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We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

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bebidocrimes's review against another edition

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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. 
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maryellen's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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ohkmurr's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

As morbid as it sounds, I love how gory the book is. No mass onslaught of rats, but a flesh-tearing mob was just as disturbing. Since this book is so music-centric, including a fictional album that's The Point of the book, I wonder when it will be made into a film, since Horrorstör and The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires are already in production. (Also, I enjoyed that all the chapter titles are names of classic rock albums, except for the Dolly Parton one.)
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archaicrobin's review against another edition

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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. 
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acarter's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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