Legion

"Every man that ever lived craved perfect happiness, the detective poignantly reflected. But how can we have it when we know we're going to die? Each joy was clouded by the knowledge it would end. And so nature had implanted in us a desire for something unattainable? No. It couldn't be. It makes no......more

This book falls in one of my favorite genres – combination of horror and mystery. I had started the novel with very high expectations. Why shouldn’t I? This is after all the sequel to The Exorcist! Lt. Kinderman, the homicide cop whom we had met in The Exorcist, is investigating the brutal murders of......more

"y era que El estaba mandando al espíritu inmundo que saliese del hombre, porque hacia mucho tiempo que se había apoderado de él; Lo ataban con cadenas y lo sujetaban con grilletes, pero el rompía sus ataduras, y el demonio lo empujaba al despoblado. Entonces Jesús le preguntó: ¿Cómo te llamas? Y é......more

In Legion, William Peter Blatty goes off into a lot of philosophical/theological tangents. As much as it gives the reader a lot to ponder over, this is one incidence where I prefer the movie adaptation of Legion (The Exorcist III). As much as it does link into the religious themes like the first Exo......more

b>4.0 Stars This read like a gritty detective story, but (as the sequel to the Exorcist) I knew it would have a supernatural angle. There was a lot of theological discussions in this book, which could have felt pretentious, but actually worked in the context of the story. I did not expect it to be as......more