Horror Book Review: My Best Friend's EXORCISM by Grady Hendrix

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If you love the 80s, if  you love horror, if you love a great devil possession story, then you will love Grady Hendrix’s book My Best Friend’s EXORCISM.

Hendrix delivers on a coming of age story about two high school best friend’s immersed in all the horribly disturbing incidents that take place when one of them gets possessed by a demon. It’s a story about friendship, the deepest kind. This book will have you laughing at times all while getting a horror, exorcist fix. 

Hendrix develops each character to perfection. The high school clicks are spot on and brings nostalgia of  the shittiest parts and best parts of adolescence to the reader. The reader becomes part of these high school girls’ lives while feeling isolated from all the adults in the story. 

I also want to point out that EVERYONE judges a book by its cover and I did just that. I spotted this book while at the bookstore and hadn’t heard of it before. The cover is one of the most beautiful book covers I’ve ever seen and it’s the reason I picked it up. I am thrilled that the book was also fantastic. 

There are no surprises in this book. No major plot twists and if you are a horror fanatic, then you will know that this type of story has been done many times however I still give this book 5 out of 5 stars. It combines coming of age, a story of heartfelt friendship, and horror possession all against the background of the 80s. The writing is also done well. It’s exactly what I wanted and hoped it would be. 

Learn more about Grady Hendrix by visiting his website. 

Check out my other review:
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

Here’s one of my short stories:
A Goodnight's Sleep

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Thanks for tuning in, 
Sterp