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My Best Friend's Exorcism

Grady Hendrix

Start date: June 1, 2022

Finish date: June 30, 2022

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Oct 28, 2021 Michelle (MichelleBookAddict) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: horrors-mystery-thrills, autumn-vibes, favorite, physical-own, fantasy, movie-or-tv-show, bechdel-test

I read this with a few people on Instagram for a buddy read. They helped make the reading enjoyable for me and also helped me because I’m a scaredy-cat. Having their assurance that it wasn’t a scary horror book like The Exorcist movie helped.

My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix was fun and filled with so much nostalgia. I figured if I can survive watching the Fear Street movies on Netflix for the nostalgia than I could give the buddy read a try and I’m glad I did. There is some horror in t ...more

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May 31, 2021 Kristina Masone rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobook, stina-shelf, favorites

Grady Hendrix is a new-to-me author and is quickly rising to favourite. He has a wonderful way of mixing horror, comedy, camp, that results in a story full of heart.

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Jun 18, 2018 Ley rated it really liked it · review of another edition

You'd think it's super campy based off the paperback cover, but it's SO GOOD. ...more

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Aug 24, 2022 Morgan rated it did not like it

Shelves: dnf

I tried. Got 4.5 hours into the story and just couldn't take it anymore. Perhaps teen problems are not interesting to me. I just really have a strong dislike to stories that use the "adults are against me/wont listen to me/are unreasonable" kind of frustration. And also, this is supposed to be a horror novel but there was pretty much no horror elements until about 4 hours in. Even then it was very mild. And the writing was really simple, which I suppose fits the teen perspective, but I didn't fi ...more

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