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A review by therewillbelight
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
The creepy puppet book made me cry. How.
I’m not a huge thriller book fan, but this is one of the best I’ve read. It was creepy but the smaller elements of humor and the depth in the exploration of grief and who we leave behind and the relationships we have in our families really got me. It actually made me cry towards the end(“that’s how you know you’re real”) and I’m a sucker for horror/thriller that uses the genre to reflect back on human experience. It’s dark and creepy and sinister but somehow without losing its grounding in what it means to be a human.
Such an interesting read, this wasn’t what I expected at all.
I’m not a huge thriller book fan, but this is one of the best I’ve read. It was creepy but the smaller elements of humor and the depth in the exploration of grief and who we leave behind and the relationships we have in our families really got me. It actually made me cry towards the end
Such an interesting read, this wasn’t what I expected at all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Violence, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury