A review by kchen138
Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

dark funny tense medium-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

3.25

You can definitely see the growth in Hendrix’s writing. Amy is like a lot of his main characters, headstrong, flawed, middling luck, but reasonable. I would’ve loved to see more of her humor/personality come through in the middle of the book rather than the semi-one note of fear/disbelief in what’s happening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Blood, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

SPOILER If Hendrix were to write this book today, we would’ve definitely gotten another third act of Amy and Basil finding the other coworkers. I thought örsk was going to be more connected to the big bad than they were. Typical corporate evil rather than supernatural. I wanted more backstory to the prison and who exactly was sending out the “Help” texts. Concept is super cool. I read the audiobook but would love to check out the physical for its design and detail. Not bad but not my favorite story from one of my favorite authors.