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Murder, Mayhem and Meatballs

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

March 20, 2022 by Zirza 1 Comment

On a dark night, three people come together to discover who has been vandalising their store: reluctant but cash-strapped Amy, pleasant but lonely Ruth Anne and manager Basil, whose corporate hard-on is probably the most terrifying thing in this book. The store they work at is Orsk, a wannabe Ikea chain of cheap DIY furniture stores (Ikea is acknowledged as the superior brand here but really, for all intents and purposes, Orsk IS Ikea). It doesn’t take long for things to go awry: a mysterious […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: grady hendrix, horror, horrorstor, ikea

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:14 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: grady hendrix, horror, horrorstor, ikea ·
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Well, the cover’s cool, but as they say…

February 4, 2017 by genericwhitegirl 5 Comments

Why do people like this book? Am I missing something? I get it. Bad writing and an improbable plot that could also operate as a pasta strainer have united like a defective pair of power twins before to create cult successes (I’m looking at you Sharknado). And really, there is a whole genre of bad horror films…but does it work with books, too? I’m not a horror book reader, so I’m sincerely asking. Why do people think this book is so scary? Creepy kids? Scary. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: Fiction, genericwhitegirl, grady hendrix, horror, horrorstor

genericwhitegirl's CBR9 Review No:8 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: Fiction, genericwhitegirl, grady hendrix, horror, horrorstor ·
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IKEA Instructions Are Equally Terrifying

April 24, 2015 by Melina Leave a Comment

Horrorstor has been sitting on my GoodReads list of books to read for a long time now, so imagine my surprise when I popped into my local library to grab some less boring bedtime reading materials for my minions and there it was, sitting all shiny and new…waiting for me. The premise is pretty simple.  A particular American IKEA knockoff store called ORSK is experiencing vandalism in the middle of the night.  The vandalism must be occurring between 2 and 7 am each night when […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: cb7, grady hendrix, horror, horrorstor, ikea, Melina, orsk

Melina's CBR7 Review No:33 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: cb7, grady hendrix, horror, horrorstor, ikea, Melina, orsk ·
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Get ready for a lock-in from Hell.

February 4, 2015 by TylerDFC 7 Comments

If you were to toss Silent Hill, Event Horizon, The Shining, Office Space, House on Haunted Hill (the 1998 remake), and an IKEA catalog in to blender what would come out is probably very similar to Horrorstör. Less like a novel and more like a movie, this horror-adventure is fast paced, funny, scary and disturbing. Also a heck of a lot of fun! If you are a fan of the movies and games listed above than seek this one out immediately. Amy is an aimless […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: CBR7, grady hendrix, horror, horrorstor, Satire, supernatural, Suspense, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR7 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Suspense · Tags: CBR7, grady hendrix, horror, horrorstor, Satire, supernatural, Suspense, TylerDFC ·
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