2024 the best horror novels review

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Soon to be a major motion picture.

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 powerful enough to beat the devil?

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Quirk Books; Reprint edition (July 11, 2017)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1594749760
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1594749766
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.97 x 0.93 x 8.99 inches
Reviewer: celi
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Loved it!
Review: This book was sooo good, I had to finish it even though I didn’t want it to end. The character feels relatable and the friendship is one you can truly feel. I laughed, nearly cried, smiled, and had the feeling I was watching a horror movie! I really enjoyed reading it, and is a must read for me.

Reviewer: MissesA
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun, Spooky Read
Review: This book was a quick read because it was such a page turner. There were definitely some spooky parts and I loved all the 80s references. It’s a great read for Spooky Season!

Reviewer: Donna C
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Loved it.
Review: That book cover is perfection. I’d seen it out for a while under it’s original cover, the school photo of the girl with her back to the camera, all hunched over. But once I saw this I had to have it. Even if the book sucked, I must have this book cover. Because it’s lovely and reminds me of Blockbuster and video stores and all things cheesy horror.Lucky for me MY BEST FRIEND’S EXORCISM far from sucked. OMG I swallowed this book whole. Definitely reminiscent of those older horror movies from the 80s where it starts off quirky and innocent and totally teenager and then it just takes a big ol’ flying leap off of a horror cliff once the crap starts hitting the fan. The only thing is I think the blurbs make it out to be far quirkier and silly than what it actually is. There’s some serious silliness at the very end that actually had me laughing and going ‘what the . . .’ in the middle of a seriously spooky scene, but that was about it. The culmination of the story is where the silliness really is. But everything else? It’s creepy and exactly what you’d think of an exorcist story without it taking itself all that seriously.I loved the song titles for chapter titles and how the 80s was there without being THERE in the story. Hendrix fit those aspects in seamlessly (like Abby’s makeup and hair, the mix tapes, the diet fads). It wasn’t just these time bomb drops meant to immerse you in the decade. The story did that excellently. If anything I’d compare this to Stranger Things with a little more humor and four chicks instead of four boys at the forefront.There were some aspects of this story that were creepy and cringeworthy. For all the quirkiness, Hendrix did his job working in the horror too. This would be an amazing Friday night Halloween horror movie as it drills into Abby’s life and upends everything. And what a great character. All of them were great characters, but Abby especially. You watch as everything around her falls apart and she just keeps hanging on and hanging on. Even when everything looks its absolute worst she still has a fingernail in the game.This is a re-read book, without a doubt. Even though there was one scene in particular that had me practically gagging. If you’ve read the book you know which one I’m talking about. Blech. But I am so happy this book turned out to be everything the cover told my soul it was. The world needs more of these books and I really, REALLY hope there’s a movie or a TV series or something in the pipeline for this. I really, really do.5

Reviewer: Sarah
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Fun book really about friendship
Review: This was a fun read. If you like horror/scary books, you will like this one. It has a lot of light hearted moments mixed in too though so not very heavy. And of course loved the eighties vibe. Mostly it was really about that young friendship you have where you will do absolutely anything for each other which is sweet. Very interesting and vivid imagery.

Reviewer: Shelly Hammond
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good Book!
Review: This is a good book. One that is just plain fun to read. Hard to rate, but so much fun to read.I've been sitting on this review for days now but finally decided it was time to get to it. This book is so hard to give a rating to. The 80's referencing was glorious. It was hilarious to be taken back to that time era. Since the chapters are all song titles, be prepared to have a lot of different songs stuck in your head for days (perhaps months, the jury's still out on that one). Things like that were top notch. The clothing, cars, fads, terms, looks, etc. were so funny. Though story wise there were times it seemed to get a little bit jumbled up or lost. However, at the same time, you still couldn't put it down. Most of the characters were well written and relatable. Some were way too cliché for the time but not very realistic to the point where you sort of disregarded them.The book was going great for a good 50% to 60%. Then something happens and it gets a little weird until about 85-90%. The last part is real good though. My goodness. So, as this is probably showing, it was a very difficult book to rate! The parts that were good were very, very good but the parts that weren't just weren't. I would seriously say read it. I'm glad I did and do like the book enough to recommend it with confidence. It's worth reading and not one you want to pass by.

Reviewer: María del Carmen Martínez Rodríguez
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Llegó en buen estado y en el tiempo estimado.

Reviewer: Lau86
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: It’s a great book! I have to say that for me the first part was scarier and eventually got lighter even though it was supposed to be scarier, I guess.But even though, it’s a beautiful book about friendship, and it’s very easy and pleasant to read.It also surprised me that it was a male author because the girl’s, especially the adolescent girl’s perspective from a general view is very well depicted.I’d surely be reading more from this author.

Reviewer: SB
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Grady Hendrix is easily one of the most brilliant and prolific of writers we have in our time. A plus for hardcover, binding, page quality. Fully satisfied. This book would be a quirky gift for your best friend

Reviewer: pastelkitkat
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Der Titel meiner Rezension ist glaube ich ein guter Indikator: wenn man beide Filme/Genres mag, wird einen dieses Buch von Grady Hendrix aus den Socken hauen! Ich habe die Charaktere geliebt, fand die Erzählstimme sehr realistisch „Teenie“, und fand vor allem das nostalgische 80s-Setting a la „Stranger Things“ total genial. Die Story überrascht mit vielen interessanten Wendungen, auch wenn man denkt, man wüsste durch die Prämisse schon, was alles passiert.Protagonistin Abby ist sehr sympathisch und ihre Aktionen immer nachvollziehbar, ihre Freunden Gretchen und alle anderen Nebencharaktere sind gut getroffen. Das Buch glänzt immer wieder mit viel schwarzem Humor und zynisch-pointierter Betrachtung des Teenager-Alltags. Trotz des Humors sind die gruseligen Stellen WIRKLICH gruselig, und der Plot so spannend, dass ich das Buch in zwei Session durchlesen musste, weil ich es einfach nicht zuklappen konnte.Ich werde auf jeden Fall nun auch Grady Hendrix‘ anderes Buch, HORRORSTÖR (über einen haunted Ikea!!) lesen, denn sein Schreibstil und das Worldbuilding haben mich total überzeugt.

Reviewer: コダコヴィクトリア
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Grady Hendrix has a way of making you think "oh, surely there's nothing paranormal and beyond our mortal comprehension happening here" by distracting the reader with real life horrors such as adolescence and moral panics when it really do be Satan. For the most part it's more....dramatic? Than outright spooky, making the reader more and more uncomfortable and hopeless (but in a good way) up until the climax. The best friendship between Gretchen and Abby is really heartfelt. Don't let any one tell you men can't write good female leads.