Reviews tagging 'Torture'

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

26 reviews

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

2.25

Meh…
I usually love G.H.’s books, but not this one. Slow, mostly unlikeable characters, not scary… I could keep going, but it would be a moot point. I did have a soft spot for the great aunt. She reminded me of Roz from Monsters, Inc. His sense of humor helped the rating. I wouldn’t recommend this one, but I’ve enjoyed several of his others & have every intention of reading his next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Car accident, Vomit, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Minor: Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Animal death

rishel's review against another edition

fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Torture, Death of parent, and Gore

Moderate: Car accident

itsalina's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Child death

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Gun violence

tlholmes's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Medical content, Child death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Car accident, Body horror, Violence, Medical trauma, Gore, and Blood

This is the least gory of Grady Hendrix’s books, it’s more about the plot than the gore

soshereads_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I am not sure what I just read but I am HERE FOR IT. I really want to get into Henrix’s brain and see how his mind works because how one person could come up with this book is beyond me. I never get scared by books but this creeped me the f*ck out. I still stayed up late reading it through. I didn’t want it to end! One moment you think it has to be done but the next a whole other off the wall thing happens that’s even more outlandish than the last. I will never look at puppets or squirrels the same way!
I promise it’s better to go into reading this book without knowing a lot. It’s much better that way!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Death of parent, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Torture, Fatphobia, and Gun violence

rhiannonafternoon's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

Holy shit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Gore, Blood, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Death, Child death, and Medical trauma