It's a classic old-fashioned haunted house story - set in a big box Swedish furniture superstore. Designed like a retail catalogue, Horrorstor offers a creepy read with mass appeal-perfect for Halloween tables! Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring wardrobes, shattered Bracken glassware, and vandalized Liripip sofabeds-clearly, someone or something is up to no good. To unravel the mystery, five young employees volunteer for a long dusk-til-dawn shift-and they encounter horrors that defy imagination. Along the way, author Grady Hendrix infuses sly social commentary on the nature of work in the new 21st century economy. A traditional haunted house story in a contemporary setting (and full of contemporary fears), Horrorstor comes conveniently packaged in the form of a retail catalogue, complete with illustrations of ready-to-assemble furniture and other, more sinister accessories.
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This book was quite the adventure! While marketed as a horror novel I didn't actually find it that scary, BUT I don't get scared very easily so keep that in mind.
First of all, I loved the design of the book. The chapter headings are set up like an actual store catalogue and just to make things more fun there were maps and all sorts of goodies added in. It made the book less scary to me but also a ton of fun to read.
I found the first little bit to be kind of slow while the characters and settings were being introduced. I would have liked some more of the scary stuff early on because it ended up feeling just a little bit short. I did really enjoy all the references to working in retail and LOVED how the story ended. It's a book I''d easily recommend over and over.
