Comments on: Film of the book: ‘The Exorcist’ (1973)

By: Review of ‘The Book Was Better’ by Louise Willder – N S Ford

Review of ‘The Book Was Better’ by Louise Willder – N S Ford — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:44:10 +0000

[…] care that the Scouring of the Shire wasn’t in the LOTR films and I think the book of The Exorcist was better than the film. Mostly I did agree; the Netflix version of Persuasion is dreadful, most […]

By: RoseReadsNovels

RoseReadsNovels — Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:12:23 +0000

In reply to nsford. Brave!

By: nsford

nsford — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 20:47:25 +0000

In reply to RoseReadsNovels. Thanks! I don't find it that scary ;)

By: RoseReadsNovels

RoseReadsNovels — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 09:21:31 +0000

While I enjoyed your review and comparisons, this is too scary for me!

By: Meggy | Chocolate'n'Waffles

Meggy | Chocolate'n'Waffles — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 18:50:41 +0000

In reply to nsford. I am not sure I'm brave enough :p

By: nsford

nsford — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 15:02:17 +0000

In reply to Meggy | Chocolate'n'Waffles. The book is a lot more explicit than the film version but there is more detail to the characters. Whether you'd want to read the book depends how much horror you can take! I certainly wouldn't re-read it.

By: nsford

nsford — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 15:00:27 +0000

In reply to nickimags @ The Secret Library Book Blog. Thank you! :)

By: Meggy | Chocolate'n'Waffles

Meggy | Chocolate'n'Waffles — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 11:49:26 +0000

I have only watched the movie, so now I’m curious about the book and all that was left out! Well, I watched 8O% of it and dozed off at the end xD

By: nickimags @ The Secret Library Book Blog

nickimags @ The Secret Library Book Blog — Sun, 09 Feb 2020 11:37:03 +0000

Fab review!