Between the three books I read, The Haunting of Hill House, The Exorcist, and The Shining, they all gave me very different feelings. Some books may have been able to describe the horrors in ways that actually got into my head, while others had trouble of pulling the reader in. Overall, I had very different opinions of all the books. The first book I read was Shirley Jackson's, The Haunting of Hill House. The story is a psychological horror that brought four people together to explore a house and discover the supernatural events in the house. It is narrated through Eleanor’s point of view, and you get to know in brutal detail, just what goes on in the house. But sometimes, it is in too much detail. Basically all of the supernatural events
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This book was my favorite of the three. Blatty did a good job of including detail throughout the book, and left the reader feeling anxious and terrified. The first half of the book doesn’t even mention anything about a possession, because Regan’s mom didn’t think of anything about the supernatural events going on in their house. Her and even her doctors would always find an excuse for everything, whether it was a dresser moved, or even her violently being thrashed around in her bed. Not including anything about an exorcism leaves the reader anxious for them to finally figure it out and actually get to the exorcism, as well as stressed, because you never know what might happen next. He makes much of the psychological and neurological explanations for Regan’s ghastly and inexplicable behavior, until that becomes untenable. Blatty also makes it a great read because he gives you a lot of detail of his character's. His depiction of the character's is in depth and compassionate; he is able to explore their back stories with a lot of clarity, and can give the reader a better and more sympathetic connection with them. Just like with Father Karras; you get to see into his life and him struggling with his religion all while trying to help
This book was my favorite of the three. Blatty did a good job of including detail throughout the book, and left the reader feeling anxious and terrified. The first half of the book doesn’t even mention anything about a possession, because Regan’s mom didn’t think of anything about the supernatural events going on in their house. Her and even her doctors would always find an excuse for everything, whether it was a dresser moved, or even her violently being thrashed around in her bed. Not including anything about an exorcism leaves the reader anxious for them to finally figure it out and actually get to the exorcism, as well as stressed, because you never know what might happen next. He makes much of the psychological and neurological explanations for Regan’s ghastly and inexplicable behavior, until that becomes untenable. Blatty also makes it a great read because he gives you a lot of detail of his character's. His depiction of the character's is in depth and compassionate; he is able to explore their back stories with a lot of clarity, and can give the reader a better and more sympathetic connection with them. Just like with Father Karras; you get to see into his life and him struggling with his religion all while trying to help