A review by galaxiesofbooks
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

Did not finish book. Stopped at 17%.

i was sooo excited for this book, hoping that it’d be my new favourite of 2023, but oh boy was i wrong. instead, it’s my first dnf of the year.

𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨… i didn’t connect with any of them in this book. i didn’t find them at all relatable or even likable. i also love a good dialogue and this book didn’t provide that, either. Mark was by far my least favourite character and he was one of the main reasons why i decided to stop reading this. his character was so annoying, so frustrating, that, when i thought about continuing with the book and knowing that he was a huge part of it, i was like nah, i can’t deal with it, i’m done.

𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙨𝙩𝙮𝙡𝙚… it wasn’t for my taste at all. it felt detailed, sometimes talking about unnecessary things i couldn’t give two shits about. i couldn’t connect to it even if i tried my best. it wasn’t atmospheric nor gripping to me.

𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙩… this book started achingly slow. i felt like i was reading it for weeks and i only got up to page 76 before i absolutely gave up on it. i felt myself drifting into the reading slump, so i decided it was enough. in 76 pages nothing at all thrilling happened except some useless bickering between the two characters. i ain’t got time for that. i want a fast paced, action packed novel to keep me interested.

i’d probably recommend this to someone who loves a slow-burn or who can relate to a complicated sibling relationship (even though it was done poorly in this book from what i’ve seen), but unfortunately it wasn’t for me.