A review by dovthehuman
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This author loves semicolons more than life itself. You can see where the editor gave up a few chapters in and they start making their way into dialogue too. 

Anyway, this is Good Catholic Horror. The pacing is excellent, the characters are easy to like, or at minimum are fun to read about. It is scary, but more in a “I’m scared for you” way than an “I’m scared” way. It’s exactly the right amount of graphic for what it is.