How does Tremblay paint Meredith “Merry” Barrett / “Karen Brissette” as an unreliable narrator? In what way does he paint her narrative and motives as suspect? How does Merry being an unreliable narrator impact the book’s plot and tone?

How does lying work as a motif in the novel, whether characters are lying to one another or to themselves? Explore how these lies appear, who tells them, and to whom. How do distortions of truth drive the plot and shape the narrative?

Choose another work of horror or gothic fiction or nonfiction and explore similarities and differences between it and A Head Full of Ghosts. Refer to “Karen Brissette’s” blog entries for options.