Klik op een omslag om naar Google Boeken te gaan.
Bezig met laden... Legion (origineel 1983; editie 1983)door William Peter Blatty
Informatie over het werkLegioen door William Peter Blatty (1983)
Paperbacks from Hell (82) Best Horror Books (251) Bezig met laden...
Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. While still interesting and full of the punchy writing & dialogue that made The Exorcist so good, Legion falls short of equaling the predecessor. The audio narration in particular has nothing on Blatty's own reading of Exorcist, and pales in comparison to George C Scott's performance in the movie version. While that adaptation has problems it really needed a powerful reading to do justice to the dialogue, which instead falls flat on the monotone delivery without the proper inflection for what's being said. --- Reread 2023. This whole book is barely about the horror, but rather continues meditating on faith, life and death. The friendship between Kinderman and Dyer is one of the best written dynamics I've encountered and it's funny that it's in this book. Un muchacho negro aparece salvajemente asesinado en un embarcadero. Su cuerpo está clavado en los remos de una barca, formando una cruz. El detective Kinderman, quien ya investigó, años atrás, la posesión diabólica narrada en el exorcista , vuelve a ser quien dirige la investigación de este espantoso crimen. Al dÃa siguient e, un sacerdote es asesinado en su confesionario. Kinderman sabe que ambos crÃmenes han sido cometidos por la misma persona. Legión es un apasionante thriller que nos conduce hasta lo más oscuro de la existencia: nadie podrá evitar que el/los asesino/s actuén, pero sà será posible desenmascarar y mirar su rostro, el rostro del Mal, cuyo nombre es Legión, porque somos muchos. What a stunning waste of time, effort, and trees. Just inside the front cover of this novel, there is a statement that reads, Legion transcends The Exorcist in terror, suspense and intensity. On the basis of that statement alone, I should be able to demand my money back. It's a completely untruthful statement. Blatty's M.O. seems to be to just write whatever comes into his head for the first three-quarters of a novel, then finally get down to what we came for in the last few pages. It's no different here. We are subjected to Lt. Kinderman, returning from his role in The Exorcist , in a particularly philosophically contemplative mood. This is a kind way for me to say that it felt like Blatty was just filling pages with his dense, off-topic mode of speaking, as well as pages and pages of dense ruminations on God, evil, and nature. In my 250-page paperback edition, the story literally did not kick into gear until a few pages past 200. And in the final 50 pages, Blatty let the always-evasive possessing entity actually provide all the information needed to understand exactly what had happened off-screen throughout the novel. Clumsy, lazy storytelling. What a steaming pile of crap this novel was. If he hadn't made so many waves with The Exorcist, I doubt this travesty would ever have seen the light of day. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Is opgenomen inHeeft de bewerkingOnderscheidingen
Fiction.
Horror.
Mystery.
HTML: From the author of The Exorcist â?? Legion, a classic tale of horror, is back in print! Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
Actuele discussiesGeenPopulaire omslagen
Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
Ben jij dit?Word een LibraryThing Auteur. |
This is an odd one. Ostensibly a slow burn detective story framing a horror story, its ultimately unclear whether we're talking about demons or ghosts or a psychological phenomena. And in fact I think that's sort of the point. A *lot* of the book is given over to internal and external philosophizing by our main character, Detective Kinderman. If you're buying in and on board for the ride, that's fine, but just a rough estimate here...at least half the novel is theological speculating rather story telling and that's going to fall flat for a lot of readers.
I enjoyed it, both the dialogue and the internal monologue almost felt mamet-like in their pacing, sometimes it feels like Kinderman is doing a caricature of himself. Characterization as a whole is handled well, and the the relationships, especially the clear love between our male protagonists, is beautifully portrayed.
Ultimately, it does feel like Blatty was trying to work out some of his own thoughts and feelings regarding the afterlife, supernatural, god, and the meaning of life though, and the maybe that should have been saved for a separate dedicated work. ( )