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How to Sell a Haunted House
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Wildly entertaining."-The New York Times
"Ingenious."-The Washington Post
New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else.
When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to learn how to live without the two people who knew and loved her best in the world.
Most of all, she doesn’t want to deal with her brother, Mark, who never left their hometown, gets fired from one job after another, and resents her success. Unfortunately, she’ll need his help to get the house ready for sale because it’ll take more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime of memories to get this place on the market.
But some houses don’t want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them…
Like his novels The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires and The Final Girl Support Group, How to Sell a Haunted House is classic Hendrix: equal parts heartfelt and terrifying—a gripping new read from “the horror master” (USA Today).
"Wildly entertaining."-The New York Times
"Ingenious."-The Washington Post
New York Times bestselling author Grady Hendrix takes on the haunted house in a thrilling new novel that explores the way your past—and your family—can haunt you like nothing else.
When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn’t want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn’t want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father’s academic career and her mother’s lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn’t want to learn how to live without the two people who knew and loved her best in the world.
Most of all, she doesn’t want to deal with her brother, Mark, who never left their hometown, gets fired from one job after another, and resents her success. Unfortunately, she’ll need his help to get the house ready for sale because it’ll take more than some new paint on the walls and clearing out a lifetime of memories to get this place on the market.
But some houses don’t want to be sold, and their home has other plans for both of them…
Like his novels The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires and The Final Girl Support Group, How to Sell a Haunted House is classic Hendrix: equal parts heartfelt and terrifying—a gripping new read from “the horror master” (USA Today).
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Readers say *How to Sell a Haunted House* by Grady Hendrix blends horror, family drama, and dark humor in a unique, unsettling way. Most praise the cr...
This one was a miss for me. I couldn’t bring myself to root for any of the characters. There was no depth to the story/legend/myth behind the possessed puppet. It dragged on for me after about 25% into the story. I wish I had skipped it and focused on something with more entertainment value + decent plot + likeable characters.
2 stars because I liked the audiobook narrators.
2 stars because I liked the audiobook narrators.
“A puppet is a possession that possesses the possessor. And a mask turns a person into a puppet.”
There are a few things that creep me out: clowns and weird dolls or puppets with chipped/broken faces or body parts. If the doll/puppet's eyes bulge, even worse.
I'm oddly attracted to books where childhood trauma manifests as one of these things... go figure...
So this seemed like the perfect book to creep me out on a lonely road trip in the dark. When I got in the car at 2:30AM to drive for 5 hours, I was kind of excited and nervous.
However, I had a lot of trouble getting into the very long setup of the family dynamic between Louise and her estranged brother Mark. In fact, I got all the way to the end of my drive, and the sun was fully up and shining, without really being spooked as I had hoped. I got out of the car and went about my business. Didn't start listening again until a few hours later.
Then that old faithful Grady Hendrix style whacked me in the face and didn't stop until the end.
I also read Incidents Around the House for the spooky season, which is also about childhood trauma manifested as scary things and I gotta say, while that book did creep me out slightly, this one was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more creepy. If you're into that. Which I am. Apparently.
Yup. Mr. Hendrix. You still have a fan in me.
Funny and creepy and I had a tough time putting it down. Gotta get past the slowish start but once it gets going, whew!
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