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Der Exorzist by William Peter Blatty

45 reviews

kurstinl's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.5

Overall the story was good. I knew what was going to happen because I’ve seen the movie. However, the dialogue is very hard to read and there is almost no world building. Describing of actions? Sure. I could paste any “Hollywood home” into the story and it’d fit. I wish they had gone into more detail about how Regan and the demon became what they were. I get I’m to infer it’s from the ouija board but I’d would’ve liked those scenes, had they existed, more than scenes of Karras’s internal droning.

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jackbifrost's review against another edition

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fast-paced

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

4.25

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eininthebird's review against another edition

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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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leigh13's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad tense

5.0

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astraether's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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crysta_lyn's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Pretty darn freaky!

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magis1105's review against another edition

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dark emotional slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

Not sure if this was based on a true story or not, I read the book before I read the description. But it did feel very realistic. The life of a woman trying to make her way through an artistic career, having issues with an absent ex-husband and juggling her career, raising her daughter and her social life.

But then when her daughter starts to show a decline and issues, she leaves it all to pursue any medical assistance mone can buy.

It takes a long time for the most obvious solution (given from the title, I immediately figured it would be demonic possession), but then again it is not something you assume its happening, you can play with idea of religion, demons, hell but you never expect that reality to hit you in the face especially in the form of a demonic possession. We even have religious people doubting that conclusion.

Even after the solution is reached that they need, a big surprise, an exorcist. That could not be any big shock to anyone.

I did not feel it scary but more like a thriller, you are on the edge of the seat waiting for the way the exorcist will play out.

It is a very good story and wholly enjoyed my time reading it. I felt it was a very long time reading it because I was so engrossed in the story that I was very impatient while trying to get to the end and know how it was solved. Even if it did not take too long, I managed to finish it in two sittings.

I picked this book as a book to read in the downtime at work, it proved to be a bad idea. Every time I had to stop reading due to actual work I would feel annoyed, not the best because I could not let my annoyance show on my voice, but oh well. I had to finish it off work.

I gave this a 4 -star rating.

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