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| 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) |
Paul Tremblay
Hardcover | Pages: 286 pages Rating: 3.8 | 39685 Users | 5773 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Head Full of Ghosts |
| Author | : | Paul Tremblay |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 286 pages |
| Published | : | June 2nd 2015 by William Morrow |
| Categories | : | Horror. Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Fantasy. Paranormal |
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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.
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Ratings: 3.8 From 39685 Users | 5773 ReviewsCrit About Books A Head Full of Ghosts
not good also known as pretty bad 😒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
Paul Tremblay has written one heck of a book. And hardly a Zombie to be found within it's pages ! In fact there has been a bidding war for movie rights: EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features just won an auction for rights to make an elevated genre a head full of ghostsmovie from A Head Full Of Ghosts, the upcoming thriller novel by Paul Tremblay. William Morrow publishes the book next month. Focus prevailed in an auction that also had TriStar in hot pursuit. Deals are being closed for Ben Collins & Luke
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
!!! 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
CREEPY AF!!!This made my horror-loving heart so happy. I could NOT stop reading!I must say, reading this on a very dark flight home from the Dominican Republic 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 bitch if you have too!One of the things that has really stuck with me about this book, the format. I just felt like it was such a clever way to tell
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
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