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A review by emrodav
A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
2.0
Unfortunately, this one just fell short.
Possession stories can be hard to make interesting, because how do you put a spin on a trope that has entries as iconic as The Exorcist?
Paul Tremblay's attempt is...not even really an attempt. What he does instead is create a mishmash of pop culture references (that are then painfully and unnecessarily pointed out to the reader and dissected in Karen's blog entries), flat characters (literally tell me more than one remarkable thing about each character - you can't), and barely thrilling attempts at horror.
I will give Tremblay some points for the ending, which I find intriguing. But that was too little too late for me.
I will probably try another book by Tremblay, just to see if they get better, but I won't have high hopes.
Possession stories can be hard to make interesting, because how do you put a spin on a trope that has entries as iconic as The Exorcist?
Paul Tremblay's attempt is...not even really an attempt. What he does instead is create a mishmash of pop culture references (that are then painfully and unnecessarily pointed out to the reader and dissected in Karen's blog entries), flat characters (literally tell me more than one remarkable thing about each character - you can't), and barely thrilling attempts at horror.
I will give Tremblay some points for the ending, which I find intriguing. But that was too little too late for me.
I will probably try another book by Tremblay, just to see if they get better, but I won't have high hopes.