“Come Closer” by Sara Gran
I started to write this, then got sucked into Facebook, and well, I’m not sure how much time has passed.
A friend lend me Come Closer by Sara Gran, and said that both she and her husband liked it. Since I know they often disagree significantly, I was intrigued, and then the book itself proved them out. It’s about a young woman who starts having personality problems and wonders if she’s becoming possessed by a demon. It’s a scary, fast but complex read, reminding me of Rosemary’s Baby and other classic horror stories without being overly gory as much modern horror is. Highly recommended.
Then, in a weird burst of synchronicity, I found two related articles online yesterday.
1. How a brain affliction can mimic possessions symptoms
and
2. How a doctor got in trouble for diagnosing possession
Apparently Boston is the crazytown bananapants of possessed/not possessed.