But every morning, five days a week (seven during the holidays), they dragged themselves here, to the one thing in their lives that never changed, the one thing they could count on come rain, or shine, or dead pets, or divorce: work. For instance, I started off really despising Basil, but he slowly grows on you as the novel goes on.

and] a treat for fans of The Evil Deador Zombieland, complete with affordable solutions for better living. However, there were a few words in there that I had to look up (yes, I’m that kind of geek) – I had no idea what pareidolia or panopticon meant.A cool idea of setting a soul-less Ikea with a massive haunting and a crazy satire about the modern-day service industry is EXACTLY what I got.

I wouldn’t consider myself attached to any of them, but the main cast propelled the story in a positive way.

This was so much fun and what starts as some biting satire that will have you laughing very abruptly turns into a gore-fest that will have you screaming. It’s the Indian burial ground-type setup, tedious monologues about never getting out and being punished forever and ever. For example why bore us with all that talk of paranormal investigation gear if it's never even used? Basil approaches Amy and another employee, Ruth Ann, and asks them to work a dusk-til-dawn shift with him to hopefully catch the vandal.