just felt a little unfinished to me. I’m not a big metal fan but appreciated all the references to classic Viking metal and how the genre used to be. I enjoyed the story and the characters but the ending left a lot unexplained and I’m still wondering well what happened exactly?
This was an entertaining read but I’d put it at the bottom of my Hendrix list and would recommend The Southern Bookclub’s guide to Slaying Vampires or My Best friends exorcism over this one. If you’re Hendrix fan like myself, of course you’re going to read this one but if you’re not already a Hendrix junkie I’d let this one slide by.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide
Moderate: Misogyny
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