Honestly, this book was just not for me. It took way too long to get into the story. And i found the brothers dialogue, just absolutely exhausting. Now, I will always always read a Grady Hendrix book, and sadly they just won't all be for me.

3.5 rounded up to a 4. I love how Grady writes complex characters who can appear to be one thing at the beginning and end up somewhere completely different than you expected. Mark is a perfect example of this, though Louise has growth as well. I also enjoyed that the supernatural element was accepted as truth from everyone, rather than spending a lot of time trying to bring everyone onside. This book took me a long time to read because I put it down for 3 weeks before we went on a trip to Disney World, but it turned out that while this book has some great suspense and action, I never found the puppets to be nightmare-inducing. It was a page turner that was hard to put down from 40% to the end!

This was WILD. I loved it! Grady Hendrix is absolutely bonkers and I love it. Everything I've read by him is just wild and weird perfection!

This book deals with the two scariest things: dolls and families. Campy, scary, and surprisingly emotional. Grady Hendrix books are always a fun time.

I took me a bit to get into this book and I found both of the siblings to be quite annoying in the beginning, but around the middle and when the perspective shifts to the brother's past I was totally sucked in until the end.

OMG this Book OMG, I already loved this author and was excited to read this one. I love the author even more now. This was horrific in the best ways possible. I loved this book. If you like true horror, you will love this book.

HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE
By Grady Hendrix

Horrific
Hysterical
Heebiejeebies

I was blown away by this book and had an incredibly good time reading it - says the scaredy cat me who loves cozy mysteries and hardly ever read horror stories - and that is saying a lot. A dysfunctional family story and the siblings Louise and Mark and their experiences growing up, and now having to face their childhood home when their parents had passed. It is scary and creepy, but underneath it all are stories about families, siblings, childhood trauma, grief, and loss with a bit of sprinkling of the shocking horrific elements and of course humor.

Well done Mr Hendrix - I take a bow.

This Book is not for everyone, but that being said... If you like grotesque and bizarre horror this book is for you. Without giving anything away, just get ready to get mind slapped with possessed puppets and gore.

I enjoyed this book from beginning to end! Had me hooked with all the craziness that Grady is AMAZING at! I literally read EVERYTHING this author releases because I am enthralled every time.

How To Sell A House combines the childhood trauma of Chucky movies with haunted houses. Hendrix knows how to set moods and atmospheres to give the reader a very visceral experience. While setting up the ambient mood, complex themes are blended with the hauntings. Everything has a reason and every supernatural entity has its origin story.

Louise and her brother find themselves as owners of their parents' Charleston, SC home after the couple are killed in a car crash. Louise flies in from California, but deadbeat brother Mark is local and feels he should get everything in the inheritance. Sibling rivalry has to take a back seat when it becomes evident that their mother's lifelong attachment to puppets still connects from the grave. Truly creepy scenes are laced with outrageous dark humor as Louise and Mark try to outwit the demonic main puppet Pupkin who is along the lines of Chucky of B-movie fame. There are some dragging moments of backstory about Louise's and Mark's childhood, but that is forgiven with the rousing climatic showdown of brother and sister vs. Pupkin.

If you are a fan of horror movies then this is the book for you! In this we follow Louise as she prepares her parents home to be sold after they die. She has to lean on her brother, who she doesn't really get along with, to help her get everything ready. But the house has other ideas.
I really enjoyed this book although it's not my favorite by Mr. Hendrix. But this was a very entertaining read and one I would definetely suggest that you check out!

How to Sell a Haunted House is a fun, spooky, and unique family drama / ghost story. The relationship between the main character, Louise, and her brother, Mark, is a main theme and makes the book deeper than your average ghost story. I recommend if you’re looking for something spooky with real themes and depth.

I love Grady Hendrix and this was a great book. If you are not a fan of dolls and puppets then you may want to steer clear of this title.

There is a particular scene involving a Waffle House that will live rent free in my brain FOREVER. I loved the book. It was twisted and weird in an approachable way, I felt compelled to not trust any character but invested in their journey with the house and everything inside of it. By the end I felt like I was put in a washing machine and ripped out as soon as the spin cycle was done.
5 stars. Thanks NetGalley for the early copy

I've struggled with the other Grady Hendrix books I've read in the past but this one was really, really good. Imaginative, strange, scary, funny, and moving. I cried at the end and felt so many emotions for its two main characters. Highly recommend.

Hendrix delivers a potent look at family trauma AND creepy puppets in his latest chiller. There are still some vestiges of 80s horror that I don't think Hendrix will ever shake off, and so there are some moments of tonal shakiness -- but his writing has decidedly matured from his (delightful) early work. An extended flashback to a character's education in the art of puppetry is some of the finest / most bravura work he has accomplished so far. Also, this book will really make you wish that parents would just talk to their children, damn it.

This was a slow build but I think very worth it. I have heard great things about Grady Hendrix but my first try was the Southern Book CLub's guide to killing vampires, which was a bit too graphic for me. This was a lot better, it still had some gore but was easier to skip over when it got too bad. I feel like the big reveal wasn't too surprising based on discussions earlier in the book but I still enjoyed the journey. It was a nice and creepy atmosphere and I loved the character development.

I was so excited for this book as I loved Southern Book Club, but this one was just not for me. I think it was the dolls perhaps? I'm not sure. I also just wasn't able to get into the characters - I just didn't like them! But, perhaps, that was the point?

This book scared a Librarian while she was in the Library, during broad daylight, and in the stacks looking for books to put on display while listening to this book on audio. Hi, I'm that Librarian! While I was terrified and enjoyed the book, this one seemed very dreary compared to Grady's other books. There is usually some humor to lighten things up and that was not the case in this one. Overall, terrifying and very strange concept, but I would recommend others pick this up.