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A review by onlyfictionsworld
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
1.0
Honestly, I didn’t like this book at all. The book was a complete nightmare for me, and I became frustrated with it from start to finish.
The book is half full of unnecessary information. I had to skip many pages with pointless dialogue. This enhanced neither the story nor the character development. Whenever Kinderman appeared, I just flipped the pages until his scene ended.
The second problem was the characters. It’s really frustrating. Kinderman was an incompetent detective, and everything he said made no sense. It would've been great if Chris could just yell at him and get it out. I felt like the story was heading nowhere, and the characters drove me baffling. I read on to find out what happened, but it was unsatisfactory.
The masturbation scenes in this novel were the only parts I found disturbing. Yes, I understand. The girl is possessed. She’s going to do obscene things. I know people recall the scene where she masturbates with a cross, but I was more concerned about the detail of the scene. She is twelve years old. Reading about child porn doesn't appeal to me. We could have omitted the scene from the novel. It is unnecessary and inappropriate. I could have replaced it with something else that better suit the story.
Last but not least, the ending was ridiculously underwhelming. Without spoiling, it doesn’t make up for mediocrity. It might be best to stop reading this book now if you hope it gets better. The answer is no.
I would not recommend reading this book. The movie is superior to the book, although I'm not a fan of either.
The book is half full of unnecessary information. I had to skip many pages with pointless dialogue. This enhanced neither the story nor the character development. Whenever Kinderman appeared, I just flipped the pages until his scene ended.
The second problem was the characters. It’s really frustrating. Kinderman was an incompetent detective, and everything he said made no sense. It would've been great if Chris could just yell at him and get it out. I felt like the story was heading nowhere, and the characters drove me baffling. I read on to find out what happened, but it was unsatisfactory.
The masturbation scenes in this novel were the only parts I found disturbing. Yes, I understand. The girl is possessed. She’s going to do obscene things. I know people recall the scene where she masturbates with a cross, but I was more concerned about the detail of the scene. She is twelve years old. Reading about child porn doesn't appeal to me. We could have omitted the scene from the novel. It is unnecessary and inappropriate. I could have replaced it with something else that better suit the story.
Last but not least, the ending was ridiculously underwhelming. Without spoiling, it doesn’t make up for mediocrity. It might be best to stop reading this book now if you hope it gets better. The answer is no.
I would not recommend reading this book. The movie is superior to the book, although I'm not a fan of either.