Legion (Hardcover)

by William Peter Blatty (Author)

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Hardcover: 269 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (August 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0671470450
ISBN-13: 978-0671470456
Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 15 x 2 cm
Shipping Weight: 341 g

Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #293,833 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars "Legion, for we are many.", Jul 16 2004

By	Michael Weiser (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Legion (Paperback)

This is a tough review for me to write because I'm so torn by this book. On the one hand, the dialogue between detective Kinderman and Tommy Sunlight (killer/mental patient) is among the best and most chilling I have read. Then the book will drag on for long, boring stretches.

"Legion" is both blessed and cursed. The description of the gruesome, supernatural nature of the murders is sure to send a chill up your spine. The descriptions of the catatonics is also effective. The story will then skew off on philosophical tangents that take the reader off the path of the story and soon he doesn't know why he is in a place that is seemingly unrelated to the plot.

The bottom line is this: In order to read the most brilliant parts of this book (and yes, there really are some brilliant parts here) you are also going to have to trudge through the superflous and boring passages as well. "Legion" is a good book with great parts, but perhaps with better editing, it could have been a great book, end of discussion.

A final note: In my opinion, the movie was better than the book. George C. Scott plays Kinderman and Brad Dourif plays Tommy Sunlight. Dourif's performance is especially noteworthy. The great dialogue is kept, almost verbatim, from the book. The boring parts are omitted and there are scenes that are not in the book.

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