My Best Friend's Exorcism

Is this a horror story? Depends. Do you think The Eighties were a horror? I'm of an age with the main characters and this book immediately brought me back to The Eighties and left me there in a world of satanic panic. bodybuilding, and tough love. The author calls it Beaches meets The Exorcist, I call it Heathers where maybe J.D.'s a real demon and maybe the real villain is the time and the adults who'd rather control than understand. This is a love letter to The Eighties--we've got the beat--and an indictment, and I cannot stop thinking about it.

The author does a wonderful job with the characters and with depicting what young friendship feels like. The second half though drags and becomes more sad than scary.