I was pretty surprised by how forgettable this one was. It's one of the more popular horror novels this year, and the premise (about a young girl named Merry witnessing her family dealing with the possible demonic possession of their daughter and their choice to not only perform an exorcism but to film it for a reality show) is a set up for some chilling entertainment. But I was uninterested through most of this book. Much of it has to do with the terribly inconsistent pacing and lack of narrati...

A Head Full of Ghosts is CREEPY AF and we love to see it!!This made my horror-loving heart so damn happy. Once I picked it up, I could NOT stop reading!I decided to start this whilst on a very dark flight home from the Dominican Republic. I was reading it on my kindle paperwhite and that setting definitely upped the creep factor a full 10-points. I was jumping at the slightest noise and just wishing I could turn on a light!Life Advice: Read this in the darkest room possible. Candlelight this bit...

An atmospheric and deeply meta possession-story that revels in horror and pop culture references. Readers who enjoy mixed media stories (stories that include letters, news articles, etc. to tell the story) will dig this one.

I didn't know whether to give this book 5 stars or 1, so I'm meeting in the middle.Yes, it scared me. In fact, it's exactly 2:41 am and I'm awake because of this book. And I have to pee, but I'm too scared to go to the bathroom by myself and if I wake up my fiance to turn on the bathroom light and wait for me, he will think I'm some sort of mixture between stupid and crazy. And he would probably be right.There are some problems with this book, including the pacing, the believability of the 8 yea...

Actually I'm not sure if I loved this book or hated it. It was one of those books that you read and you're kind of miserable the whole time, but it also kind of blows your mind and gets you thinking. Usually, I'm against thinking too hard. I'm lazy. But, in this case, I thought some really good points on feminism, the patriarchy, religious zealotry, and the media made it worth it to hurt my brain a little bit.okay, I admit this is every day...So, the premise of this book is about a young woman w...

!!! 2015 Winner of Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel!!!I read this last summer so the details are a bit sketchy now to pull off an in-depth review, but I hate leaving review spaces blank, and this is me trying to push some of my favorites back in front of your face again in case you missed them. A Head Full of Ghosts just snagged the 2015 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel which should help give it a much-deserved boost in exposure. I loved this one, not only because parts of it genuinely creeped m...

not good also known as pretty bad 😒

What the literal hell .....This wasn’t what I thought it would be, but I loved it 😉Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾

3.5 stars!I enjoyed this novel of possession/psychological horror/reality television, but I didn't out and out love it. It's almost impossible to tell you why without spoilers, but I'll try.  Here's what I liked the most:-the shout outs to other authors in the dark fiction genre. I'm sure I didn't pick up on them all, but I love being made to feel like I'm in on something;-the references to other characters in dark fiction classics-one of which is glaringly obvious, and since she was a most fasc...

I wasn't necessarily scared while reading this, but I was definitely entertained.I loved that the story didn't take itself too seriously (it actually made fun of itself quite often lol)

paul tremblay interviews me, or "me" here: https://thelittlesleep.wordpress.com/...this book is about a fourteen-year-old girl named marjorie, her eight-year-old sister merry, and the events leading up to marjorie's exorcism. your attention, i have it, yes? this is both a horror novel and a psychological suspense novel, but then it goes the extra step into self-referential metafiction in a way that is natural and not gimmicky-annoying, probably because that part involves a delightful character n...

I'll keep this short and sweet: one of the best horror novels (maybe the best) I've ever read.

I've never been big on possession/exorcism stories. The whole notion strikes me as...silly, somehow. As an avid horror fiction fan, I can buy into all manner of nasty creatures and supernatural phenomena while reading, but the concept of Satan or some other demon possessing a young girl, with the battle for her soul being waged by some priest and his prayers just doesn't do it for me. So it took me a while to get to this one, despite the rave reviews. Some horror buffs here on Goodreads are of t...

This is a kind of weird experience. Granted it’s not the first time that Karen has popped up in a book as a character (I can think of two others), but this is the first time that she appears quite a bit (at least by name, as the character isn’t actually supposed to be her). We’ll get back to this later on the review though.The book is about a family that was once featured on a reality tv show called Possession, which was as the name suggests about demonic possession. The show featured a New Engl...

5 thrilling, scary stars!It’s official Robert Downey Jr and his beautiful wife (Team Downey) are bringing out the movie adaption. Once upon a time in Hollywood’s Margaret Qualley ( Andie MacDowell’s daughter) got the leading part as Scott Cooper accepted to direct the movie! Get ready to scare the hell of yourselves! So we’re gonna be able to watch this terrifying story and sh*t our pants! What an amazing way to spend your weekend night! ( already stocked my boozes and munchies! )This book shoul...

3.5 starsI enjoyed the way this was written, I liked the back and forth between the two timeliness, and I enjoyed the story about the sisters and their relationship. Some parts of it were genuinely creepy — especially with the audio and listening to the girls voice change when she’s possessed. But overall I don’t really enjoy reading about exorcisms and I don’t think it’s my kind of horror 🤷🏻‍♀️

I rarely give one star reviews. I am sure Paul Tremblay is a nice guy, but after two of his books, I cannot stand him as a writer.The story in this book was silly and contrived. The characters were blah and I didn't believe their motivation for anything they did. If someone got mad, it felt forced. If something weird occurred it felt like it was just there so something could be weird. The book is not thrilling. It is not scary. It is bad Exorcist fan fiction. I am not sure if anyone was ever rea...

What an awesome surprise! Mr. Paul Tremblay knows his horror motifs, and he (and I) love how they're layered and layered some more, starting from truly delightful character sets with the slowly creeping horror, the slide into a normal family's confusion and pain, and then...Possession.What? A straight possession tale and not one about a family taking care of a mentally ill daughter? One who suffers from paranoia and schizophrenia?Oh yes, let's take this tale into a heavy-hitting commentary on re...

This book blew me away. I might have to come back and alter my review because I'm not entirely sure how to process this book.All I will say about the plot is it revolves around the Barrett family and we are trying to solve the puzzle of 14 year old Marjorie's illness. Is she mentally ill? Is she possessed by a demon? Anything more would spoil it all and I refuse to do such a thing!This is definitely a book that will stay with me. While it's not overly gory or "scary" in the traditional sense, it...

I had high expectations for this novel. I had read Paul Tremblay's collection of short stories, In the Mean Time, earlier this year, and I greatly enjoyed it. A Head Full of Ghosts exceeded my expectations.The novel revolves around the Barretts, a middle class suburban family. When the elder of the two daughters, Marjorie, begins exhibiting odd behavior, the family becomes concerned. As Marjorie's behavior becomes exceeding bizarre, psychology and religion become involved. Is Marjorie having a m...