Was Grady Hendrix a teenage girl in a past life?
Some of it is staggeringly teenage girl.
The horror of being young and powerless rolls off this book strongly. No one believing you when you try to tell the truth, when things go awry. The world suddenly turning against you when you don’t have privilege. The unwillingness of others to hear you out. It speaks to me of my own childhood, those moments when no one would believe me. It’s scarier than the exorcism— which was an excellent, campy scene.
“The Harrowing” was right. I liked watching Abby get whittled down until she basically said fuck you.
The ending felt like it was worth it. It was bittersweet, but very real, and I cried a bit.
