My Best Friend's Exorcism: A Novel (original 2016; edition 2017)

by Grady Hendrix (Author)

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Fiction. Horror. Literature. Thriller. HTML:Soon to be a major motion picture. This ENHANCED DIGITAL EDITION features TONS of TOTALLY AWESOME �??80s bonus materials�??including Satanic Panic educational pamphlets, a do-it-yourself exorcism cheat sheet, a Spotify playlist of awesome �??80s tunes, animated cover artwork, and much more! From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, this unholy hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist blends teen angst and unspeakable horrors into a pulse-pounding supernatural thriller. The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since 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 powerfu… (more)

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Title:	My Best Friend's Exorcism: A Novel
Authors:	Grady Hendrix (Author)
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I think it's official that I'm just not a big Grady Hendrix fan. I did enjoy the book enough to listen to the whole thing, but it's just not my favorite. I did however, LOVE the 90s references. That was fantastic. There was also a dog killed in this book and I'm not down with that. The fact the author went there, kinda makes me disrespect him. I think this will be the last Grady Hendrix. I think this is the fourth one and I haven't really loved any of them. Maybe that's my own fault for reading/listening to four of them before giving up. The title tells it all. A friend gets a demon...and then they do an exorcism. And then they lived their lives. That's legit the whole book. Done. Over. (

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Mav-n-Libby | Apr 12, 2024 |

Un libro lleno de referencias a los 80 (algunas muy especificas del mundo Americano) con una historia de amistad y “fe”, escenas turbias y momentos que me han dejado temblando del asco.

Pero que viaje mas bien hecho. Quizá el ritmo, sobretodo en el primer tercio, es algo irregular. Creo que no tiene la capacidad que ha tenido, por ejemplo, con Book Club de hace runa narración redonda, no se si por los saltos a lo largo de la vida de las dos protagonistas o porque.

Aún así, la lectura es muy entretenida y sobretodo la recta final es excelente. Si le sumamos todas las criticas veladas y las metáforas no tan metáforas que tiene, le da a todo una capa de “chef’s kiss” que ya quisieran otros libros del genero. (

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Cabask | Mar 27, 2024 |

"I love you," Abby shouted into the storm. "I love you, Gretchen Lang. You are my reflection and my shadow and I will not let you go. We are bound together forever and ever! Until Halley's Comet comes around again. I love you dearly and I love you queerly and no demon is bigger than this! I throw my pebble and its name is Gretchen Lang and in the name of our love, BEGONE!!!" (

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bisexuality | Mar 3, 2024 |

Bruh....I’m forever gonna be scarred from that worm scene (

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deborahee | Feb 23, 2024 |

OMG, this book (

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Grady Hendrix	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Fleming, Hugh	Cover illustration	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Horner, Doogie	Cover designer	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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My Best Friend's Exorcism

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2016

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Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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For Amanda,
Who knows the reasons why.*

*But if she doesn't, I would suggest she have her attorney consult both protective orders filed against her, the criminal complaint which outlines these reasons in great detail, and maybe also her conscience because disclosing the whereabouts of the bodies will finally bring some kind of closure for my family.

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The exorcist is dead.

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813.6

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PS3608.E543

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Fiction. Horror. Literature. Thriller. HTML:Soon to be a major motion picture.
This ENHANCED DIGITAL EDITION features TONS of TOTALLY AWESOME �??80s bonus materials�??including Satanic Panic educational pamphlets, a do-it-yourself exorcism cheat sheet, a Spotify playlist of awesome �??80s tunes, animated cover artwork, and much more!

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, this unholy hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist blends teen angst and unspeakable horrors into a pulse-pounding supernatural thriller.
The year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since 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 powerfu

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