Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

49 reviews

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

sad_vibes_on_radio's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Chronic illness, Murder, and Death

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

grapes666's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I was surprised by my love for this. The author is a fantastic storyteller 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Self harm, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Vomit, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Excrement, Addiction, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Dementia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Suicide, Misogyny, and Domestic abuse

There’s an infamous scene where a child is forced to inflict a pretty upsetting act and it’s basically impossible to appropriately and accurately describe in trigger warnings. So, WARNING WARNING WARNING

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

hocuscrocus's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Death, Torture, Vomit, Medical content, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Confinement, Drug use, Excrement, Physical abuse, Cursing, Grief, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, and Child abuse

kier__'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Death, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcoholism, Cursing, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Vomit, and Physical abuse

bearystarry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Very similar to the movie, which isn't a bad thing. The antisemitism was ... gratuitous and unneeded. Other than that and a few other brief things I enjoyed this a lot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Sexism, Incest, Medical content, Sexual violence, Addiction, Antisemitism, Excrement, Religious bigotry, Gore, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Sexual content, Vomit, Misogyny, Medical trauma, and Rape

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Racism

laird_br0wn3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Gore, Cursing, Medical content, Body horror, Vomit, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Excrement, Drug use, Grief, and Racial slurs

andrea_95's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Extremely gripping read. The story catches you and doesn’t let you go again. The author's style, however, especially the way he writes conversations, took some time getting used to, thus I won’t give a full five stars. Nevertheless, the author did lots of research for this, medical and religious alike, which is impressive.

Father Karras, or Damien, as he is lovingly called by Merrin, is my personal favorite character.

The struggle with his faith against his medical and scientific knowledge is compelling and well-written, his triumph over the demon as he becomes the titular Exorcist, even in his own death, feels satisfying and appropriate. Even though there are only a few references to it in texts, like when the demon taunts Karras as homosexual, I personally read him as homosexual from the beginning, which may have been another reason for him to struggle with his faith. His close relationship with Father Dyer as well as Kinderman repeatedly inviting him to the movies seemed to be indicators of Karras' homosexuality. A very nice touch was the story ending with Kinderman and Dyer, walking off arm in arm, after Kinderman invites Dyer to the movies, both reminiscing about Karras, but also healing from the horrors that happened.

The possession of Regan as well as Chris' struggle to help her daughter were hard to read, especially Chris' helplessness as she employed doctor after doctor, all of who seemed unable to help Regan, let alone figure out what exactly was wrong in the first place. Chris' extremely close relationship to her secretary Sharon Spencer, who simultaneously acts as a tutor/nanny for Regan and thus even as a kind of mother figure to the girl, reads again like homosexual relationship between the two women, who, throughout all of the horrors, support each other emotionally and provide a shoulder to lean on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Vomit, Medical content, Body horror, and Excrement