Publication Date: Available Now from Quirk Books
Source: Purchased Copy
Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since fifth grade, when they bonded over a shared love of E.T., roller-skating parties, and scratch-and-sniff stickers. But when they arrive at high school, things change. Gretchen begins to act…different. And as the strange coincidences and bizarre behavior start to pile up, Abby realizes there’s only one possible explanation: Gretchen, her favorite person in the world, has a demon living inside her. And Abby is not about to let anyone or anything come between her and her best friend. With help from some unlikely allies, Abby embarks on a quest to save Gretchen. But is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil?
Thoroughly enjoyed this homage to the 80’s which was my era, the story itself was like an 80’s horror movie, the book is gorgeous, a hardback imitating a high school year book and I spent half of the read going OH YEAH I remember that/them….
My Best Friends Exorcism is a story of big hair and demonic possession – friends for life Abby and Gretchen hit a slight snafu when after taking LSD Gretchen turns into a monster. The adults around are too wrapped up in their own idiocies to be of any use whatsoever and so it falls to Abby to work out what the all hell is going on and to save her friend. Lets just say it is not going to be the best year of their lives…
I like the way Grady Hendrix writes – it was absorbing, occasionally funny, sometimes downright gross, some of the descriptive passages seriously made me go ewwwww. I liked the vibe, the way the setting and the time came alive in the writing and embodied a lot of what I remember about that era – the obsessions and the clothes, the make up and the music, ESPECIALLY the music which is embedded into the narrative in a cool and very organic way.
It was randomly creepy, often addictive and had a melancholy yet somehow uplifting finish to it which left me vaguely teary. Like a trip backwards in time and by the end I just wanted to dig out the entirety of my 80’s movie collection (yes seriously I think I have them all) and indulge in yet more nostalgia.
My Best Friends Exorcism is both modern and retrospective, a throwback to a different way of life and a different way of thinking – a coming of age horror story with bite. Hey whoever said growing up is easy?
Not for the faint hearted but highly recommended none the less.
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