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Title | : | A Head Full of Ghosts |
Author | : | Paul Tremblay |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 286 pages |
Published | : | June 2nd 2015 by William Morrow |
Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Fantasy. Paranormal |
Paul Tremblay
Hardcover | Pages: 286 pages Rating: 3.8 | 39685 Users | 5773 Reviews
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The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's descent into madness. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable teenager is the victim of demonic possession. He also contacts a production company that is eager to document the Barretts' plight. With John, Marjorie's father, out of work for more than a year and the medical bills looming, the family agrees to be filmed, and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality television show. When events in the Barrett household explode in tragedy, the show and the shocking incidents it captures become the stuff of urban legend. Fifteen years later, a bestselling writer interviews Marjorie's younger sister, Merry. As she recalls those long ago events that took place when she was just eight years old, long-buried secrets and painful memories that clash with what was broadcast on television begin to surface--and a mind-bending tale of psychological horror is unleashed, raising vexing questions about memory and reality, science and religion, and the very nature of evil.Mention Books During A Head Full of Ghosts
Original Title: | A Head Full of Ghosts |
ISBN: | 0062363239 (ISBN13: 9780062363237) |
Edition Language: | English |
Literary Awards: | Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel (2015), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (2016), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Horror (2015), This is Horror Award for Novel (2015) |
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Demon possession scares me. You take that subject and add to it the fact that Stephen King went on record saying this book scared him and then multiply all of that with the fact that my mother (who loves scary things and watches scary movies by herself) ALSO said it scared her and I knew that this book was 'full on' (to quote my friend Allie).And it was. It was so full on I couldn't read it at night. But even though I would only read it during the day and tried to read light hearted thingsnot good also known as pretty bad 😒
There's nothing wrong with me, Merry. Only my bones want to grow through my skin like the growing things and pierce the world.A Head Full of Ghosts is a story from the POV of Merry Barrett. It opens with her many years later after the events surrounding her sister Marjorie, giving an interview to a writer for a non-fiction book based around her experience as an eight-year-old. We are then taken back to the Barrett house, where 14-year-old Marjorie has started acting out. In an effort to cure her
My man, Paulie T, who I had never heard of until last week, provided me with an exceptional ghost story for this long holiday weekend. This book is like what Cabin in the Woods did for the horror film genre. He takes all the stereotypical things you've seen before in other horror books and movies, but he knows it, and he has a great time with it. The blog entries were an excellent tool to begin each section of the book. It was like reading a book and then reading someone else's commentary or
Wew, first book read after some time. Too busy at work and a trip to Shanghai made that I just couldn't concentrate on reading.... Now this book... I doubted about the rating all the way, three or four, but I end up at four because of the bizarre unusual story and the chilling unexpected ending. I did wonder all the way through, am I enjoying this yes or no....So... weird book. Don't expect a full blown horror story regular style. It's not. It is scary though... about a family who struggles with
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
!!! 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
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