Reviews

Pigs: An Extreme Horror Novella by Wade H. Garrett

janagaton's review against another edition

5.0

MINDFUCK SERIES BUT MAKE IT REVENGE AGAINST 3 COPS INSTEAD. SO BRUTAL. SO GOOD.

nikki290680's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

5.0

fullmooneaters's review against another edition

2.0

Ugh, I am so let down. I was awestruck by The Gravedigger by the same author and so I was hoping for another banger of a story. Unfortunately, this wasn’t for me. I hate to sound pretentious, but I prefer stories with more, ah, substance. Yeah I have occasionally enjoyed the good ol’ gore fest, but for the most part, I need something besides an endless torture party to enjoy a book. I know, I know, it’s the essence of extreme horror, but I crave finesse. The Gravedigger had the same amount or exceeds the amount of torture in this book, and I loved it, because there was a story and substance there.

I think this book started off on the wrong foot for me purely because of the intro. There was no justification for the cops to do this, let alone to a woman in labor. Don’t get me wrong, I know there are some monstrous cops out there that have committed some awful crimes, but I just couldn’t wrap my head around the beginning. A woman is in labor, and they decide this is the guy they want to fuck over? Why? What vendetta did they have against Jake? I don’t get it. Maybe I’m naive, maybe there are cops in this world that would assault a woman in labor who is having a medical emergency even after the dispatcher had informed them (I think that’s really what got me— the dispatcher supposedly notified them), and frame her husband just for shits and giggles, but, wouldn’t it have been easier to choose uh, I don’t know, anyone else? Someone who wasn’t in labor? That the dispatcher wasn’t informed of? That wasn’t having a medical emergency? It just seems so, ugh, I don’t know, tedious. I think it would’ve been better if the cops had some sort of vendetta against him, besides him having a bumper sticker they didn’t like. I mean, come on. I need a better reason than that.

I’m not a psychopath or a cop and I have zero authority and don’t get off on asserting my dominance over others, so maybe that’s the disconnect. I just don’t see a reason for any of this to happen, therefore, rendering the whole story redundant. Now onto the torture scenes, they were “good” I guess, creative, yeah, but I dunno. They were repetitive. I don’t enjoy stories that are flat torture with nothing backing it up, I just don’t. I need something, anything, a grain of substance, not just filler. Even if it’s 99% torture and 1% good story, I would rather have that than whatever ambiguous thing is going on here.

I don’t know, I just didn’t like it. It would’ve been better if I felt more attached to the characters, but I can only feel so much care for someone that I knew for like five pages. Make me feel something, besides being grossed out.

I’ll still try out his other stuff, because I think The Gravedigger is a hidden gem, but this one wasn’t for me.

sea_caummisar's review against another edition

5.0

I'm 95percent sure this is a reread for me (yes, I'm too old to remember all the books I've read). It felt familiar, but I don't have it on this Goodreads profile, so maybe I read it from my old profile . I dunno. Anyway, this is blood guts and gore at its finest. I'm excited that Garrett has a new story coming out soon

stitching_ghost's review against another edition

4.0

Those were some satisfyingly written torture scenes. If you like your fictional justice bloody, visceral and

Spoiler

laced with genital mutilation

but not necessarily super believable this one is going to be up your alley.

christineandersen's review against another edition

1.0

I am all for a revenge story where crooked cops get their just deserts, but the dialogue and overall writing of this was just awful. None of it felt believable as what people would actually say, especially in moments of distress. Also, it's difficult to root for a main character who SAs (although not with sexual intent, but still, it's assault) a female, no matter how terrible that female is, and who uses "that's gay" as an insult. If you're looking for straight up gore I can see why people would be entertained by this, but I couldn't separate it from the terrible writing.

amanda_serenity's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

incandenza's review against another edition

0.5

First book that I listened on an audiobook, and honestly I don't think I could've chosen a worse book. If the tryhard edgy prose isn't embarrassing enough, they hired the worst possible voice actor who voiced the characters with annoying steoreotypical Southern drawl (no offense, but they made this accent sound as grating as possible) that sounds laughable when they tried to emulate the female voices. It's obvious the author didn't pass high school biology because the anatomical details didn't make sense either. As for the story, it sounds like a Saw superfan trying to make a twisted fanfiction but failed horribly on all levels, especially plot and characterization. I don't think this would even pass for middle-school-level writing.

bayoumuddah's review against another edition

5.0

I really enjoyed this revenge novel,the narrator did a fantastic job.I loved the kills and enjoyed this so much I went and binge read/listened to the audiobooks for Wade Garretts a glimpse into hell series.So damn goood