Reviews - My Best Friend's Exorcism

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My Best Friend's Exorcism

Grady Hendrix

3.9 AVERAGE

baney's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kelscurls80's review against another edition

4.0

dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bookbabe1129's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have to confess, I am GOBSMACKED at how much I loved this book - especially considering how much I LOATHED my first go around with the author. Everything about this story was fabulous - the writing, staying in the times, the characters... absolutely everything was spot on. The only reason I took a 1/2 star away was because the writing was SO good, it took me back to teenage-hood and growing up in the church during the time of heightened "Satanism is to blame for everything".

balladoftessa's review against another edition

4.0

4'5
Solamente Grady Hendrix sabe sacarme así de un bloqueo lector. Me ha gustado muchísimo la relación de Abby y Gretchen. Y el ritmo del libro y esas cosas.
No le pongo un 5 por Max.

kristinahorner's review against another edition

3.0

This book was bizarre.

I loved the beginning, with all the emphasis on growing up in the 80s, loving ET, and the whole story about how Abby and Gretchen met was so touching. The book really gets away from itself in the middle, when what happens to Gretchen starts affecting everyone and everything around it. When I actually got to the exorcism, I was like 60/40 on whether I was actually enjoying this book or not, leaning toward grossed out/disturbed.

I still can't decide if it added a ton for me to have the wrap up chapter summarizing the rest of their lives. Really I just feel like the whole story was sort of depressing, and I don't understand the motivations of anyone's parents in this entire book. So - I'm conflicted. Parts of this book were good. Parts were super, super weird. I'm left confused and a little unsatisfied, even though it tied everything up for the most part.

imjustadow's review against another edition

4.0

NOT what i was expecting at all. maybe the true horror is the cassandras we became along the way. really loved the way the main plot was resolved, super original and fun. all in all, what a thing to listen to in one long go