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Cows by Matthew Stokoe

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angus_mckeogh's review against another edition

1.0

Billed in several reviews I’d seen as one of the most depraved and horrific novels ever written with a huge cult following. I can’t vouch for the veracity of either of these statements. The early part of the book was just gratuitous gross out scenes which added very little to the plot and were completely nonsensical. It was hard to discern if the narrator was just unreliable or was a complete moron. His girlfriend was just a sex toy who wanted the narrator to probe her ass with a camera. The narrator’s mother was unrealistic to the nth degree. They would sit around the dinner table and slice up and eat turds. It was so stupid. Thereafter when the narrator descends into lunacy and starts conversing with cows at his workplace, there were actually some well done chapters and some decent social commentary. However, the early part of the book was so cringingly ridiculous and poor that it couldn’t redeem the book as a whole.

thecozyintrovert's review against another edition

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At the 30% mark they eat feces. I was done.

raptorred's review against another edition

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3.0

You know, this turned into a gory comedy for me. It is obviously a very ridiculous gory ride (pun intended), but it made me think about the psychological torture that the main character's mother put him through since birth. Especially where pretending to be normal is his ultimate goal and attempts to achieve it through literally any means possible. I appreciate the book for its originality. Now off to read a happier book ha.