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The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

17 reviews

poirot's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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: Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Vomit, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Murder, and Excrement

Minor: Child death, Drug use, Suicide, and Addiction

kurstinl's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Overall the story was good. I knew what was going to happen because I’ve seen the movie. However, the dialogue is very hard to read and there is almost no world building. Describing of actions? Sure. I could paste any “Hollywood home” into the story and it’d fit. I wish they had gone into more detail about how Regan and the demon became what they were. I get I’m to infer it’s from the ouija board but I’d would’ve liked those scenes, had they existed, more than scenes of Karras’s internal droning.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Self harm, Cursing, and Death

jackbifrost's review against another edition

fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Sexual assault, Gore, Self harm, Vomit, Body horror, Mental illness, Blood, Excrement, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Confinement, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, and Grief

Minor: Homophobia

tridentarius's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

eldritch_flower's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• 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: Ableism, Body horror, Cursing, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, and Vomit

house_of_hannah's review against another edition

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

4.0

I think just about everyone has heard of the movie The Exorcist. I watched it several years back, and it messed me up for three days after. Since then I've been interested in checking out the book and seeing what the differences are. 

Right off the bat I would have to say that this book is more about the people around Regan rather than Regan herself, which was really interesting to me. There even seemed to be a side plot going on in the beginning, but that is cast aside, and not really mentioned in the second half of the book. 

If you are going into this for scares, then I'd steer you away. There was only one scene that creeped me out, and everthing else was more on the disturbing side. I thought the book would keep with the escalation of what was happening, but it turns out the climax of that is half way to 3/4 into the book. 

There is one character that I really wish we had learned more about. He is in the prologue, but then is only in a few pages before the book ends. It surprised me, and made the ending feel really rushed. I remember I felt the same way about the ending in the movie, and that it seemed really sudden. I'm starting to be convinced that I just don't really like any ending of a book. Haha. 

Overall I enjoyed the way the story was told, liked the larger cast of characters, and appreciated the more scientific approach to possession. Unfortunately, the scares I was looking for weren't there. It's still a great book though !

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Excrement

kat1124's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I’ve read the exorcist a few times.  It’s a great book.  The characters are well written and you feel their pain and fear.  The book can be a bit slow at times, but overall a great classic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Mental illness