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This story is apparently based on a real case of demon possession, involving a boy rather than a teenage girl. I bought the book during my graduate studies in Toronto. I got so immersed in it that I read it in one sitting; in fact, I stayed up a whole night to chomp my way through this piece of forbidden fruit. I remember that it withheld until the last possible moment the verdict about whether Regan was actually possessed or merely mentally ill. I didn't want my parents to know I had bought the
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I really wish we could give half-stars. This book was a 3.5. And it made me want to watch the movie again. (I haven't seen it in probably about ten years.)
There was one description that I really really really loved: "...the voice of the demon, booming and yet muffled, croaking, like amplified premature burial." Amplified premature burial. Fan-fucking-tastic. ...more
There was one description that I really really really loved: "...the voice of the demon, booming and yet muffled, croaking, like amplified premature burial." Amplified premature burial. Fan-fucking-tastic. ...more
Sounds like an entertaining book. ;P
I read this when I was twelve. This was my gateway drug into reading.
Still a classic read. Having seen the movie I could visualize the characters, but there is some additional depth that doesn't come out in the movie. A must read.
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