1.14k reviews for:

The Exorcist's House

Nick Roberts

3.92 AVERAGE

bryan_farrell's review against another edition

5.0

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I wedged this book into my already-bulging Spooky Season reading list based on all the positive reviews I saw my Goodreads friends had posted...and I was not disappointed! The Exorcist's House is just a pure unadulterated scary-fun good time. Writing that reads like Stephen King-meets-Grady Hendrix and a story that could weirdly sit as comfortably in either the Evil Dead or Supernatural fictional universes as it does in its own little corner of the horror world. I would give this book 6 stars if could.

sunitam's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

rae123's review

3.0

dark medium-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

bri_reads23's review

4.0

dark sad tense medium-paced

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Pretty scary. Probably my favorite haunted house book so far.

mmalice's review

3.0

dark tense medium-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: No

valpal1237's review

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I thought the nods to William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist were kinda cool, and the story was interesting and entertaining enough... what bothered me, and brought my rating down were the bits about Weston State Hospital. It was clear that the author did their research about the facility, but it was obvious they themselves never visited. I worked there for 10 years once it became Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum as a tour guide and overnight ghost hunt manager and there were details that didn't match the reality of the premises. No toilets in the patient rooms, and there's no way that someone could clearly be seen from a window in Ward F while being on the center of the front lawn. (Particularly the room Willie Barnes was described being in, which, sounded to me like roughly the area where the seclusion cells are - it's waaaay off to the side)... maybe the author should have chosen a fictional location instead. 

kat_reads_sometimes's review

4.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

briannabowman's review

4.0

dark emotional tense medium-paced

martypartyyy's review

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-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: Complicated

goodreadswithcait's review against another edition

5.0

dark tense fast-paced