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A Head Full of Ghosts
- Narrated by: Joy Osmanski
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 06-02-15
- Language: English
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $27.37
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Publisher's Summary
A chilling thriller that brilliantly blends domestic drama, psychological suspense, and a touch of modern horror, reminiscent of Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves, John Ajvide Lindqvist's Let the Right One In, and Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House.
The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when 14-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia.
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Fifteen years later a best-selling 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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- E.C.
- 07-31-15
Page turner
I am a horror fan and am pretty immune to the scary story. I pride myself of predicting the oncoming action as the story unfolds. I didn't even try with this story. It sucked me in, chewed me up and spit me out. Not leaving me with screams in the night but with a cold hollow in the pit of my stomach. Excellent!
38 of 38 people found this review helpful
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- Beth Hale
- 06-11-15
Unexpected!
I was worried about listening to this, late at night. It seemed too scary. I was surprised to find that it didn't bother me at all. It's a great story about family bonds, sisterhood, the corruption of the church, fanaticism and reality tv. Great story, great ending. Can't recommend it enough!!
15 of 16 people found this review helpful
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- Chelsea
- 09-10-15
Good story, hard to listen
While the story pulled me in and kept me entertained, the narration was a little rough at times, especially the attempts at male voices, the dad in particular made me cringe every time I heard it.
12 of 13 people found this review helpful
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- Jeremy Ball
- Greensboro, NC
- 09-01-15
A great read, very psychologically disturbing...
I actually read this after Stephen King spoke so highly of it in an article. I can see why he did. Part Exorcist, part Amityville Horror, and part something altogether its own. A very unique take on the old "girl possessed by demon" story with several twists and surprises that will leave you with QUITE a few questions. The narrator does a fine job as well.
10 of 11 people found this review helpful
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- Nadine
- 07-28-15
Good Read
This book was suggested to me by a friend and I really enjoyed it up until the last few chapters, the ending left much to be desired for me but all in all a good read.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
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- MorseMi
- 12-05-15
Page turner
This was a great "camp fire" horror story. It was well written and kept my attention throughout, although I feel that it fell a bit flat in the end. My only complaint with the performance would be with the voice of the "blogger". It was extremely annoying, "strike that", it was like nails on a chalk board. I found myself fast forwarding through the story when the "blogger" was narrating, "for realsies".
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- Bette
- 04-07-17
Oh Well
A Head Full of Ghosts is certainly a scary story and while author Paul Tremblay doesn't add anything new to the pantheon of dogmatic horror events, he certainly has a unique way of putting it all together to tell a really good and extremely well structured horror story.
The reader? Oh- it's the usual for 2016/17 Audible productions......Osmanski is a very good narrator reading the first person narrative of a 28 year old woman in the voice of a little girl. She is- as are so many female readers these days - directed to mispronounce the word 'else', 'eltz.' as though she were 4.
Despite the narrative ugh, it's a relatively riveting production. Creepy enough that I stopped listening to it late at night.
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- erherringbone
- 06-25-15
Super Smart and Creepy as...
You won't know what hit you, but whatever it was will leave goosebumps. Smart storytelling, with nods to classic possession stories in book and movie form, and a mystery that resonates and means more than the blurb would suggest. Good stuff, and highly recommended for a well-rounded scary tale. (The narrator, by the way, was fantastic. Grade A performance.)
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- Wild Wise Woman
- Atlanta, GA, United States
- 01-25-18
So much better than expected
With what seemed like a flippant title, I anticipated another frilly, silly ghostly cozy. I don't remember when I bought this book, but I found it in my library and it felt like a safe escape following several non-fiction books about the Trump administration. I am a little paranoid about spoilers, so I didn't go back and read any reviews or the synopsis of the story.
Within the first half hour I had chills running up and down my spine. I'm REALLY tough to scare, but the plaintive young woman reading this first person, dual-perspective novel definitely got to me. I don't want to do any spoilers, either, but I will say that, like the very best of all horror, this is a multi-layered novel, with pretty well defined characters and as many psychological terrors as supernatural ones.
The writing is excellent, vivid and witty when it needs to be. There is a great deal of humor, and I was struck by the ability of the male author to write from the perspective of a genuine 8-year old girl. His female characters are very real, so, kudos, Paul Tremblay.
I just read that this book has been optioned by Robert Downey, Jr for a film. Okaaaaay, as my daughter would say, but I don't know. This is one of the rare cases where I believe the audiobook is the BEST version of this novel. Narrator Joy Osmanski's vivacious, youthful, eloquent and -- oh, damn, I need to say PLAINTIVE again - voice is the perfect vehicle to ride this story home.
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- anne
- RICHMOND, CA, United States
- 01-10-16
Some of the most annoying narration I've ever had to bear.
Admittedly I did not make it to the end not even close. But the story up until the point where I stopped was really grabbing me I wish I could've hung on. The narration, when she switched to the blogger voice, grated too hard on my nerves to stay with it. After trying to power through five chapters, I had to bail. Too bad seems like it would've been a good story.
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