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The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

32 reviews

sare1125's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Body horror, Cursing, Alcohol, Violence, Suicide, Vomit, Sexual content, Death, and Murder

coffeemugs's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, Blood, Death, Excrement, Child abuse, Cursing, and Rape

madyamelia1997's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

It’s a classic but it was a little bit of a slower read for me! Was definitely frustrated with a lot of the characters at times. Like why aren’t we taking Reagan to a priest way sooner!! Chris girl the doctor isn’t gonna be able to help with this. But I’m happy I read it and I watched the movie immediately after which was fun. The book is definitely way better! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Blood, Suicide, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

brookebatesratesbooks's review against another edition

I was interested in this book for the most part until I got to a certain point where Regan is possessed and saying all sorts of horrible things to her mother and the doctor, I think, that's there and the things she said and what she did, I just found tremendously disturbing. So I'm good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Child abuse, and Cursing

devynvictoria's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I enjoyed this a lot more than I was expecting to. I am not a fan of The Exorcist movie, but I was recommended the audiobook multiple times so I finally gave it a try. It was great and the narration by the author was amazing. I love how much he fleshed out the characters before everything starts to go down hill— it made you really care about what was happening to them. The downsides were that I absolutely couldn’t stand the officer, and the ending was just a really underwhelming ending for a book that had been so enjoyable up until then.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Vomit, and Mental illness

Moderate: Murder, Drug abuse, Violence, Addiction, Medical content, Sexual content, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death

thespencerj's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Blood, Alcohol, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Excrement, and Sexual content

Moderate: Addiction, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

aedoran08's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Vomit, Violence, Body horror, Blood, Cursing, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Excrement

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Vomit, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Death, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

lin3han's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Excrement, Mental illness, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, and Racial slurs

bonesnhoney's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I knew a lot about the story when I started reading the book due to the movie. I saw that when I was young, and was overwhelmed by the evil entity that invaded Regan. What I did not know or expect of the book was the poetry. The language used while narrating this horribly fascinating story was alive with beauty and depth. I suppose I expected something a bit more gutteral and base. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Drug use, Death, Vomit, Child abuse, Excrement, Murder, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Body horror