My Best Friend's Exorcism

A Novel

De: Grady Hendrix

Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller

A heartwarming story of friendship and demonic possession.

The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since the fourth grade. But after an evening of skinny-dipping goes disastrously wrong, Gretchen begins to act...different. She's moody. She's irritable. And bizarre incidents keep happening whenever she's nearby.

Abby's investigation leads her to some startling discoveries - and by the time their story reaches its terrifying conclusion, the fate of Abby and Gretchen will be determined by a single question: Is their friendship powerful enough to beat the devil?

Like an unholy hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist, My Best Friend's Exorcism blends teen angst, adolescent drama, unspeakable horrors, and a mix of '80s pop songs into a pulse-pounding supernatural thriller.

©2016 Grady Hendrix (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Initially enjoyable...but wore thin after a while...

I really enjoyed the initial concept, attention to 80’s detail & storyline. However, as the book continued, the concept & story became “thin.”
It’s an OUTSTANDING short story, stuffed with unnecessary “filler” & stretched into what became a weak novel.
Truthfully, I’m not a writer, so who am I to judge!
I’ve really enjoyed Hendrix’s other work and I liked this concept...but it wore me out!

I’m not mad at it .

This book was odd, funny, corny, heartwarming, and a pretty good paranormal story. I know those things don’t seem to go together at all , but it was a good mix.
There were times it seemed to drag out a bit, but I’m not at all mad at the time I spent on it. I say give it a try!

Fun!

Fun! Super glad it's in the Plug Catalogue! I wasn't a child of the 80s but still enjoyed it. Genuinely creeped me out too!

Good exorcism story, cheezy narration.

great characters, great writing, but I found myself wanting to kick the narrator in her throat, because of her Mickey Mouse Club, childish, overexuberant narration. Everytime she did a mans voice I found my toes curling.

Rent This, Don't Bother Purchasing

"Beaches" meets "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" is about right and would have been really good, except it kept on and on without reason after the exorcism. The front was a bit long, but wasn't too long and drug out like the last section. I'm sure if you read the book the voices and sarcasm that would be in your head would make some parts really funny, but the audio performance lacked that.

Read it or check it out from the library -- this audiobook format isn't worth purchasing as I can't think of a reason to listen to it again.