My Best Friends Exorcism, Grady Hendrix
My Best Friends Exorcism, Grady Hendrix
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My Best Friend's Exorcism
A Novel

Author: Grady Hendrix

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 10 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/17/2016

Synopsis

A heartwarming story of friendship and demonic possessionThe year is 1988. High school sophomores Abby and Gretchen have been best friends since the 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 powerful enough to beat the devil?Like an unholy hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist, My Best Friend’s Exorcism blends teen angst, adolescent drama, unspeakable horrors, and a mix of 80s pop songs into a pulse-pounding supernatural thriller.

About Grady Hendrix

Grady Hendrix is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling novelist and screenwriter living in New York City. He is the author of Horrorstör, My Best Friend’s Exorcism (which is being adapted into a feature film by Amazon Studios), We Sold Our Souls, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires, and The Final Girl Support Group. Grady also authored the Bram Stoker Award–winning nonfiction book Paperbacks from Hell and These Fists Break Bricks: How Kung Fu Movies Swept America and Changed the World.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sadie on October 19, 2021

Updating review on 9/20/19 I read a one-star review basically calling the author out for "queerbaiting" in this book by using the phrase "Love ya dearly but not queerly." I have to say that the 1980s were so homophobic and ignorant. Especially with language and phrases. It has taken a long time for m......more

Goodreads review by Wil on April 28, 2018

It's very very very good, but falls just short of being great and I can't say exactly why. I loved the characters and the metaphor of possession (which is not just a metaphor in this story). I loved the references to 1988, and how seamlessly they were dropped into the narrative. It's a supernatural......more

Goodreads review by karen on October 31, 2021

HAPPPPPPYYYYY SPOOOOOOKTOOOOOBER! a reverse-mullet review: GIF-party in the front, long tendrils of ruminating “business” in the back. in short, this book is and "DBNQ," and largely because “we got the beat” is used as a plot point in this book and “heaven is a place on earth” is used in that episode, s......more

Goodreads review by Emily on September 28, 2023

I enjoyed this so much more than I expected! At this point, I'm a bit weary of male authors writing teenage girls but this was very campy. A good balance of horror and readability and I wasn't expecting the... second part of the exorcism lol Will read more by the author!......more

Goodreads review by Anne on March 04, 2025

If you lived through the 1980s then you'll probably remember the rash of Satanism that struck middle-class America during those harrowing times. Thank God for Geraldo Rivera and his timely news pieces. As children, we were being sucked into the service of the Dark One through Dungeons and Dragons, hea......more

Quotes

“A nostalgia-soaked ghost story.” Wall Street Journal

“Definitely fun to read; Hendrix has a great feel for the 1980s…[and] a great feel for teenage angst and the important and durability of childhood friends.” Rio Rancho Observer (New Mexico)

“This tale of ’80s gal pals dealing with a demonic intrusion could easily a have been a paperback original during horror’s boom period—and that’s a compliment.” Paste magazine

“Moments of goop and gore are offset by Hendrix’s perceptive grasp of even yuckier adolescent social politics…After all, who among us hasn’t at one point suspected that our former bestie was secretly the devil?” Wired

“Readers who thought Heathers wasn’t quite dark enough will find this humorous horror tale—filled with spot-on ’80s pop-culture references—totally awesome.” Booklist (starred review)

“A nostalgic (if blood-soaked) horror story to warm the hearts of Gen Xers.” Kirkus Reviews

“[A] genre-bending hoot of a novel…Fans of satire, nostalgia, dark comedy and, well, demons should read this book.” BookPage

“Hendrix brings his blend of dark humor and horror back in this perfect balance of teenage dread and supernatural thrills.” Library Journal

“Fast-paced and witty…Balances moments of true horror with a portrait of true friendship and the lengths to which one friend will go for another.” John Langan, author of House of Windows

Awards

  • Library Journal Editor’s Pick
  • Library Journal Audio-in-Advance Pick
  • Indie Next List
  • BookPage Top Pick
  • Voice Arts Award
  • Paste Magazine Pick
  • New York Times pick
  • Literary Hub Pick
  • Mashable Pick
  • Town & Country Magazine Pick
  • BookRiot Pick
  • Reader’s Digest Pick
  • Ask.com
  • Tor.com Pick
  • Rumpus Pick
  • CrimeReads Pick
  • The Handbook's Picks
  • A Warped Perspective Pick
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