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My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

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elsu's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

mishareilly's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Such a fun yet horrifying book at the same time. I had a great time listening to this audio book. The narrator did an excellent job. I love when the narrator does some voice acting a bit. I feel it helps me get into the story more. This was a unique take on possession and exorcism. It's set in 1988; 80s references are littered all throughout. I think that was such a fun idea. There were a good handful of descriptions in this book that gave me body chills.

The tapeworm scene with it coming our her mouth and then her dog ripping it out the rest of the way! Omg what a spine chilling scene that was. Also Gretchen shooting her dog was super sad, especially after she got exorcised and had to come to terms with what her body did while possessed. I also think the rape aspect of the possession was a unique take I haven't seen before. I feel it did add to the story because that is something every high school girl, and women for that matter, had to worry about. It added another level of emotions to the story that I could connect to. I also love that at the end, Abby exorcised Gretchen with the power and love of their friendship. I loved all the 80s references throughout their friendship that Abby used to get the demon out. By the power in Phil Collins! That made me actually laugh! I almost forgot about the scene with the whole ass hairy arm that comes out of Gretchens mouth when getting exorcised. That was so creepy and I remember having out loud reactions to that part.

Overall I think this is a unique take on the classic exorcism story. Even with it being about high schoolers, it didn't feel young adult to me, which I very much appreciate. If you enjoy 80s references and a fun twist on a classic horror trope, I would absolutely pick this one up!

monsieurbluesky's review

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2.5

I wanted to like this more than I did. I liked the relationship between the main characters and the plot was fun, but there were quite a few major typos that should have been caught. I don't know how it got past an editor.

hniereads's review

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1.0

This book was such a disappointment

kynikoskyon's review against another edition

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4.0

3.8/5

"Abby Rivers y Gretchen Lang se tuvieron mutuamente como mejores amigas, a veces más cercanas, a veces más distanciadas, durante setenta y cinco años. Y son pocos los que pueden contar algo parecido. No eran perfectas. No siempre se llevaron bien. A veces la fastidiaron. A veces se comportaron como cretinas. Se pelearon, dejaron de hablarse, se reconciliaron, se volvieron locas la una a la otra, y no llegaron a ver juntas el cometa Halley.
Pero lo intentaron."

annagerman's review against another edition

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I would have probably finished it but I had to return it before I was finished, and it wasn't interesting enough to pay for 😅🤷🏻‍♀️
Also, though the narration style was very fitting for the tone of the book, I found it gritting and whiny at times.