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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Vomit
Minor: Child death, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Racial slurs
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Really enjoyed this one. Reminded me of Prey. Narration was good. My only small quibble with the book was how often and quickly it jumped perspectives. There would be a paragraph from the POV of one character and then you would be in another POV. It was confusing for the audio version. The print may not have had this problem.
Overall it was a good, dark, Stephen Kingy read.
Overall it was a good, dark, Stephen Kingy read.
What a fun, fast paced read this was. And gross... so so very gross.
Highly recommend.
Highly recommend.
I listened to the audio of this book as I was fascinated by the crazy fanbase for his serialized podcast readings of the book, without which it may have never been released.
I almost thought, when I first heard Dew speak, that I wasn't going to be able to make it through it on audio. That awful weird whisper voice! The women's voices! I stuck with it purely because I did not have another audio book to listen to at the time and I had a lot of errands to run. I'm glad I did. I got used to Dew, and loved the voice of Perry, who is the real main character of the book. The triangles were hilarious.
I almost thought, when I first heard Dew speak, that I wasn't going to be able to make it through it on audio. That awful weird whisper voice! The women's voices! I stuck with it purely because I did not have another audio book to listen to at the time and I had a lot of errands to run. I'm glad I did. I got used to Dew, and loved the voice of Perry, who is the real main character of the book. The triangles were hilarious.
I've often credited this book for being the work that made me realize that I do like body horror a lot as long as it's in the context of the body doing/becoming the horror not the horror being visited upon the body via torture. So, I figured maybe I should reread it and see if it stood the test of time since I was very easily impressed back when I first read it.
The body horror held up as did the general plot, but the banter and how insufferable the characters were not so much. I understand Perry is supposed to be a hard to love but somehow sympathetic figure but with most of the other characters being in the same vein and with the inappropriate edginess that passed for witticism at the time (yes the late 2000s were an era of unrelenting cringiness) it just got tedious at some point.
The body horror held up as did the general plot, but the banter and how insufferable the characters were not so much. I understand Perry is supposed to be a hard to love but somehow sympathetic figure but with most of the other characters being in the same vein and with the inappropriate edginess that passed for witticism at the time (yes the late 2000s were an era of unrelenting cringiness) it just got tedious at some point.