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sea_caummisar's review
5.0
This book is so much fun. A midget and a large man with a growth disorder escape a mental hospital, leaving behind a path of carnage. It's awesome. I would have never thought to fry someone's head by making them wear a Crock-Pot on their head as a helmet. This book covers all kinds of gore, eating poop, forced incest (hetero and homo), and did I mention all kinds of gore? I love the simplistic writing style that makes it an easy read but also very visual in your head as you're reading. It's kinda funny how most characters get matched to celebrities for the visuals in your head. It's pretty funny when you think of a character as a named movie star then the torture they endure.so much fun. I cannot say enough good things about this book. Intestines ripped out by being raped by a man with an overgrown sex organ?!?! Yep. In this book. Make shift sex change. ?!?!? Yep. In this book. If you read extreme horror/ splatterpunk then YOU NEED TO READ THIS BOOK
skullheadface's review
4.0
Fucking hell.
I finally got to read my first book by Mr. Garrett.
I noticed that most people recommended Glimpse as a steppingstone, but that’s a big series (with a new one almost released) and I knew I’d get stuck in for the entirety.
So I chose Insane Bastards, based on the synopsis, which sold me as soon as I read it.
Escaped psychos, nuthouses, savagery, abuse, revenge, payback’s a motherfucker.
The perfect ingredients for a splatterhouse story.
I was stoked to begin this tale, I love the “extreme” horror genre more than any other I think.
And when I dove in, that’s exactly what I expected to get.
A chapter or so into it, and I wasn’t sure what the hell was going on. The story/characters weren’t confusing, not at all, instead, this was a building realization that calling Mr. Garrett’s story “extreme horror” is like calling Rompeprop “hard rock”.
It’s not extreme horror. It’s beyond that. Mr. Garrett has (purposely?) created his own genre. I’m not sure what to call it yet.
(I’m thinking Gorno, Gorn, or Gornography).
It’s an amalgamation of Bizarro, Splatter, and oddly enough, dark humor.
I’m not a fan of “funny” horror. I think comedy mixed with horror is an aberration.
(Hey, watch this happy sad movie! Hey, read this fictional non-fiction book! Hey, cook me a frozen pizza, set the oven for hot cold) Sound absurd? That’s what saying “funny horror” is. Absurd.
Yet this was funny in a completely different way. And it was unexpected (for me) and fucking hilarious. I laughed deeply, and loudly throughout the entire book. At least every other page. It woke up my wife, who had to work early the next day. She was pissed. I couldn’t help it. I blamed it on Wade. She even made me leave the room when I told her I was going to keep on reading.
The banter between Twig and Rocky is so perfectly done, that I don’t know how to even describe it. Not in a way that would do it any justice anyhow.
I hate to drop another author’s name in a review, but in this situation, it’s the only way to explain what all of my incoherent thoughts can’t.
Edward Lee. The Big Boss. If you’re reading Mr. Garrett, I’m going to assume your familiar with Mr. Lee’s existence.
This story is what would happen if you took a brutal Edward Lee book, and injected it with too much methamphetamine. Directly into its balls.
Way over the top gore. The kills are all original, disgusting and frequent. Twig does things with a severed penis that no author has ever come close to conceiving.
The constant sexual abuse and victimization committed by Rocky and Twig during their adventure is appalling. No remorse. No repent.
Vulgarity has a new standard. Insane Bastards is that standard.
Read this book. Trust me.
4.5/5 Skulls
☠️☠️☠️☠️💀
I finally got to read my first book by Mr. Garrett.
I noticed that most people recommended Glimpse as a steppingstone, but that’s a big series (with a new one almost released) and I knew I’d get stuck in for the entirety.
So I chose Insane Bastards, based on the synopsis, which sold me as soon as I read it.
Escaped psychos, nuthouses, savagery, abuse, revenge, payback’s a motherfucker.
The perfect ingredients for a splatterhouse story.
I was stoked to begin this tale, I love the “extreme” horror genre more than any other I think.
And when I dove in, that’s exactly what I expected to get.
A chapter or so into it, and I wasn’t sure what the hell was going on. The story/characters weren’t confusing, not at all, instead, this was a building realization that calling Mr. Garrett’s story “extreme horror” is like calling Rompeprop “hard rock”.
It’s not extreme horror. It’s beyond that. Mr. Garrett has (purposely?) created his own genre. I’m not sure what to call it yet.
(I’m thinking Gorno, Gorn, or Gornography).
It’s an amalgamation of Bizarro, Splatter, and oddly enough, dark humor.
I’m not a fan of “funny” horror. I think comedy mixed with horror is an aberration.
(Hey, watch this happy sad movie! Hey, read this fictional non-fiction book! Hey, cook me a frozen pizza, set the oven for hot cold) Sound absurd? That’s what saying “funny horror” is. Absurd.
Yet this was funny in a completely different way. And it was unexpected (for me) and fucking hilarious. I laughed deeply, and loudly throughout the entire book. At least every other page. It woke up my wife, who had to work early the next day. She was pissed. I couldn’t help it. I blamed it on Wade. She even made me leave the room when I told her I was going to keep on reading.
The banter between Twig and Rocky is so perfectly done, that I don’t know how to even describe it. Not in a way that would do it any justice anyhow.
I hate to drop another author’s name in a review, but in this situation, it’s the only way to explain what all of my incoherent thoughts can’t.
Edward Lee. The Big Boss. If you’re reading Mr. Garrett, I’m going to assume your familiar with Mr. Lee’s existence.
This story is what would happen if you took a brutal Edward Lee book, and injected it with too much methamphetamine. Directly into its balls.
Way over the top gore. The kills are all original, disgusting and frequent. Twig does things with a severed penis that no author has ever come close to conceiving.
The constant sexual abuse and victimization committed by Rocky and Twig during their adventure is appalling. No remorse. No repent.
Vulgarity has a new standard. Insane Bastards is that standard.
Read this book. Trust me.
4.5/5 Skulls
☠️☠️☠️☠️💀
you_are_not_sirius's review
4.0
I listened to this on Audiobook so it was a different experience. The narrator did an amazing job with portraying so many different voices! This book is very over the top with its very creative scenes of torture and depravity. Splatterpunk always has a lot of sexual violence but at some points in the story it got almost repetitive and boring. But then there were other scenes that shocked me out of nowhere and were unexpected. This book is vulgar, repulsive, and funny in a very twisted way but it’s funny.
I give the overall book ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I give the story ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The writing style ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The narrator ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I give the overall book ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I give the story ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The writing style ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The narrator ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
bayoumuddah's review
5.0
This was so fucking hilarious and disgusting. I loved it so much. Ive read all of wade Garrett's books and I need more lol. These two cracked me up. The ass nachos scene thooo uuuughh.This reminded me so much of the Glimpse into hell series. Rockys naviety had me in stitches especially the scene with him and Matt. Def not for the squeamish or faint of heart because it is...something else.
nanner69's review
2.0
wirklich ich hatte mehr gewalt erwartet die nicht sexuell ist und wurde enttaeuscht -_- nach den ersten 70 seiten wurde es langweilig und ich wollte nur noch durch das buch kommen. der dialog war so repetitiv und irgendwann hat man sich an das eklige gewoehnt ja idk war bisschen zeitverschwendung
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