{"id":53161,"date":"2026-10-03T14:46:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T21:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=53161"},"modified":"2026-10-03T14:46:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T21:46:37","slug":"happy-hour-of-the-damned-by-mark-henry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2026\/10\/03\/happy-hour-of-the-damned-by-mark-henry\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Hour of the Damned by Mark Henry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Book 44 of 2026: <a href=\"https:\/\/app.thestorygraph.com\/books\/82b9bf73-5aff-4651-8db9-0f52d14f9f13\"><cite>Happy Hour of the Damned<\/cite><\/a> by Mark Henry.<\/p>\n<p>\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f: I picked this (and its first two sequels) up at the local library book sale a while ago on a whim, as cheesy urban fantasy set in Seattle sounded amusing. Finally got around to reading this one, and it will be going right into the donate pile, along with the next two (still unread). It\u2019s not <em>nearly<\/em> as funny as it wants to think it is, the plot meanders and gets frequently sidetracked, none of the characters are all that interesting or likable, and there are far too many instances of miss-used commas, the r-slur, fatphobia, and casual transphobia. The highlights were the occasional playlists; if nothing else, the author does at least seem to have decent taste in music.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_7274.jpeg\" alt=\"Me holding Happy Hour of the Damned\" title=\"IMG_7274.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"749\" height=\"562\" \/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:17594,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/app.thestorygraph.com\\\/books\\\/82b9bf73-5aff-4651-8db9-0f52d14f9f13&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book 44 of 2026: \u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f: This will be going right into the donate pile, along with the next two (still unread).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2036,2049],"tags":[7059],"class_list":["post-53161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-photos","tag-mark-henry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53162,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53161\/revisions\/53162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}