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A review by goblinhearted
Disturb Not The Dream by Paula Trachtman
2.0
This became a bit of a hate-read for me…
I picked this up for two reasons: one, because it was recommended by some fans of V.C. Andrews and two, it seemed to fit into the genre of ‘vintage horror’ which I was curious about.
I’ve only read Andrews’ fiction that she had written herself before death. I’m not sure if this can be compared to her ghostwritten work. However, if there ever was a trashy, shock-value piece of writing this would be it. Just about (as others have mentioned) every trigger warning applies to the content of this book. But the thing is, I don’t feel like the majority of the “shocking” events are really justified by the storytelling (especially not in the way the “shocking” events of V.C. Andrews’ work seem to be). It seemed more like the writer was just including things to see what she could get away with.
Again, I’m not super familiar with this genre. I have heard that some writers in the genre do include sleazy, ‘pulpy’ things like this just for the shock value, as if the shocking act itself counts as horror - so it’s possible that this author was just mimicking what had become the ‘norm’ at this point in 1981.
I picked this up for two reasons: one, because it was recommended by some fans of V.C. Andrews and two, it seemed to fit into the genre of ‘vintage horror’ which I was curious about.
I’ve only read Andrews’ fiction that she had written herself before death. I’m not sure if this can be compared to her ghostwritten work. However, if there ever was a trashy, shock-value piece of writing this would be it. Just about (as others have mentioned) every trigger warning applies to the content of this book. But the thing is, I don’t feel like the majority of the “shocking” events are really justified by the storytelling (especially not in the way the “shocking” events of V.C. Andrews’ work seem to be). It seemed more like the writer was just including things to see what she could get away with.
Again, I’m not super familiar with this genre. I have heard that some writers in the genre do include sleazy, ‘pulpy’ things like this just for the shock value, as if the shocking act itself counts as horror - so it’s possible that this author was just mimicking what had become the ‘norm’ at this point in 1981.