A Head Full of Ghosts
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| Rating | : | 4.61 (605 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00V3WSDDU |
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| Number of Pages | : | 489 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With John, Marjorie's father, out of work for more than a year and the medical bills looming, the family agrees to be filmed and soon find themselves the unwitting stars of The Possession, a hit reality television show. Fifteen years later a best-selling writer interviews Marjorie's younger sister, Merry. Danielewski's House of Leaves, John Ajvide Lindqvist's Let the Right One In, and Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House. When events in the Barrett household explode in tragedy, the show and the shocking incidents it captures become the stuff of urban legend. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. A chilling thriller that brilliantly blends domestic drama, psychological suspense, and a touch of modern horror, reminiscent of Mark Z. 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. As she recalls those long-a
Justin Robinson-Prickett said Uneven. I'm not quite sure why I didn't have a better reaction to this one. The mechanics of the writing are good, and any story that acknowledges that "demonic possession" is just how ignorant people say "mental illness" deserves some love.It just never drew me in as thoroughly as I think it needed. Brilliantly written - I couldn't put it down A Head Full of Ghosts takes us through an intense and unblinking look at Possession versus mental illness. Was the teenager Marjorie mentally ill, acting out some deep seated hate and anger, or was she, as the priest believed, actually possessed by some unknown evil entity? Then there was li. White Rabbit said Kindle full of Krap. Hard to NOT be let down after The Master's ringing endorsement, but stripping away those overblown expectations, this was still better than much contemporary horror. The writing is smooth & easy, and nothing is overtly stupid (which, sadly, is high praise these days). Entertaining airplane r