“Keep smiling, keep shining. Knowing you can always count on me, for sure. That's what friends are for. For good times and bad times. I'll be on your side forever more. That's what friends are for”

Best friends, that’s what Abby and Gretchen have been since the fourth grade. But then Gretchen mysteriously vanishes on a sleep over. When she resurfaces Gretchen acts differently. She is moody, mean and weird things keep happening around Gretchen. It’s like she is possessed. Can their friendship survive this?

My Best Friends Excorcism might be classified as a horror book, but this is so much more than that. It’s an ode to the eighties and eighties music and above all an ode to best friends. I loved every single bit of this book from cover to the last punctuation mark. It had a major spoiler in the beginning of the book, but I forgot it instantly as it brought back all the awkward and happy childhood memories about my decade, songs and the power of having a great friend. Is this book very spooky? Maybe not all the time, but it gave me quite a few goosebumps, it had an eerie feeling and had, as needed in exorcisms, some gore. Besides that it deals with some teenage trauma’s, like forming an identity, experiencing abuse and dealing with insecurities. It had a very small pacing issue in the middle but the ending made up for it as it was majestic.

FIY: there’s a movie developed by Amazon Prime with the same title that’s based on the novel. Although this movie is quite enjoyable it differs a lot from the novel and because it I prefer the book.