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Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
3.0
Grady Hendrix has quickly become one of my favorite horror writers.
Rated Down. My Rating 3.5/5
Horrorstör is a short horror comedy story following a very unhappy store associate by the name of Amy. Amy takes us on the tour of the very IKEA-like store she works at, Orsk, whereby day it's a seemingly endless carousel of customers. Staff each morning comes into broken or vandalized furniture. After some pressure from corporate, the general manager decides to enlist Amy and another associate to stake out the store overnight to find the culprit, but when the doors close for the day, and the night shift starts, the real horror begins.
There are not any real twists. The reason for the weird happenings is already stated pretty early on. Amy is the most developed out of all as far as motivations and character traits go. I do feel like every other character in the story was a little lacking. Almost, forgettable. There were also some unnecessary details (text messages) that just left me with more questions. I really think it could have done without it. I was not overjoyed with the ending. I wanted some more closure, but it ended on a half-cliffhanger. I needed to see complete resolution after all that happened that night.
I do love the new sort of world that's created within the store, though, and how the associates move within it. Grady is fantastic at putting in his little homages to classic horror and this one gives me some Hellraiser vibes.
Rated Down. My Rating 3.5/5
Horrorstör is a short horror comedy story following a very unhappy store associate by the name of Amy. Amy takes us on the tour of the very IKEA-like store she works at, Orsk, whereby day it's a seemingly endless carousel of customers. Staff each morning comes into broken or vandalized furniture. After some pressure from corporate, the general manager decides to enlist Amy and another associate to stake out the store overnight to find the culprit, but when the doors close for the day, and the night shift starts, the real horror begins.
There are not any real twists. The reason for the weird happenings is already stated pretty early on. Amy is the most developed out of all as far as motivations and character traits go. I do feel like every other character in the story was a little lacking. Almost, forgettable. There were also some unnecessary details (text messages) that just left me with more questions. I really think it could have done without it. I was not overjoyed with the ending. I wanted some more closure, but it ended on a half-cliffhanger. I needed to see complete resolution after all that happened that night.
I do love the new sort of world that's created within the store, though, and how the associates move within it. Grady is fantastic at putting in his little homages to classic horror and this one gives me some Hellraiser vibes.