The Exorcist -

William Peter Blatty

A bantam book

1972

403 páginas

13h 26m

ISBN-1: 0

The Exorcist is the story of a little girl named Regan who lives with her single mother in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. Her mother, Chris is a popular actress and a social woman who is extremely devoted to her daughter. At the start of the novel Chris and Regan are hearing loud noises coming from their attic. At first, Chris believes they have rats, but after a while she comes to the realization that it is something far worse.

The situation slowly progresses and Chris begins noticing extremely unusual behavior from her daughter. It starts with a complaint that her bed is shaking, which Chris observes and is rather pronounced. Then, Regan begins acting out, swearing and even urinates on the floor during one of Chris' dinner parties on purpose. Chris is horrified by the behavior and Regan begins seeing a series of specialists, but it only gets worse.

In desperation, Chris seeks the help of a priest named Father Karras, because she believes that Regan has been possessed. Father Karras is a priest who is having issues with his faith and is an unlikely candidate for an exorcism, but he vows to do what he can to help Regan. Meanwhile, things just seem to keep getting worse for Regan.

A series of events leads the member's of Chris' household to fear Regan. She has begun physically and successfully attacking people. One of these attacks results in the death of a close friend of Chris'. She has also begun hurting herself, badly and frequently. Karras and Chris decide that an exorcism is the only way, so Karras gets the permission of the church to send in an experienced exorcist to carry out the rite.

Father Merrin is the man who is chosen for the exorcism, readers soon learn that he has dealt with the particular demon or demons inside of Regan before. The statements (among other things) that begin spewing out of Regan are disturbing to say the least. She begins verbally attacking Karras in particular and in an odd twist, Karras finds himself alone with her after the unexpected death of Father Merrin. When Karras realizes that he cannot cast out the demon, he forces it to enter him and then commits suicide by jumping out of a window.

Resenhas (9)

4 (Muito bom)

Tenso

Sinceramente, é até difícil pensar no que escrever sobre esse livro, porque foi totalmente diferente de tudo que eu imaginava.

Eu já assisti o filme muitos anos atrás, e acho que muita coisa do filme ficou na minha cabeça, mas eles são diferentes em alguns pontos bem importantes. No livro, por exemplo, o conflito da fé do padre Karras fica bem mais evidente, e o dilema da Chris, mãe da Regan (menina que foi possuída) de não acreditar até chegar ao ponto de "querer" que a filha estivesse possuída para pelo menos ter alguma esperança com o exorcismo, tem um peso bem maior.

No mais, foi uma experiência de leitura muito esquisita. Eu não tive medo em momento algum, mas perdi totalmente o sono a noite aparentemente sem motivo, de passar uma noite em claro mesmo, só conseguir dormir as 8 da manhã. Só hoje, depois que terminei o livro, eu percebi que com certeza hoje eu vou dormir bem. Bem bizarro.

Senti uma tristeza muito grande lendo esse livro, acho que me cansou bastante mentalmente. Talvez porque era um dos preferidos da Malane, uma amiga minha muito querida que morreu recentemente.

Mas eu acho que não é uma história triste, ou "de terror". Eu diria que é mais sobre fé e espiritualidade e acreditar que o bem vai vencer, algo assim.

Vale a pena a leitura com certeza.