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I finished The Exorcist this week and it is the best horror book I've ever read, and probably contends with some of the best books of any genre I've read. I've never seen the movie, but it's so engrained in culture that I had a pretty good idea of what happens and the ending, but was still surprised by quite a few things. I didn't find it especially scary but more dreadful and sympathetic for all the shit everyone had to deal with. Would 1000% recommend to anyone still in the spooky mood.
Also finished Shadow of the Torturer, and Jesus Christ I don't think I caught a quarter of what was being said in that book. Reminds me a lot of The Second Apocalypse in that it's super dense and nothing is spelled out or made easy for the reader. I am super interested in the world moreso than the characters, but that's not to say I don't like the characters. I read some forums after finishing it and kind of wish I hadn't because a few of my hunches were confirmed and some stuff that I completely missed were pointed out and I'd rather figure that out for myself when I continue the series.
Going to continue the series with Claw of the Conciliator but I have a feeling it's going to be just as difficult as the first book.
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I heard that on the Exorcist book there's more ambiguity on whether Regan is possessed or not.
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Absolutely, I'm not sure how it is in the movie but in the book that's a major point of contention. There's a lot of testing and diagnosis and second guessing but no real definitive answers.
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First half of the movie involved ambiguity and diagnoses.
By the second half onwards she moves objects with her mind, she vomits green goo and spins her head 180 degrees.
By the time Father Karras goes to see her the demon is the one speaking with a raspy adult voice and Regan's eyes are the color of emerald green.
So for the audience there's zero doubt about supernatural stuff happening.
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A lot of that stuff happens in the book as well, but it's explained away because supernatural things apparently happen if the patient truly believes they're possessed(?) By the end I felt very confident that she was actually possessed, but they gave you enough doubt through researching past possessions and the weird stuff that happened during them that you couldn't really say for sure that, that's what it is.
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