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2.36 AVERAGE
2.36 AVERAGE
2.5*
I wanted to like this a lot more than I did because of all the negative reviews. Most of them were about the excessive CSA, but thats why we heed trigger warnings. One thing I'm gonna say is this author has BALLS. We went there. We really went there.
I ended up being left wanting more despite the very brave writing. Not more gore or more torture, maybe more character development? Maybe more reason for why this torture is happening other than for fun. I suppose that's how it is irl sometimes though, people do screwed up things just for fun.
I don't know. I like the author (I've read this and their short in Scraps) and I'm excited to see what they work on in the future.
I wanted to like this a lot more than I did because of all the negative reviews. Most of them were about the excessive CSA, but thats why we heed trigger warnings. One thing I'm gonna say is this author has BALLS. We went there. We really went there.
I ended up being left wanting more despite the very brave writing. Not more gore or more torture, maybe more character development? Maybe more reason for why this torture is happening other than for fun. I suppose that's how it is irl sometimes though, people do screwed up things just for fun.
I don't know. I like the author (I've read this and their short in Scraps) and I'm excited to see what they work on in the future.
Jesus christ! Wtf did I just read. I don't know....I just don't know.
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I unfortunately can't enjoy this type of extreme horror. Torture p0?n is definitely not for me. I only finished it because it was really short.
If we had more character development or a meaningful critique, I'll be able to appreciate it more. But unfortunately, it wasn't the case here.
I could see he has good writing skills, but there was way too much cursing in the dialogues - even for me - and misogyny.
I'm still definitely trying out 'Them' by him, I only heard good things about it.
If we had more character development or a meaningful critique, I'll be able to appreciate it more. But unfortunately, it wasn't the case here.
I could see he has good writing skills, but there was way too much cursing in the dialogues - even for me - and misogyny.
I'm still definitely trying out 'Them' by him, I only heard good things about it.
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Gratuitous.
challenging
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
In a nutshell the book is just abuse, abuse and a lil more abuse. No depth to the characters nor plot.
Without giving anything away (if possible) it’s the same old tale of a guy coerces his way into a woman’s home (who you can quite obviously tell is a woman written by a man) and then he starts torturing them.
I’m not new to this genre and I do typically like books with such vivid acts of murder/torture but this just felt like an excuse to write explicitly about abusing (sexually, physically, verbally, mentally- the list goes on) children.
Maybe it works for some people but I’m certainly not one of them, do with that what you will.
Without giving anything away (if possible) it’s the same old tale of a guy coerces his way into a woman’s home (who you can quite obviously tell is a woman written by a man) and then he starts torturing them.
I’m not new to this genre and I do typically like books with such vivid acts of murder/torture but this just felt like an excuse to write explicitly about abusing (sexually, physically, verbally, mentally- the list goes on) children.
Maybe it works for some people but I’m certainly not one of them, do with that what you will.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder
Yeah, I don’t think I can say I enjoyed this per se. His writing is better (kind of? Lmao) than other extreme horror books I’ve read, though there is a lot of telling instead of showing. The POV switching in the middle of the scenes threw me off as well. And then there didn’t feel any build up when the stranger appeared, it went from 0 to 100.
Lot of what annoyed me was the same as what annoyed me with Judith Sonnet’s No One Rides For Free, as the believability of someone following a stranger’s obscene requests without going “fuck you, I’d rather die trying to fight you than do this shit” is stretched extremely thin.
Lot of what annoyed me was the same as what annoyed me with Judith Sonnet’s No One Rides For Free, as the believability of someone following a stranger’s obscene requests without going “fuck you, I’d rather die trying to fight you than do this shit” is stretched extremely thin.
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Absolutely Brutal!