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My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

15 reviews

elleyena_rose's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

I wanted to like this book.  I really did. The pitch was promising, the cover and art inside are great (though some of the images are unreadable on kindle). I love 80s media like Heathers and all the songs in the book, and it's ultimately about the power of friendship (and that's one of the few things that caused me to boost my rating to 2.5 stars)

But some of the language and jokes at the beginning, while likely accurate for the time, weren't necessary to the plot and could/probably should have been cut. Thankfully that either dropped off quickly (or I just stopped noticing it when the descriptions got more graphic and I got ill while reading). 

Just as some reviewers don't understand a rating less than five stars,  I don't understand how anyone could rate it at a 4 or 5. This book ultimately wasn't for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Slavery, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Alcohol

CW because animal death was not clear enough

the possessed character kills her dog

also there's graphic descriptions of

tapeworms

coming out of someone's mouth

roanjackal's review against another edition

dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I found the book good overall. It felt a little dragging in the secon third but really picked up and became wild in the last third.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

cuprum's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Suicide attempt

angelfoodcakes's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, and Vomit

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Child death, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

itsheyfay's review

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Abandonment, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Racism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

shelbytaylxr's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, and Mass/school shootings

kiersif's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.0

I wish I could erase this from my brain. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

mrsmonty503's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Overall this book is a 4⭐️. The writing/plot/story and characters are what gives it a 4⭐️. I also really enjoyed the pop culture references through out the story. 

This was WAY better than The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. 

There was a heavy presence of religion; which is appropriate since the story is about an exorcism. 


Below is why I gave it a 2⭐️. 

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 Now I know the this is not the first time Grady has killed animals. I just can’t get behind a senseless animal death. 

IT DIDN’T ADD TO THE STORY AT ALL. THIS WAS NOT NEEDED. MAX DID NOT HAVE TO DIED. 

With all the said, it’s a 2 ⭐️ for me dog.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Blood, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Classism

tayoreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This is my second Hendrix book and I absolutely ate it up!! I could not put this one down!!

Will come back for a more in depth review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

irene_g08's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was so interesting, and had such a good plot. There was a lot of plot devices introduced early in the novel that played a big part later on into the story. The beginning to the end was such a rollercoaster that I was confused but I loved it. This is the types of horror novel that keeps you aware but it won’t scare you. The details were written in a way where you could feel and see them and will have a physical reaction to some of the writing. Definitely a 4 star read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Self harm, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship