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How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

4 reviews

annieisawesome's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Very good. Parts of it were predictable, but there were enough surprises that it was still interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug use, Torture, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

faduma's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

allyem_reads's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.5

4.57 CAWPILE score 

Well, that was...something. You know, I just don't think Grady Hendrix is the author for me after all. Which is definitely frustrating, because I've spent a lot of time reading his books and trying to like them. And I technically did enjoy this book the most out of all of the ones I've read - I like the haunted puppet angle (even though I'm absolutely horrified of dolls and puppets) and I think the execution was pretty cool, but there were just a ton of other things that gave me the ick in this story, like Mark's characterization and the rampant fat-shaming everywhere, and the overt religious undertones as well. So, yeah. I think I'm done with Grady Hendrix. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gore, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, and Alcohol

jaedia's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Wow, I could not put this book down. How to Sell a Haunted House follows Louise as she returns home following the sudden death of her parents, only to find herself feeling frustrated by her brother Mark who has already taken control of all of the funeral arrangements and she's not happy. The entire book is about grief and family, and just happens to include a haunted house as its backdrop, although this one is not exactly as you would expect. And I will say no more because the way this story unwinds is so good. As I said, could not put it down. All this did was remind me that I need to pick up his other books because this is the second time I have fallen in love with his writing! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Vomit, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment