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Horrorstör
by Grady Hendrix
adventurous
dark
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Funny, thrilling and disturbing, Horrorstör presents a haunting with a Ikea-esque gimmick. Graphics of furniture options introduce each chapter with witty captions alongside warnings of what's to come as they grow increasingly demented. The amount of detail put into these false catalog pages and other graphic additions definitely added to the humor, horror, and immersion of the story. I felt that the plot was engaging and genuinely terrifying, but the characters felt somewhat flat, though that seems fairly standard for the horror genre. They're mainly there to experience the meat of the story by enduring hours of terror in their labyrinthian place of employment. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to read a scary story that doesn't take itself too seriously.
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Gore, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail