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A review by claudia_is_reading
Exorcist Falls by Jonathan Janz
2.0
Uf, this book is such an amalgam of clichés that I could predict which would be the next insult uttered by the demon. And now that I mentioned the demon... why his insults were always inaccurate? Aren't demons privy to our inner thoughts? Why its choice of barbs was always related to homosexuality instead of the true sins of the priest?
Second, I totally despised the protagonist. I can go with grey characters, but Father Jason Crowder is a snivelling, self-absorbed, hypocrite poor excuse for a priest who only excels in self-justification. Ah, he's also good at casuistic, but that goes with the job :/ (view spoiler) If the main character has no redeeming attributes and only dresses his acts as altruistic when they are only fueled by lust... well, it won't get my sympathies.
Add to that that the plot holes could let a herd of elephants pass through them and that the twists were inconsistent and only there for shock value and you'll understand why I don't think highly of this story.
And last, graphic descriptions of sexual violence don't make per se a good horror story.
Sorry, but I won't be reading more books by this author
Second, I totally despised the protagonist. I can go with grey characters, but Father Jason Crowder is a snivelling, self-absorbed, hypocrite poor excuse for a priest who only excels in self-justification. Ah, he's also good at casuistic, but that goes with the job :/ (view spoiler) If the main character has no redeeming attributes and only dresses his acts as altruistic when they are only fueled by lust... well, it won't get my sympathies.
Add to that that the plot holes could let a herd of elephants pass through them and that the twists were inconsistent and only there for shock value and you'll understand why I don't think highly of this story.
And last, graphic descriptions of sexual violence don't make per se a good horror story.
Sorry, but I won't be reading more books by this author