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karen
Dec 30, 2017 rated it really liked it
HAPPY PRIDE MONTH AND ALSO FATHER'S DAY!!

oooh, goodreads choice awards semifinalist for best horror 2018! what will happen?



what. the. fuck. was. that?

here’s the thing, ever since paul tremblay wrote A Head Full of Ghosts and slipped in a character named “karen brissette” whose voice sounded an awful lot like the inside of my own (ghostless) head, i’ve been pestering him with, “am i gonna be in the next book, huh?? huh?? huh?? am i??"



but i am so glad to not be in this one because YEESH.

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Laura
Feb 27, 2018 rated it did not like it
Not as suspenseful as I'd hoped, nor was the resolution satisfying. It felt as though there was something that perhaps was edited out, or that I was totally missing about this - not the Tremblay technique that I've come to expect. I nearly DNFd it but it was so short I finished it anyway.

ARC provided by publisher.
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Cindy
Aug 29, 2019 rated it did not like it
Seriously!?! It's books like these that make me wish I didn't have to finish every book I start. The potential was there. Who wouldn't be intrigued by Tremblay's version of the four men of the apocalypse as they arrive to threaten this family. But, unfortunately, from the beginning, I was simply bored and annoyed. I understand the changing perspectives but, in this case, it made the story redundant. I also faced the predicament, the demands, like Eric and Andrew...as preposterous...and therefore ...more
Elizabeth
Very meh
Tami
May 06, 2022 rated it liked it
3.5

Liz
Feb 15, 2023 rated it liked it
I had wanted to read this for a while but didn't pick it up until the movie adaptation (which I haven't seen) came out. It was a page turner and I read it quickly, but ultimately not my favorite book. I liked the switching of character perspectives, although sometimes it read a little too much like it was written to be adapted into a movie. ...more
Kathe
Apr 20, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Cindy
Jul 05, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
katie
Nov 30, 2018 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Natalie Pietro
Dec 26, 2018 marked it as to-read
Meghan
Mar 16, 2019 rated it liked it
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erin
Mar 28, 2019 marked it as to-read
Hillary
May 20, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Sal
May 01, 2019 added it
Kate
Jun 05, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Wyrmia
Jul 07, 2019 rated it liked it
Erin
Aug 30, 2019 rated it liked it
Heather
Sep 24, 2021 marked it as to-read
Dayna
Sep 27, 2022 marked it as to-read
Sharon
Jan 04, 2023 rated it liked it
Cynthia
Jan 13, 2023 rated it it was ok
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