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

3.0

A reader's enjoyment of this book is going to depend entirely on how they feel about possession, exorcisms, and he supernatural in general. It's not going to convince anyone one way or another, so the skeptics are likely to find it ridiculous, and the believers will likely find this interesting and at least slightly terrifying.

Personally, I found myself somewhere in the middle, since I'm a big fan of The Conjuring films, and was really looking forward to learning more about Ed and Lorraine. I have to say, I wished the book was a bit more personal, characterizing them as people, but The Demonologist is 100% focused on the career (as the title suggests) of the pair. The book discusses various cases the Warrens were involved in (very briefly for certain cases), while also detailing their point of view as far as dealing with the demonic goes. It does get repetitive—every case comes down to the basics: weird things happen, demons are exorcized, things get better.

As for whether or not this is fabricated—there are still a lot of questions when it comes to the validity of the testimony, and the extent of Warrens' involvement in certain cases.