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144 reviews for:
The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren
Gerald Brittle
3.55 AVERAGE
144 reviews for:
The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren
Gerald Brittle
3.55 AVERAGE
If you think you know anything about demons and ghosts, read this. I was floored by how much information and knowledge there was when it came to this subject. I really loved learning about the differences between a demon, spirit, ghost, etc. It did drag and get pretty boring at times, but it was worth it.
dark
emotional
informative
fast-paced
A reader's enjoyment of this book is going to depend entirely on how they feel about possession, exorcisms, and he supernatural in general. It's not going to convince anyone one way or another, so the skeptics are likely to find it ridiculous, and the believers will likely find this interesting and at least slightly terrifying.
Personally, I found myself somewhere in the middle, since I'm a big fan of The Conjuring films, and was really looking forward to learning more about Ed and Lorraine. I have to say, I wished the book was a bit more personal, characterizing them as people, but The Demonologist is 100% focused on the career (as the title suggests) of the pair. The book discusses various cases the Warrens were involved in (very briefly for certain cases), while also detailing their point of view as far as dealing with the demonic goes. It does get repetitive—every case comes down to the basics: weird things happen, demons are exorcized, things get better.
As for whether or not this is fabricated—there are still a lot of questions when it comes to the validity of the testimony, and the extent of Warrens' involvement in certain cases.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
I don’t know what to think about this book. I don’t know what I expected, but somehow it wasn’t this. I don’t believe in any of this, but I love to read about it. I also looooove the Conjuring movies, and I’ve been fascinated by the Warrens since I first learned about Lorraine on Paranormal State. But this book felt like nothing new for even a casual fan of the Conjuring franchise (so if you’re looking for more of a memoir/biography on the Warrens, this isn’t that). It did (mostly) keep my interest, but not as much as I thought it would. It also felt less like a book recapping of the interesting career of a celebrated Demonologist and more like a family dinner with weird Uncle Ed aggressively trying to both convince me of the existence of the paranormal while also making super duper sure I don’t ever use an Ouija board in a blustery, overly-emotional, self-contradictory argument. Also this edition started with a note from Ver Farmiga saying this book felt so dark and heavy to read she only felt safe reading it on airplanes? Much to think about, I suppose…Definitely wasn’t a great book, but I’ll certainly be incredulously noodling on this one for a while…
dark
informative
slow-paced
Incredibly fascinating. What a read.
Very insightful and informative. Scariest thing I've ever read and that's not even what it's going for. This book was written to inform, and it does so thoroughly. WHAT A READ.
Very insightful and informative. Scariest thing I've ever read and that's not even what it's going for. This book was written to inform, and it does so thoroughly. WHAT A READ.
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
I pretty much enjoyed reading this book. There wasn’t the usual claptrap that can be found in books of this genre. There were a few points in the book I had a hard time “believing” ,for want of a better word, due to what I thought was just plain cheesy pr absurd. It’s a hard book to totally denounce or totally hail as the definitive truth. That is left for you readers. 🙂