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A review by eliasaurus
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
If I could give this book 10 stars I would. This was outstanding from start to finish. Hendrix goes for his typical mixture of horror and humor, and really pulls it off; the different tones really play up each other. This book is funny, and it's also scary and creepy and, at times, disturbing.
It's a story about a haunted house, yes, but it's also about family, and, I think most fundamentally, it's about grief. It's about how "time only moves in one direction, no matter how hard we wish it wasn't so." A word of caution: maybe d n't read it right now if you've recently lost someone, or are dealing with a departed family member's estate or selling their house. I'm in the latter camp and the final paragraphs really destroyed me (in a good way, because the author really truly understands what it feels like, but boy did it hurt).
It's a story about a haunted house, yes, but it's also about family, and, I think most fundamentally, it's about grief. It's about how "time only moves in one direction, no matter how hard we wish it wasn't so." A word of caution: maybe d n't read it right now if you've recently lost someone, or are dealing with a departed family member's estate or selling their house. I'm in the latter camp and the final paragraphs really destroyed me (in a good way, because the author really truly understands what it feels like, but boy did it hurt).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child death