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spooky_coochie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Excrement, and Vomit
Moderate: Death, Gore, Incest, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Regan is possessed (obviously) but there are clear parallels to childhood mental illness and lots of discussions of schizophrenia and psychosis. However, the discussions are very matter-of-fact and surprisingly compassionate. Discussions of "multiple personality disorder" using dated language (it is 1970 after all) but nothing terribly offensive. No instutionalizition. Also brief mention of child deathslooneysoysauce's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, and Antisemitism
poirot's review against another edition
- 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
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
ocelotdoll's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Vomit
cinderrunner's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
wordsofclover's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
This....was interesting, I guess? I'm not a huge horror reader, but predictably I'm a little basic at this time of year and often I'm feeling like picking up some kind of horror/scary book to give me the spooky, Halloween feels and there's times that this book definitely does but not so much as with what is written on the page but more so the imagining of the terror and pain going on in this family and what this demon is doing to a poor little girl. That's definitely the hardest part of this book - especially when there's a point the demon uses Regan's own hands to mutilate herself in front of her mother.
I can't say I enjoyed this book either due to the subject matter, and even though I didn't find this overly violent or gross in any way (the worse/most vulgar parts in the book were really when the priests were describing some of the consecration of the church and what some people were doing to the statues, or what this kind of consecration/devil worship entailed). There is a style to this book that is impressive, and despite some of the horror, and the language and the shocking scenes, there's an intelligence behind the story and all the characters that is evident in all of the conversations from Father Karras and Father Dyer, to Detective Kinderman.
I don't think I'd necessarily recommend this book but I'm glad I've finally picked up one of the 'horror classics'.
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Vomit
eininthebird's review against another edition
- 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
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
add_a_little_spook's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Sexual violence
Moderate: Mental illness, Violence, and Vomit
gwasgy's review against another edition
- 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
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 itwrensreadingroom's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Excrement, and Medical trauma