kendallashley 's review for:

The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren by Gerald Brittle

3.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

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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…