Okay, I‘m going in. Late to the #headtrip party, but hopefully can squeeze in this read before end of the month. It‘s a bright Sunday morning, there‘re people in the house, I can do this!
Cinfhen You can do it!!! And now I want AVO toast🥑🍞❤️ 6y
Cinfhen How‘s it going??? Did you ever finish this one @AmyG ??? 6y
AmyG I have one more section to read! 6y
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erzascarletbookgasm @Cinfhen I‘ve finished up to part 1 and then went on to read something less spooky. I will resume reading this, so far so good, I can take the spookiness...we shall see 😬 6y
Cinfhen Yay @AmyG & Jess!! I‘ll wait until u both finish and then we can discuss xx 6y
AmyG I am going to try to finish today. 6y
erzascarletbookgasm @Cinfhen @AmyG I‘m still at part two, will do my best. The blog thing is so annoying! 6y
Cinfhen I hated that blog thing too but it does serve a purpose @erzascarletbookgasm @AmyG 6y
AmyG Finished. LOTS to discuss. @erzascarletbookgasm @Cinfhen 6y
erzascarletbookgasm @cinfhen @AmyG I‘ve finished it! Discusssss! xx 6y
Cinfhen I‘m tagging @DebinHawaii too because she finished as well..... so my biggest question....do you think Merry was the one who was actually possessed??? I totally do!!!! @AmyG @erzascarletbookgasm 6y
AmyG @erzascarletbookgasm @cinfhen I just don‘t think she was possessed. She was 8, and I question how accurate her memory was...what‘s actual memory and what is percieves. I question how she dealt with all of what happenned from 8 to her present age. But I don‘t think she was possessed. (edited) 6y
AmyG Also....I got a kick out of the House of Leaves references. I just finished that. Navidson is the main character from that book, the blog reminds me of the criticism of the movie from House of Leaves and they even reference the book....the house that has no boundaries. Pretty funny. Trembley must be a fan. 6y
erzascarletbookgasm @Cinfhen @AmyG I don‘t think Merry or anyone is possessed in the book. I can‘t explain about the drop of temperature in the coffee shop towards the ending, though. Merry is just an unreliable narrator. 6y
Cinfhen Apparently there are lots of references to HoL and other horror related books @AmyG ~ check out @MinDea she came across a bunch of #HorrorHomage 6y
Cinfhen I don‘t think Marjorie was possessed at all- I think Merry was slowly poisoning the family all along and that‘s why the bottle was half empty, it was why Marjorie puked and her skin was turning sallow etc. I agree, Merry was an unreliable narrator bc she‘s really the evil/sick one. I think Marjorie knew something was wrong with Mer & that‘s why she insisted Merry be present for both the evaluation & the exorcism @AmyG 6y
Cinfhen Also why the temp dropped both times Merry was in the room @erzascarletbookgasm @AmyG 6y
Cinfhen Did you think Marjorie suffered from a mental illness or do u think she was faking?? @AmyG @erzascarletbookgasm 6y
Cinfhen Does the dad have a hand in any of this?? Do you think he might have sexually molested Marjorie? She did excuse him. Could his turning to religion be considered a form of abuse of parental power? @AmyG @erzascarletbookgasm 6y
Cinfhen @MicheleinPhilly @DebinHawaii check out some of the discussion questions under the spoiler tags!!! 6y
Robothugs I‘m not sure anyone of them were possessed by a demon. Merry admits to being an unreliable narrator from the beginning. I think the author makes one reflect on what possession means. To be possessed by religion, drugs and alcohol, etc. For me, it didn‘t seem to matter who was ultimately responsible for the act of poisoning. 6y
MinDea I totally agree with @Robothugs. I think it was showing all the different faces of evil. Evil doesn't just mean the devil, possession. It can be people who lie, alcoholics, selfishness and self absorption, greedy people, etc. That each of the family members were possessed by their own demons and therefore each of them had A Head Full of Ghosts. Not only delain with their own problems but also the problems of their family affected them and 6y
MinDea Probably caused or added to their own demons. I don't think Merry was possessed but I do think the fact that she murdered her family she was a murderer which caused her to hide it, like about it and now people are going to find out about it. Was her sister possessed or mentally ill? I really don't know. I think it was more about showing the parent's greed in making their daughters issues public and turning it into a show for all to see that was 6y
MinDea The real evil. @AmyG @Cinfhen @erzascarletbookgasm @DebinHawaii that was my take in this book! 😆 6y
Cinfhen I agree @MinDea @Robothugs I don‘t “buy” into demonic possession but I do think Merry was off and there was something rotten inside her. I agree greed, religion and reality tv made for other types of ghosts/ possessions. This book was very clever and thought provoking @AmyG @erzascarletbookgasm 6y
MinDea @Cinfhen I definitely think something was off with Merry. I guess I chalked it up to her (messed up!!) childhood but maybe there was something more to it as you suggest! Yes!!! This book is so very thought provoking. Which is why I loved it so much. It was very well done 👏 I love that we all read it together to discuss it. I just read Hex with a few people in here as a buddy read and it had some social commentary but it was not near as good as 6y
MinDea this book! This one is so well done! 6y
Robothugs @MinDea You totally just explained that way better than me 😆🤜🏻🤛🏻 6y
Robothugs @Cinfhen I agree about Merry. You can tell by the way she speaks and acts. Also, in my opinion, did not act quite like an 8 y/o 🤷🏻♀️. But I also think whatever happened during those years contributed to it. (edited) 6y
MinDea @AmyG I totally agree. Merry was 8 most of her memories probably come from or are changed by the TV show. She also seems obsessed with analyzing the show and I just have to think it's not very healthy for her and she probably has not really dealt with what really happened. She probably needs some therapy! 6y
erzascarletbookgasm @Cinfhen @AmyG I can‘t explain about the temperature drop, perhaps to hint there‘s something not quite right with Merry. I don‘t think the dad sexually molested Majorie. I don‘t know if she‘s faking it either but perhaps she did suffer from some acute mental illness. 6y
erzascarletbookgasm @MinDea @Robothugs you both explain it well about the different evils and possessions the book is trying to show us. 6y
AmyG I wondered about the Dad and Marjorie. Did he molest her? Was there a sexual relationship going on with them and was Marjorie right that the whole posession thing was a ploy to make money. Was she in cahoots with her father? And the poisoning....was the father poisoning Marjorie to make her look ill, thinking when it‘s over he would stop. Did Marjorie encourage Merry to poison them all...was she being molested and wanted it all to be over? (edited) 6y
AmyG I don‘t think either girl was posessed. And I still don‘t think Merry was guilty of poisoning them on purpose. No clue why about the cold. (edited) 6y