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A review by billymac1962
Legion by William Peter Blatty
3.0
I bought this a long time ago and had put off reading it after reading
too many lukewarm reviews.
The Exorcist was a pretty tough act to follow, but I liked Legion.
Legion focuses on Lieutenant Kinderman, from The Exorcist, as he investigates a series of gruesome murders that follow the same M.O. as the Gemini Killer, who had died 12 years previously.
Throughout the investigation, Kinderman ponders the ways of God, and the nature of evil and instinct. There are some reviewers who seemed to feel these musings held up the story. I liked them.
Sometimes, in the daily grind of things, you tend to forget about the things that would occupy your thoughts back when you had the free time to let your mind wander. Like, how the heck a bird with a brain the size of a lima bean knows how to construct a nest with moss, spiders' silk and twigs? I can configure Unix servers in my sleep, but there's a learning curve to that. The whole concept of instinct is nothing short of miraculous, in my opinion.
Anyways, this was a good story. Nice and short, and enough suspense to
satisfy the discerning serial-killer novel fan. And theological musings at no extra charge.
too many lukewarm reviews.
The Exorcist was a pretty tough act to follow, but I liked Legion.
Legion focuses on Lieutenant Kinderman, from The Exorcist, as he investigates a series of gruesome murders that follow the same M.O. as the Gemini Killer, who had died 12 years previously.
Throughout the investigation, Kinderman ponders the ways of God, and the nature of evil and instinct. There are some reviewers who seemed to feel these musings held up the story. I liked them.
Sometimes, in the daily grind of things, you tend to forget about the things that would occupy your thoughts back when you had the free time to let your mind wander. Like, how the heck a bird with a brain the size of a lima bean knows how to construct a nest with moss, spiders' silk and twigs? I can configure Unix servers in my sleep, but there's a learning curve to that. The whole concept of instinct is nothing short of miraculous, in my opinion.
Anyways, this was a good story. Nice and short, and enough suspense to
satisfy the discerning serial-killer novel fan. And theological musings at no extra charge.