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The Exorcist

by: William Peter Blatty (author)

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Father Damien Karras: 'Where is Regan' Regan MacNeil: 'In here. with us'. The terror begins unobtrusively. Noises in Regan's room, an odd smell, the displacement of furniture, an icy chill. Easy explanations are offered. Then frightening changes start in the eleven-year-old girl. Medical tests shed no light on her symptoms, but it is as if a different personality has invaded the child. Father Damien Karras, a Jesuit priest, is called in. Is it possible that a demonic force is present in the child? Exorcism is the only answer...

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Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780552156882 (0552156884)

Publish date: 2007

Publisher: Corgi

Pages no: 364

Edition language: English

Category:

Fantasy, Classics, Paranormal, Novels, Mystery, Religion, Thriller, Horror, Suspense, Supernatural

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Carmilla Reads rated it

5 years ago

http://CarmillaVoiez.booklikes.com Carmilla Reads 3.5 Slow at first, but very tense by the end.

text Slow at first, but very tense by the end.

The first thing that struck me is that the film follows the novel pretty accurately. The second thing was that point of view jumps around a bit too quickly for my liking, although the shifts are signposted pretty well and I didn’t get lost for long. I enjoyed the ongoing discussion about whether R...

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Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! rated it

6 years ago

http://readingismyescape.booklikes.com Reading is my ESCAPE from Reality! 2.5 The Exorcist

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Like the brief doomed flare of exploding suns that registers dimly on blind men's eyes, the beginning of the horror passed almost unnoticed; in the shriek of what followed, in fact, was forgotten and perhaps not connected to the horror at all. So begins this book and indeed many other extremely h...

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Murder, She Reads rated it

7 years ago

http://stormidjohnson.booklikes.com Murder, She Reads 3.0 I set my expectations to high

text I set my expectations to high

I think because I watched the movie years ago that I just set my expectations for this book too high. The movie totally creeped me out and was scary and this book wasn't. To be honest I felt like most of the book was filler in between the Regan parts and found it kind of boring at times. I though...

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Cheri's Book Blog rated it

8 years ago

http://cherif.booklikes.com Cheri's Book Blog 4.0 Good stuff!

text Good stuff!

Not nearly as scary as when I read it as a teen but I didn't expect it to be. Still a great, great read. The author's voice was nearly perfect for the narration. If you like horror books - and this one is quite graphic - you'll probably like this.

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Read All The Things! Reviews rated it

8 years ago

http://ashleysterkel.booklikes.com Read All The Things! Reviews 4.0 The Exorcist

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The Exorcist is advertised as the scariest book of all time. I didn’t think I could call myself a true horror junkie until I had read it. The story follows two main characters: Chris McNeal, an actress and mother; and Damien Karras, a priest who’s reconsidering his decision to become a priest. One...

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