Karen’s Reviews > The Exorcist > Status Update

When this book was written, there was no internet. Heck, even libraries made it hard for a person off the street to find reference books on possession, exorcism, etc.
That’s why there are long explanations, given as Karras talking to himself, reading, recalling research.
I saw where a reader called the book “boring and draggy” for those very reasons.
That’s a shame. You have to read in the book’s time.

Out it comes! Murder!

Damn that Kinderman! We like Karl!

Comparing Regan, lost inside her own body and tormented by a demon, to Trisha, the little girl lost in the woods and tormented by her own mind (and her own subconscious)…
Reading both books at the same time…
My heart is breaking.

The interaction between Chris and Karras from their first meeting on the bridge is so intimate and borderline sexual. It laces the tension tighter than a Victorian corset.😁. It lingers throughout his first encounter with Regan.

Blatty’s Detective Kinderman is the very definition of tenacious bulldog investigator.
Sam Spade would be proud.

How do I like my morning fare? A mystery wrapped up in an assumed demonic possession and liberally salted with intense drama.
How do you like your morning stories?

Just a little Black Mass descriptive info at breakfast
🤢😵‍💫🙄

And so, all those modern movies where creatures twist into abnormal visions of horror - bending, cracking, and popping bones.
Yep, it all originated with The Exorcist.
Not the movie.
The book.

A book disappears off a table.
In any other book, that wouldn’t be much of a foreshadow.
And stop with the window reinforcement already.
I’ve seen the movie!!!!🤣. A dozen times at least!