Read this because Halloween. Almost finished it in time. Wow, what a book.
Spoilers:
I'd never seen the movie. Only the sections of it that are always shown when people talk about The Exorcist: the spinning head, the vomit.
But it's so much more. So much. Lovely writing. Some of the best writing ever. "...on a splintered table the color of sadness." "The child was slender as a fleeting hope." Phrasing like those. Wonderful.
Blatty could really write characters. Kinderman, the cop, was genius. Karras the priest, dare I say the actual Exorcist, was a very intriguing individual. I wanted more.
Regan, the one possessed, was so much more. The demon was awesome, subtle, teasing the reader with meeting the requirements for an exorcism. And the ending, one that I expected, but still so well done.
No more spoilers.
Next step is to watch the movie. Waiting for my wife to read it first.
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