The second novel by Grady Hendrix is a fun if slight horror-comedy novel about a haunted furniture store.
The book features likable characters, and Hendrix has a talent for dialogue and smooth prose. But the confined setting - the whole book takes place during one night inside the store - and lack of twists, make things feel repetitive, and the villain is pretty forgettable. Also, the anti-big business message comes off as heavy-handed and sophomoric.
An entertaining if forgettable book, which feels like a below average book by a talented writer. But it might please fans of eighties horror, as it is obviously intended as a pastiche of the "haunted store/mall" subgenre that was so popular in that decade.
Text © Ahmed Khalifa. 2020.
Ahmed Khalifa is a filmmaker and novelist. He is the writer/director of the feature film Wingrave, released on Netflix, and the author of a number of novels and short stories, including the YA horror novel, Beware The Stranger, available on Amazon.
Ahmed Khalifa is a filmmaker and novelist. He is the writer/director of the feature film Wingrave, released on Netflix, and the author of a number of novels and short stories, including the YA horror novel, Beware The Stranger, available on Amazon.
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