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Title: Legion by William Peter Blatty ISBN: 0-671-47045-0 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: August, 1983 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $1.98 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.96 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Better than the original
Comment: Not sure how i found my way here to an out of print book but here i am. I read this book years ago after finding it in a used book sale. I was quite young, hadn't seen or read The Exorcist but liked the cover of the eyes and candle and the blurb "call me legion for we are many." Well i read it, didn't really understand what was going on and forgot about it. I came back to it years later after reading the first book and this time it just blew me away. It has something special in a horror novel in that it is actually very thought provoking. Kinderman's conversations are wonderful. But there is also a real scary atmosphere to this book. I defy anyone to read the section on the tape recording of coma patients and not feel a chill when voices can be heard in empty rooms. This book is a classic and doesn't deserve to be out of print. Maybe when Exorcist 4 comes out it will get a new lease of life.
The film based on this book "Exorcist 3" doesn't have the depth of the book and misses out entirely the tape recordings and the life story of James Vennamun but is quite a good film. It includes that famous one view corridor scene that builds and builds into one of the great horror moments ever.
Rating: 5
Summary: All the atmosphere with none of the gore...
Comment: I think I need to state right off the bat that I am not a Christian. Never have been, despite the efforts of my more religiously inclined friends and family, and never will be. But, having said that, I am occasionally given a reason to question my beliefs. "Legion" is one of those occasions. My main beef with Christianity is the whole concept of a loving omnipotent god that is able to damn his imperfect creations to eternal suffering for committing sins that they might not even be aware of or understand. Yet, in "Legion," Blatty gives another take on that idea, and I have to admit that it makes me say, "Hhmm, I wonder..." I won't ruin it by explaining it here, so you'll have to read it.
Anyway, before I ramble on further, let me stop and say that I love "Legion." As has been stated before, if you are looking for a similar book to "The Exorcist" you'll need to look elsewhere. This is a sequel in story and in spirit (pardon the pun), but not on the same level of horror. "Legion" is more a metaphysical treatise than a horror novel, though there are a few horrific moments and descriptions. I tend to think of this as more of a "Thinking Man's" spooky book. It is certainly not for the weak minded. It challenges you on every turn, and every page is a revelation. I cannot recommend it enough. My only fault with the book is the ending. It seems way too rushed and tacked on for my tastes, as though Blatty was getting tired of it all and just said, "Screw it. I'm done." I wish he would have drawn it out just a bit more and made it more satisfying.
As for the movie that is based on this book, "Exorcist III." Much of the dialogue is lifted straight from the book, but as is usual there have been a veritable TON of changes made. Characters have been left out or combined, new characters created, and the ending totally changed. I hate to say it, but I like the ending in the movie better. It was more... visceral, more heart-pounding. I only wish that the movie could have touched on the spiritual explorations of the novel. But, be that as it may, the movie is far scarier than the book, and on that level should please many. A curious side note is that Blatty also directed and wrote the screenplay for the movie, and I have to wonder what he prefers when comparing them.
Eh, anyway, get this book if you want a more cerebral horror novel. It with give you the creeps on occasion, and more than that it will make you think. That's pretty good, if you ask me.
Rating: 4
Summary: As terrifying as "The Exorcist"
Comment: In this (much toned down) sequel to "The Exorcist", you follow the lone detective from the first book. It is much different than the first book, and if you are looking for a book that is like "The Exorcist" then you wont find it here.
But I am not saying that this book is not good. In fact, it is wonderful, and just as scary as the first. I found "Legion" to be much more of a psycological thriller than a flat out horror novel.
I delete a star from this great book only because there are some parts that can be boring for a chapter or two.
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