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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
cock and ball torture (literally). anyways, poor writing, adequate gore, alternative ending that merely serves the purpose of giving the reader knowledge they wouldn't definitively know otherwise (a cop out in my opinion). i hated this!
edit: why does this book have a 4 star rating... i fear we all may be a little deluded
edit: why does this book have a 4 star rating... i fear we all may be a little deluded
MY FIRST WADE GARRETT READ
It is extreme horror with brutal maiming and kills. This story is also quite sad. I do like the fast pace of the story. It all happens so fast that there's no character development and their fates do not matter; at least they didn't for me. I will be adding Wade to my short list of extreme horror writers.
It is extreme horror with brutal maiming and kills. This story is also quite sad. I do like the fast pace of the story. It all happens so fast that there's no character development and their fates do not matter; at least they didn't for me. I will be adding Wade to my short list of extreme horror writers.
This book deals with a very controversial topic that happens in our world everyday. This book is about a man named Jake who loses his wife and unborn child after being pulled over by three corrupt police officers. After Jake's losses, he sets out to seek revenge against the three cops who led to the deaths.This short story deals with how frustrating the judicial system is and makes us feel for Jake during the whole story. The story was very gruesome and dealt with extreme horror that felt like something you would see in Saw. The story also included two different endings, I much preferred the original ending since it was gruesome and left you thinking. This was a great read and I'm glad I was able to pick this one up. I would definitely recommend if you love revenge stories and can deal with some extreme horror. This is a hidden gem.
MINDFUCK SERIES BUT MAKE IT REVENGE AGAINST 3 COPS INSTEAD. SO BRUTAL. SO GOOD.
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
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.
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.
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
Those were some satisfyingly written torture scenes. If you like your fictional justice bloody, visceral and but not necessarily super believable this one is going to be up your alley.
Spoiler
laced with genital mutilation
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.
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