Review: The Exorcist

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Simply put, this is still the best horror novel ever written. Blatty’s use of language — particularly simile — is beautiful and touching or sickening and depraved, but always right there, pushing the reader to see what he wants you to see.

The Exorcist is the story of Father Damien Karras’s journey from doubt to faith. Yes, there is a young girl who is possessed and the demon within makes her do some pretty gross things, but the sto...