Legion (The Exorcist, No. 3) [Paperback]

William Peter Blatty (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 1990

The Exorcist and The Exorcist Part II were tremendous movie box office successes, and The Exorcist III: Legion will prove to be no exception. When this frightening film is released this summer, scores of moviegoers will make Legion a paperback bestseller!

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Pocket (August 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 067172472X
• ISBN-13: 978-0671724726
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,829,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars On the contrary! Much better than the Exorcist!, August 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Legion (The Exorcist, No. 3) (Paperback)

Mr. Blatty, please don't let the previous reviews bother you. Some of us understand what you were getting at. No great(ie.intellectually satisfying)horror novel or movie should ever show us the face of horror directly. Madness yes, horror no. In Legion Mr. Blatty continues and deepens the mystery of the Exorcist by indirectly hinting at what makes the "demons" of Legion/The Exorcist tick. And it is this legion of evil spirits that we are really interested in when we read these books. Thankfully you will not find much in the way of demonologic details about them, but would we find the eerie mystery of The Exorcist/Legion as mesmerizing if for instance we were told the true meaning behind: "I am no one"/Exorcist; "I am someone"/Legion; "Feel the blood, how it sings!"/Exorcist; "Let us warm in the body"/Exorcist; "They will punish me for this"/Legion ? Would we be as terrified if we were told exactly why a monstrous serial killer would exhibit abject terror at the mere thought of his benefactors (the demons from the Exorcist)? NO! In Legion Mr, Blatty continues with his attempt to explain and explore not only the concept of evil, but the cosmology of physical/ spiritual good and evil as well. And all of this is entwined in a taut medical murder mystery full of lilting resonances that hint at the awesome and mysterious forces encountered in The Exorcist. Remember folks, The Exorcist and Legion are not in the same vein as "Kolchak the Night Stalker". If you need things sewn up neatly in the end then read some Stephen King. But if your musings of the spirit world go beyond "Poltergeist" or the "Psychic Friends Network", then you will love Legion and you will spend many a night rereading it and the Exorcist in an attempt to better understand..."the Other Side". EXORCIST 5/5 stars LEGION 7/5 stars . By the way, Legion the movie sucked. Sorry Mr. Blatty, but I am sure the Studio Bosses forced you to "Dumb Up" your book to ensure greater movie appeal for the "Bonehead" masses.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As terrifying as "The Exorcist", February 2, 2003

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Photopro "Mike" (purcellville, va United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Legion (The Exorcist, No. 3) (Paperback)

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.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The excellence of 'Exorcist III- Legion', February 2, 2000

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Brian Roland (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Legion (The Exorcist, No. 3) (Paperback)

I read this novel when I picked it up at a bookstore in Hagerstown. I loved the novel, mainly because they talked about how Damien Karras was kinda-sorta still alive, only possessed with the spirit of the Gemini Killer, a.k.a. James Vennamun. I thought the movie made for a great interpretation of the novel, which of course I saw after I read the novel. I mainly wanted to see the movie because I heard that Father Karras somehow survived his fall down the infamous steps in Georgetown, I thought it was cool to see his character again. Overall, I thought the book and the movie deserve more credit than I've seen some people give it. 5 stars all the way.