A review by 12dejamoo
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

I will say one thing for this book, it is certainly gripping. I kept going back to it as soon as I'd managed to put it down. There was a lot about this I really liked - the concept in general is just wonderful, and the fact that the book is laid out like a catalogue is just so fun but also adds to the creepy atmosphere. This book reminded me strongly of the IKEA documentary, which can only be a good thing. Also it was just really funny at times. However, I kind of expected to be scared when reading this and I was until after the seance where it becomes too large-scale and too unbelievable. I'm easy to scare and I kind of expected to come out of this always slightly creeped out when I went into an IKEA, but the whole thing just became too unbelievable to be that monster that's lurking just around the dark corner. I guess that's because it's Horrorstör and not Thrillerstör but yeah I was disappointed in that (although maybe I would feel differently if I had actually been scared and then had to go to sleep tonight).

I will say, if you're icked out by body horror-type stuff, or rats, maybe don't read this. The worst parts were the parts where Amy couldn't properly breathe because then as you're reading you feel like you can't properly breathe.
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