not as good as I hoped.

the book is very young adult but the premise was intriguing but not good enough with a lot left unanswered, but I still wish there was a better ending to it all,just as i started to like where it was going it ends...

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Awesome dark comedy horror

Recently discovered Grady Hendrix, and this muggy be my favorite book of his. Dark, disturbing, horrific, yet darkly funny. It's great.

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my favourite Grady Hendrix to date

more horror than other books I've read or listened to by Hendrix. reminds me of Chuck Palahniuk books in a way.

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Not phenomenal but hilarious.

Now overall the writing isn't perfect, the characters are heavily flawed, but I feel like it all ties together to make a perfect B rated horror movie vibe. The reality is this is a ridiculous comedy, and if you take it seriously you will be severely disappointed. Go into this looking for some laughs, and along the way enjoy the strange reality the author has created and I am sure you will enjoy it immensely. In between chapters there is hilarious furniture "ads" that really tied it all together, so at least listen to the audiobook for that.

Ikea on a Saturday way more frightening

The narrator was good. The story okay. I agree with the other posters - the music at the beginning of each chapter is annoying. I'll probably listen to a few more as the premise always seems so promising and at least I know to expect an unfulfilling ending the next time.

Meh

i expected a lot more from the intriguing description of the book, and that Bronson Pinchot was a reader.

It was ok

I wanted this to be so much better than it was. The narration is flat and overly sarcastic which seems to take away from the horror. The idea of this is great, the execution not so much. Mainly enjoyed the book but it felt like a one of those 90’s horror films with fun effects, cool gory action scenes, decent cheeky humour but a flimsy back story.

Quirky "Horror" - Disappointingly Aimless

Grady Hendrix declares at the outset of this odd novel that he's providing Parody.. but I was left wondering what his objective really was..
From a critical standpoint: the writing in 'Horrorstör' is passable, the plot is adequately crafted/delivered, and the characters are sketched-out but interesting - the book is worthy of publication.
From an entertainment standpoint: there are amusing WTF moments in this weird story about stereotypically evil spirits in a cartoonishly corporate fictional 'Ikea'-like furniture store named "Orsk", but nothing I would describe as "parody". To be sure, Hendrix unapolagetically uses horror tropes: Unexplainable smells & sounds, Paranormal Investigators looking into the mysterious happenings (not a psychic/medium this time), a Séance (I'm not kiddng), a previously unknown history (the place is built on the grounds of.. wait for it.. a prison for mental patients), and a malevolent spirit trapping the ghosts of former prisoners - and live Orsk employees - in torture devices. Rather than a 'Scary Story'-style riff on those clichés, however, he crafts a deliberate 'Return Of The Living Dead'-like take..
without the frightening aspects..
while trying to deliver them somehow.

It's not clear what Hendrix is trying to do. I actually suspect that he set out to deliver a conventional horror story - realized how laughably bad it was - and rewrote it with the goal of embracing the stupid.
This story is neither funny nor scary - merely ludicrous.

Fortunately, the narration is creditable. Tai Simmons reads the majority of the text and does a commendable job. Her diction/cadence/timbre are spot-on, character voices are largely realistic (although the Southern accent for 'Ruth-Ann' is pretty bad), and - most importantly - Simmons lends a tone dripping in fear to the story. Bronson Pinchot reads campy advertising copy for Orsk at the head of each Chapter - including for hypothetical (and hilariously inconsistent) torture devices. He sounds exactly like a radio salesperson - brilliant.

Audible added this unusual book to the 'Plus' list of Free offerings with my membership, and I am glad I tried it: it's a distracting listen. I would not have otherwise purchased this audiobook and cannot recommend it, but if it's free..
It's different and not horrible. 3.5 out of 10 stars.

A Confusing Genre

interesting concept, after the first few chapters I assumed the author was going for comedy horror, but the middle section is straight up creepy/scary with no jokes. However, it was hard to commit to it as a horror book with the lighthearted reading at the opening if each chapter.
I'm going to give this author another try, because I like thier imagination. This one might have been easier to read than listen too.

weirdly good

odd concept but very, very cool story. ghosts, retail all wrapped up in a good tale.