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The Exorcist: 40th Anniversary Edition by William Peter Blatty

11 reviews

myllahmarie's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

meaghanelizabook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

hocuscrocus's review against another edition

dark hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

lin3han's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

poirot's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Excrement, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Drug use, and Suicide

eininthebird's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Big content warning for this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, and Injury/Injury detail

leigh13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

gwasgy's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Yeah it's pretty fucked up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

It's literally the exorcist it's like super fucked up that's the whole thing about it

ktrecs's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

bookedrightmeow's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

No synopsis needed. You know this one. 

What I liked:

• I wanted something creepy for spooky season and wow, this delivers. 
• I've always been too chicken to watch the whole movie so I didn't know the whole story
• There’s a lot more going on than pea soup and spinning heads (def disturbing though)
• The author is an amazing narrator. Seriously, get the audio.

What I didn't like:

• Story slowed down a little toward the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail