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The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren
Gerald Brittle
3.53 AVERAGE
160 reviews for:
The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren
Gerald Brittle
3.53 AVERAGE
This was an excellent read for the month of October, which I discovered through a friend on here who started reading it. If you’re a fan of the movies, ie The Conjuring, Amityville Horror, Annabelle, then you should read this book as it gives more depth and explanation to those movies based on true investigations by this amazing couple. Lesson learned: do not, under any circumstance whatsoever, touch a ouija board.
informative
slow-paced
dark
informative
medium-paced
I’ll start off by saying I do believe in the paranormal. My choice to pick up this book was rooted in that and supplemented by recognizing the names Ed and Lorraine Warren. Now, I’m not totally sure what I expected to get from this book. I knew it wasn’t going to scare me in the way it seemed to scare Vera Farmigia, but I did expect to learn new things from it and I’m sorry to say that I didn’t learn much at all.
The Warrens themselves sounded like perfectly respectable people. I didn’t have a problem with the content of the book. I went into this knowing demonology was backed by the church so it’s expected of The Warrens (mostly Ed) to refer to the church often. However, I didn’t expect it to feel so preachy and I believe that is due in part to the format of the book.
Giving Gerald Brittle the title of author for this book seems a bit of a stretch only because each story is essentially a transcript. Initially, I just thought it read clunky because it’s a bit older and not a household title. I quickly realized, though, that every few paragraphs of actual story, or quotations if you want to put it that way, was punctuated by a question, likely asked by Brittle (but never explicitly stated).
Opening up to a random page, you’ll find what looks like a standard novel format (and probably more than one repetitive phrases). Because the whole thing is essentially one massive interview dotted with transitional sentences, I feel like the book could’ve been formatted to read more clearly, like spaces between question and answer, or a more thorough introduction of what to expect while reading.
Other than the odd formatting, the book was informative in ways I wouldn’t expect it to be; the role of demonology in the church, a lot about exorcisms, clairvoyance, and a glimpse into the paranormal hysteria of the 70s/80s. I just wish the interviews weren’t so repetitive. Especially after getting used to Ed’s vernacular, (as he seemed to give the majority of answers), some of the explanations could’ve and should’ve been cut.
The Warrens themselves sounded like perfectly respectable people. I didn’t have a problem with the content of the book. I went into this knowing demonology was backed by the church so it’s expected of The Warrens (mostly Ed) to refer to the church often. However, I didn’t expect it to feel so preachy and I believe that is due in part to the format of the book.
Giving Gerald Brittle the title of author for this book seems a bit of a stretch only because each story is essentially a transcript. Initially, I just thought it read clunky because it’s a bit older and not a household title. I quickly realized, though, that every few paragraphs of actual story, or quotations if you want to put it that way, was punctuated by a question, likely asked by Brittle (but never explicitly stated).
Opening up to a random page, you’ll find what looks like a standard novel format (and probably more than one repetitive phrases). Because the whole thing is essentially one massive interview dotted with transitional sentences, I feel like the book could’ve been formatted to read more clearly, like spaces between question and answer, or a more thorough introduction of what to expect while reading.
Other than the odd formatting, the book was informative in ways I wouldn’t expect it to be; the role of demonology in the church, a lot about exorcisms, clairvoyance, and a glimpse into the paranormal hysteria of the 70s/80s. I just wish the interviews weren’t so repetitive. Especially after getting used to Ed’s vernacular, (as he seemed to give the majority of answers), some of the explanations could’ve and should’ve been cut.
This is one of the most terrifying things I’ve ever read
This book was full of interesting stories, but I wasn't super fond of the writing format.
I really enjoyed this book. I was unsure of it at first but I loved the movies. Nowhere near as detailed as I would have enjoyed but it really isn't meant to be a horror book more like a this is what happens when you mess with things you don't understand.
I've heard about the Warrens over the years so thought I'd enjoy this. I did but there was something off about it, that I can't explain. Y'all know how I love me a great ghost story but the snippets about their cases in this left me cold and I don't mean in a ghostly shivering kind of way. Anyhow I'll chalk this one up to experience and move onto the next!
UPDATE: October 2022
This was better second time around, upgrading to 3 stars.
UPDATE: October 2022
This was better second time around, upgrading to 3 stars.