Book Review - Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

Title: Horrorstör
Series: -
Author: Grady hendrix
 
Description: Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring bookshelves, shattered Glans water goblets, and smashed Liripip wardrobes. Sales are down, security cameras reveal nothing, and store managers are panicking.
To unravel the mystery, three employees volunteer to work a nine-hour dusk-till-dawn shift. In the dead of the night, they’ll patrol the empty showroom floor, investigate strange sights and sounds, and encounter horrors that defy the imagination.
 
Review: Orsk is an Ikea-like store, where strange things seem to be happening overnight. Every morning, the employees find broken furniture and shattered ornaments. Three employees volunteer to a night shift, where they are trying to find out who is vandalizing the store.
 
I’ve been loving horror books more and more, especially when they have a comedic, dark edge to them. “Horrorstör” is very accessible for anyone who hasn’t dipped into the horror genre before.
 
I was able to submerge my mind’s eye into the employee’s environment with ease, since I worked in retail myself and because of the large resemblance to Ikea which most of us have been to once or twice. The book is unconventional in so many ways: the size of the book, spacing of words and sentences, and everything in between. But it read like a fiction should.
 
Because it’s not a very long book, it’s always more difficult to connect with the characters on a deeper level. I did enjoy reading about them. There are not a lot of characters in here, which is a good thing for a shorter novel. The ones that we are introduced to, do have some development, which is very well done in such a short amount of time. Because the story basically takes place over one night. Ruth Anne was probably my favorite character.
 
“Horrorstör” is very fast paces and I found myself racing through this book. And that’s perfect if you’re a slow reader like me. It takes some time for the books to really become eventful and action packed, but because of the ominous atmosphere that is constantly present, you just want to keep reading.
 
This was a highly enjoyable book, I so impressed by Grady Hendrix’ writing style and I’m ready to explore more of his work.
 
Rating: 4/ 5