A review by joooooools
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

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

3.0

After reading three books by this author now, I feel comfortable saying: I am not a fan. Frankly, I’m not sure how they’re getting book deals, or how their editor still has a job. Bad writing in general, overuse of tired metaphors and similes, cloying depictions of gratuitous violence…and those are issues I have with all of their work, not specific to this title. More than once I was tempted to throw in the towel and return the book early, but I finished it because I just wanted to know what happened in the end; I lost 11 hours of my life in the process, though, so I guess the joke’s really on me. Grady Hendrix I am begging you please take some writing workshops!!!
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