Name: The Exorcist
Rating: 4.022598870056497 (177 reviews)
ISBN: 9781568496092

William Peter Blatty

The Exorcist

james cao

He stood at the edge of the lonely subway platform, listening for the rumble of a train that would still the ache that was always with him.

He could not bear to search for Christ again in stench and hollow eyes; for the Christ of pus and bleeding excrement, the Christ who could not be.

The Jesuit was staring straight ahead, unseeing, wisps of smoke from the cigarette held between his fingers wafting up into life and then instant death like mistaken recognitions and one's memory of dreams.

Karl met the eyes that were shifting hardness, that were haggard wells of pain and blame; glimpsed briefly the dissolute bending of the lips and the ravaged face of a youth and a beauty buried alive in a thousand motel rooms, in a thousand awakenings from restless sleep with a stifled cry at remembered grace.

have He took a deep breath, then another, and then, opening his eyes and moving forward, he pushed open the door to Regan's bedroom with a hand less heavy than his soul.

Glory be to God for dappled things, For skies of couple-color as a brindled cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-fire-coal chestnut falls; finches' wings. . He fathers forth whose beauty is past change. Praise Him.

I haven't seen the movie but just from the clips I've seen it feels way more grotesque. There were scenes in this book it felt like I could smell. 

Cedar

Sarah Sammis

I hope I have enough books to make all the trades I want. This book box is packed with goodies! I must admit that I've only seen about 30 minutes of the film. The first 10 minutes was at the McDonalds in Gorman on the I5 in California. The other twenty minutes was last year when I was on maternity leave. And yet, I've read all sorts of essays on it. It's a popular film for film academics. LOL! 

What a day to read the Exorcist. Here's the situation: there are rats making rhythmic pounding in my attic and my son is sick with a stomach flu. It was the perfect (!) atmosphere to read about possession.

Okay so onto the book. I came to it via the film. I've never actually seen the film from start to finish in any one sitting but I think I've seen every scene at least once. The most surreal place I've seen snatches of the Exorcist was at a McDonalds in Gorman in the middle of summer.

Having the book land in my lap via a BookCrossing book box, I knew I had to read it. I actually like the horror genre. Having found the film (in the bits and pieces I've seen) rather hokey, the book was very enjoyable. I liked the ambiguity of the situation. Is Regan possessed? Is she mental ill? Is she angry over her parents' divorce? Is she being manipulated by Karl? The only thing never answered is what does the prologue have to do with the rest of the book? It seems tacked on to give a reason for the possession (if it is possession).

Blatty se baso, para crear a su protagonista, en un hecho real ocurrido en la década de los cuarenta. Una niña de apenas once años sufre terribles transformaciones, sobre todo en su comportamiento. Ni médicos ni científicos ni psicólogos serán capaces de hallar la causa de tal estado y paulatinamente todo irá apuntando hacia la hipótesis de que la niña está poseída por el demonio.

El exorcista

Brian

Vivir linea a linea la posesión y la lucha contra el mal ha sido una experiencia hermosamente aterradora.

marie

this book is dark, chilling, genuinely terrifying, yet hopeful and kind, and it has a hot priest — what’s not to love!

Sade A

At a complete loss for words. When you read books like this you get a sense of why it's referred to as a classic.

The Exorcist is a compelling tale of demonic possesion of a young girl and the priests who fight for her life and Blatty was so vivid with this tale it was unreal. side note: I'm not sure why it didn't occur to me before, but it struck me that this book was less about the possesion and more about the priests (I know it's in the title but still...it just goes over your head)
Given that this book was released a long ass time ago, i'm especially grateful that the author was responsible? in writing this book (Basically cover all medical grounds), this was an especially HUGE plus for me especially as there are so many religious people who are more than willing to eschew medical advice simply because, religion.

Anyways personal issues aside, this book is truly a vivid and electricifying tale that inspite of all the years has not lost it's ability to captivate.

Read it if you haven't. 
p.p.s: Don't play with ouija boards....

Madhuri Sridhara

3.5 Stars.

If this was an intriguing page-turner in 2017, I'm sure it was a great pioneer to the horror genre 46 years ago.

Amy Maddess

A bit of a slow burn, but worth the wait for iconic moments.

The Exorcist

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