A Head Full of Ghost

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was upset that I had picked up another book where either everything was a result of mental illness or supernatural interference. Lately, I've been running into quite a few of those, and they just aren't my thing. While demonic possession and mental illness both have the same root fear of not being in control of one's self, I'm not looking for metaphors about inner demons. I want actual demons.
While I don't feel that Tremblay picked a side, there are a lot of other things that I think he did right. I liked how he approached the story from different perspectives (Merry's retelling vs. Merry's blog post), because that was very interesting. I loved that there was a reality TV show about Marjorie's possession, and that was such a great way to flesh out and further explore the Barrett family. By the end of the novel, you do feel like you know them, and your head is full of ghost.

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