chaptersofchase 's review for:

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

3.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

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Head Full of Ghosts

Genre: Mystery
Trope: Possession
Format: 🎧
Pub Date: 9.2.2015
Star Rating: ☆☆☆

"Sometimes it's good to be sad. Don't forget that."

A few years ago, I read a Paul Tremblay book (Cabin at the End of the World), and I was so disturbed and downright horrified, but also I didn't like it? I swore I'd never read another one of his books, but here I am. And while I wanted to like Head Full of Ghosts, it just was meh, in my opinion. So, let's break down what worked and didn't work for me.

What didn't work:
😬 Creepy but not a horror story
👧🏽 Didn't care for the MC - I felt like Merry should've been older than eight years old to be conceivable
🐌 Slow pacing; kept waiting for something to happen

What worked for me:
🎙️ The blogger chapters supplied an additional element to the book and helped to wrap up what occurred in the home
📺 The references to reality television and how screwed up it can make people
🫣 Did have some suspenseful moments
🤯 The ending that I didn't see coming

Overall, Head Full of Ghosts felt more like a study of mental health and schizophrenia than it was of a haunting or possession.