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My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

45 reviews

cosyinyellow's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

This book was a disappointment for me, due to the lack of horror. I'm a pretty wimp of a person when it comes to horror things, and I thought it wasn't scary at all. If you like light (slightly silly) horror, this book might be for you though! It focuses more on the friendship dilemma and the MC's struggle with being the only one who knows what is happening with bestie.

The writing in this book is not my favourite, if I'm honest. It reminds me of American 80s/90s "teen" films. I also didn't like the characters in the book. Abby was supposedly a really nice person, but I didn't really get that vibe from her. Even though I felt bad for her home situation, I still thought she was annoying and ungrateful. Her mother was cool in that one scene though.

I admit. This is one of the times when I definitely picked up the book because of the gorgeous retro cover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Blood

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Sexual content

kuhnja's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

One of the best books of the year, and my first Hendrix novel! This one I’ll buy for sure. I listened to the audiobook and it was good!

Above all this book is about the power of friendship. A perfect balance of Halloween spooky, 80s nostalgia and satanic panic nonsense and a beautifully honest portrayal of coming of age and female friendships through your life. 

It made me laugh, swell with pride and tore at my heartstrings. This book had everything. What a perfect spooky season read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

_di_'s review

dark emotional funny medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Minor: Sexual content

mallory10100's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

based on the cover, i expected this to be a campy fun horror, but it was actually quite disturbing. pay attention to content warnings!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, and Gun violence

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Racism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, and Classism

i recommend this for spooky season!!

silver_lining_in_a_book's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder and Vomit

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

davidrb's review

challenging dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

DBNQ. This means the world to me. However, even if it tries to trick you into thinking it's light on the horror side of horror-comedy: there's one scene late in the book that is going to haunt me for the rest of my life and probably everyone else who grew up with the same urban legends and creepypastas as I did. The sexual assault warnings are also no joke. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

For the adult/minor relationship, nothing actually takes place but it's alluded to several times and these allusions are pivotal later in the book.

kelldel's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

Docking a point because Grady Hendrix is a coward for

not letting them kiss

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Car accident, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Slavery, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, Lesbophobia, and Cultural appropriation

sunsetcity's review

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

kaylee1957's review

dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Campy, dramatic, hilarious, thrilling horror novel about the power of friendship and demonic possession. The 80s theme is hilarious and well done. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

helenakat's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

Okay so my relationship with this book is complicated. There was a point when I was reading it where I thought I’d give it three stars, then it got really gross and I didn’t like that so I thought I’d give it two stars, but then the ending of the book really won me over, had me sobbing for half an hour and I decided to give four stars. I definitely am a cryer in general, but not every books ending can make me sob like that. I would say that if you are very squeamish then this probably isn’t the book for you, because it is about an exorcism and there is some pretty gruesome stuff that happens. That being said, I get disturbed really easily and it wasn’t necessarily too much for me to get through, and I think the ending really is worth it. I also want to add for anybody on the fence that even when I was getting grossed out by this book and was thinking about giving it two stars, I never wanted to not finish it. I was always excited to make sure that the characters would end up okay. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Sexual content, Vomit, and Suicide attempt