Each month there's a piece of media that demands to stand above the rest. Its not that this exact piece will stand out for the remainder of time or that its the best thing since Jason sliced bread. What these pieces do is find a way to compellingly tell a story, be truly freaky, and open an avenue that will allow some great conversation.
This month I'm going with A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay. I listened to the audio book of this story and I fell in love with it instantly. I found myself wishing I had the CD's with me and I'm sure I'll be the owner of a physical copy at some point.
This story is genuinely terrifying, but not without its feet grounding into the world of possible. This book is definitely inspired by The Exorcist, but what's great is that there's some characters in the book pointing this out in a completely funny and witty ...drum roll please...blog...yep.
This is a really great story, we're going to do a full review for the May Feature. What I will tell you now is that nothing is ever as it seems in this story. It's not that its complicated (The Passage...you deserve a feature but you're so complicated and so long I need a lot of time to put that together!) its that everything that happens in the story feels so natural in the progression of something that could happen to any person.
Each character has their own motivations while mostly sticking to a group goal. Each person stays true o those motivations and while we'll do a full argument of who is the bad guy, who is the good guy kind of thing, this book allows each character to take their turns making decisions that fit into both spectrums. Can't wait to put this all together for you. Probably towards the end of May.
Read this book today!
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