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Violence
A lot
Horror violence — possession symptoms and exorcism; an event at the end
Language
Some
Contemporary language; some strong words
Sexual Content
Barely any
No significant sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
Demonic possession or mental illness — the novel never resolves which; A teenager as the horror's focal point; Religious horror and crisis of faith; The unreliable narrator — Merry's account is filtered through time and trauma; The ending — disturbing
What this book is about
The Barrett family agreed to have cameras in their home when their teenage daughter Marjorie exhibited signs that her father believes are demonic possession. A reality TV crew filmed the exorcism. Now, years later, Merry—Marjorie's younger sister—is being interviewed by a writer reconstructing what happened. A Head Full of Ghosts is a horror novel that never resolves whether the possession was real—the ambiguity is the point.
Notes for sensitive readers
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Demonic possession or mental illness — deliberately never resolved
A teenager as the horror's focal point — her experience is disturbing
Religious horror and faith crisis
Unreliable narrator — Merry's account is filtered through years
The ending is disturbing
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