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Title: The Satanist by Denis Wheatley ISBN: 0-7493-0670-X Publisher: Arrow (A Division of Random House Group) Pub. Date: 21 February, 1991 Format: Paperback

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Average Customer Rating: 3.71 (7 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: People are over reacting
Comment: I can't believe the nonsense on this board about the 'racist' content of The Satanist. Granted, the use of the 'N' word pops up a handful of times, but give me a break. You here more of that in the first 30 seconds of most rap songs.

To anyone thinking about reading this book, don't let a few of the PC Police make you miss out on a great read. I give The Satanist my highest marks. It's a can't miss.

Like someone else had mentioned, it's too bad Hammer never made this a movie. This has Cristopher Lee written all over it.

Rating: 3
Summary: weak writing (barely) saved by excellent story-telling..
Comment: The Satanist is my first Dennis Wheatley novel. Until I discovered that a friend was a closet Wheatley fanatic ("he's the best writer EVER!") I never had considered bothering with Wheatley's occult ("the devil made me do it!") nonsense. But when I found a used copy of The Satanist for twenty pence I figured what the heck. And I glad to say I got my money's worth, sort of.

The Satanist is a very complicated story of devil worshipping, mental telepathy, and cold war paranoia. No, none of it is believable for a moment. And Dennis Wheatley is a poor writer in that there is too much silly dialogue, no character development, and weak prose. It often reads like a script of a B movie. But like a wickedly enjoyable B movie the story is shamelessly enjoyable, and Dennis Wheatley seems thoroughly knowledgeable of the occult. So in the end I enjoyed The Satanist.

Bottom line: devilish nonsense, much like reading the script of a cheesy horror movie. But Wheatley's story telling and obvious enthusiasm in the subject matter makes for fun reading.

PS - as other reviewers as noted, The Satanist contains some of the most cruel and completely irrelevent racial slurs I've ever read. Fortunately these comments are not too frequent, but they are certainly hard on the eyes. Such nonsense is outrageous nowadays, and politically incorrect even when The Satanist was written (1960). Bad form, Wheatley.

Rating: 5
Summary: The Satanist is Superb
Comment: Great supernatural fiction in the British tradition. Wheatley is superb in this blending of satanism, communism and other evils of the 1960's. A good read!!! Too bad this has not been made into a film like The Devil Rides Out...