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which was one of the funnier stories in that collection, and has one of the best opening scenes in the broader collection of "stories ever written. With 5 very different characters, their only common thing is working retail, But their personalities variety. The ONLY part that wasn't working for me was the 3 or 4 times Hendrix uses rats as his scare/creep factor. the completely fake, slightly stilted Euro-phrasing was part of Orsk's fake Ikea act, and Amy couldn't decide if it was slightly annoying or totally offensive.
A former film critic for the New York Sun, Grady has written for Slate, the Village Voice, Time Out New York, Playboy, and Variety. For more than a year now, the name Grady Hendrix kept popping up from GR friends, either with a reading, rating, review or recommendation. I also contemplated getting rid of all my Ikea furniture (it made sense in my fear addled brain), until I realized that I’d then be living in a mostly unfurnished home, and that creeped me out even more. The Story presented in the very same style of Orsk catalog, which is , again , a clone of IKEA's One.
I managed to finish it, but I had to wait until the sun was up and I had put the cats in another room.
If you see me in the wild and I'm reading a book that was written by Grady Hendrix, interrupt me at your own peril. Fellow reviewer Amanda also liked the book, but she didn’t find it particularly scary: “It’s a little gross but it’s got a nice blend of horror and humor, which is usually how I prefer it.
Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. I thought it would be funny, and there are bits of humor (only in the first 100 pages before everything goes south) but what I wasn't expecting was a full-on, twisted, horror book bonanza.