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

emotional mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This was a pretty emotional read which I was not expecting. This book is almost more about grief than is is horror, as it's an underlying theme throughout the whole story (the title of the 5 parts makes it pretty obvious as well I suppose). There were some parts that dragged on for me especially in the first half, which is my main complaint, but I loved the second half. I finished it in one sitting. There was a point in the story about 3/4 through that especially surprised me and actually made me have a physical reaction to just how unexpected it was. Also the ending made me tear up a bit.

My main complaint, as I said, was that it took a while for the story to get interesting, but I also wasn't a huge fan of how the paranormal stuff was handled. I found it pretty ridiculous at times. It was still entertaining though, I guess. And my final complaint is I wasn't a huge fan of the development of one of the characters (

Mark

), I thought it felt a bit unnatural but maybe that's just me.