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Redenzione (2010)

by William Peter Blatty(Favorite Author)

3 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

881704119X (ISBN13: 9788817041195)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Rizzoli

review 1: I want to love this book because it was so important to Blatty. The story could have been terrific but it failed in the execution. To wit: it required an epilogue in which the characters sit around and explain to each other - and you - what just happened. Oof. And frankly I consider myself pretty smart but without the epilogue I would have had to re-read the book to figure out what happened. If you loved The Exorcist and want to read more Blatty, I highly recommend Legion. The film Exorcist III was based on it and even the movie was good, especially compared to II.
review 2: I'm glad I never wrote a book like The Exorcist, because if I had, everything I did afterwards would be judged against it and found wanting. Blatty has written a page-turning thriller that'... mores also an incisive character study that's also, most of all, an exploration of duty, loneliness, spiritual emptiness and redemption - all of this depicted in prose that's sharply detailed, poetically rendered (albeit sometimes to excess) and often acerbically funny. However, if you're looking for supernatural horror this isn't the book for you: the malevolent characters here are all too human, the horrific scenes all too real. less

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