A Head Full of ghosts - Book Review | The Bookworm

Welcome back, bookworms! In this video I’ll discuss A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay, where a family is falling apart after the older daughter becomes ill. But did she have a mental breakdown, or is she possessed by a demon?

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[ssavage]

I just finished the book too and I also absolutely hated the blog entries. Loved this review 😁

[dontsleepread]

I'm glad you liked this one. I thought it was great. One thing I like about horror is that it is a way to examine who we are and what we are afraid of. Even the supernatural stories are usually metaphorical.

[under_me]

Loved your review! I agree 100% with everything you said. Got a new subscriber here 🥰

[marycalderon]

I’ve been iffy about picking up this book, but you’ve convinced me to add it to my library list. Thanks!

[donnaecroyd]

I loved the book and have read it Twice and also have it on Audio .
The video was very quick amd I think you have sold it a bit more and delved into it a bit more .
As for the Blogger parts . If you remember Merry actually says she's the blogger. That's why it's in there.Its not just put in randomly. If you re.emember Merry says " have my first paid for writing gig " . And " I'm a blogger " I think dhe even says the name . Not that we know for sure though . Remember when the person writing the book on her experiences is at Merrys apartment she has a room full of horror movies, and books . Especially about Pocession .

[seagull]

I feel the blog entries are important even though theu cover the same ground as the central story. Merry appears to have grown up relatively well adjusted despite her trauma in the meetings with Rachel. Howether instead of repeating her families mistakes and trading on her name and infamy, she feels the need to create a pseudonym and alias for her blog, a typical pop referencing trite snarky alter ego.

While her sister was either possessed (i dont think so) or had some kind of disassociate personality disorder, Merry (and tragically most people today) has to become someone else to survive.

[diegonavarro]

Great review, I am happy I was not alone hating Karen's blog entries.

***SPOILERS****
On another note, I like the openness of the story; my personal interpretation is that there was something supernatural, which I think was caused by Merry but channeled by Marjorie's schizophrenic breakdown (or maybe it caused her breakdown), and that was the reason why she insisted on Merry to be present (that is when all the "spooky" things happened), plus I guess that is hinted by the visible breath at the end of the book.
Finally, both times that Merry got mad and wanted Marjorie dead, well she tried and then succeeded in doing so.

[TheTwangKings]

I like the idea... I read a similar book, "The Moth Diaries", where there is ambiguity between mental ilness and reality, a story of two schoolgirl friends, one of whom suspects the other of being a vampire. Clues that point both ways are scattered around but the reader is left to make up his/her own mind as to whether the narrator is getting more and more diconnected from reality or her friend really is a vampire.

[slckash]

I enjoyed disappearance at devil's rock as well.

[andrewmercado]

I agree with the blog posts I hate it so much!

[sebastiancurtright]

Yes! Karen blog entries were so annoying

[Dude_on_a_Map]

I figured out the ending of this a quarter into it. Not really scary at all. It scared Stephen King though lol.

[bebesomething]

I just finished it and was so disappointed it with it. I was hoping for something truly horror.