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A review by nat20charisma
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
This book had a unique premise. Haunted house thriller set in a knock off Ikea.
It started off as funny, but very quickly took a gory turn. I think some of the gore came out of nowhere and was a little too shocking.
I enjoyed how the publisher put the book together to make it look like an IKEA catalogue. It was very creative, immersive, and unique.
There were aspects of the story I liked, but I was not entirely content with how it ended for each character. It felt like parts of the story were missing. I still ranked the book fairly well though because of the cool formatting.
All in all it was a decent thriller. I read it in only a few days because I couldn’t put it down.
It started off as funny, but very quickly took a gory turn. I think some of the gore came out of nowhere and was a little too shocking.
I enjoyed how the publisher put the book together to make it look like an IKEA catalogue. It was very creative, immersive, and unique.
There were aspects of the story I liked, but I was not entirely content with how it ended for each character. It felt like parts of the story were missing. I still ranked the book fairly well though because of the cool formatting.
All in all it was a decent thriller. I read it in only a few days because I couldn’t put it down.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Torture, Death, Excrement, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Drowning, eaten by rats