Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

62 reviews

korikam'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, and Self harm

Minor: Car accident

mx_harpstar's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Self harm, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

major CW for creepy puppets/dolls

glutenfreemaggie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This book FR terrified me I almost didn’t keep reading but I’m glad I did it was fascinating 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

mangela_28's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.5

How to Sell a Haunted House starts with Louise returning home for her parents funeral. She is forced to cooperate with her younger brother, Mark, who Louise thinks has taken advantage of everything their parents ever gave him, and has never been held accountable.

I thought this dragged, especially in the middle. There is a point where everything could be wrapped up, but then surprise, all is not what it seems. The second ending is much better, and needs everything that comes before to set it up, but I thought we could have gotten there more quickly. Typically, I don't find books to be scary and puppets don't do it for me either, but by the end Pupkin was unsettling, and what Mark and Louise go through is definitely disturbing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Alcohol

_readerfromtheblacklagoon_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ladyinverse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

really really well done! I just wish some of the horror scenes weren't so.. visceral. 🥲😭

I will now be further disturbed by puppets and anything of the uncanny valley thanks Grady 🥲

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

samburkhouse's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gore, Vomit, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Abandonment, and Alcohol

creepycrawlybookworm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

faduma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail