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A review by michael_benavidez
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
5.0
This is a review of the audiobook version as read by the author.
This book was 12 hours long I believe, and I finished it well within 3 days. Would've been under if my workplace wasn't so noisy, requiring me to rewind it several times.
This was one of the most engaging books I've listened to. And while I'm still new to the world of audiobooks, I hope that doesn't devalue how much it affected me. This is a high class example of a narrator elevating the book to something greater than it would have been, had I just read it. His voice is soft, easy paced, not trying too hard, reading the characters in a rather conversational tone. And then it's raspy, growls, that send goosebumps when things begin to happen. It's a fantastic read.
As for the story itself, we have all seen or at least know The Exorcist movie by now. It's a thing of legend, a masterpiece in horror cinema, and just cinema in general. So there's that expectation that comes with the book. Except there shouldn't. Honestly it's a level of its own. Yeah we know what's going to happen, we know how things turn out, but the book lays it in such a manner that it comes more easily, I think.
Everything is plotted so intricately, and so grounded into the real world struggles that we find nothing supernatural until the end. The characters are all thoughtful. Kinderman is my favorite, the priests are kind, thoughtful, but human. They swear, they smoke, they joke, witty sons of bitches. The mom and her entourage of helpers are so we crafted that we believe their fall into the faith that requires the exorcism. Everything is so deeply rooted in the real world, explained into the lay man's terms, hints dropped, small details placed for plot and thought purposes that play a part later on. It's fantastic. So much so I pre-ordered the Legion audiobook even though it's not read by WPB (to my sadness).
This book was 12 hours long I believe, and I finished it well within 3 days. Would've been under if my workplace wasn't so noisy, requiring me to rewind it several times.
This was one of the most engaging books I've listened to. And while I'm still new to the world of audiobooks, I hope that doesn't devalue how much it affected me. This is a high class example of a narrator elevating the book to something greater than it would have been, had I just read it. His voice is soft, easy paced, not trying too hard, reading the characters in a rather conversational tone. And then it's raspy, growls, that send goosebumps when things begin to happen. It's a fantastic read.
As for the story itself, we have all seen or at least know The Exorcist movie by now. It's a thing of legend, a masterpiece in horror cinema, and just cinema in general. So there's that expectation that comes with the book. Except there shouldn't. Honestly it's a level of its own. Yeah we know what's going to happen, we know how things turn out, but the book lays it in such a manner that it comes more easily, I think.
Everything is plotted so intricately, and so grounded into the real world struggles that we find nothing supernatural until the end. The characters are all thoughtful. Kinderman is my favorite, the priests are kind, thoughtful, but human. They swear, they smoke, they joke, witty sons of bitches. The mom and her entourage of helpers are so we crafted that we believe their fall into the faith that requires the exorcism. Everything is so deeply rooted in the real world, explained into the lay man's terms, hints dropped, small details placed for plot and thought purposes that play a part later on. It's fantastic. So much so I pre-ordered the Legion audiobook even though it's not read by WPB (to my sadness).