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The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

33 reviews

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

cinderrunner's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

Brilliant example of a horror novel. Genuinely one of the best books i have yet to read in the genre. The horror isnt extremely in your face but it is still deeply unsettling. Its a bit of a slow burn. The way its written constantly challenges the notion of if Regan is truly possessed or just mentally ill, which mirror social beliefs and functions in a brilliant way. It really haunts you. The movie is, of course, iconic. But the way the book is constructed just flows and builds so much better. A must read for horro fans. 

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Content Warnings

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

kristasorocks's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Excrement, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Drug use

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

astraether's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

magis1105's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

glitterpeach's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-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: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Self harm, Sexism, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

corpseparty's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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

5.0

My favorite horror novel so far! A disturbing read, so beautifully written. ⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Religious bigotry, 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