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A review by howlinglibraries
Playground by Aron Beauregard
1.5
2024 challenge for me: stop taking booktok recs for extreme horror
2024 challenge for booktok: recommend horror books that are well written and don't primarily rely on descriptions of dirty genitals to gross out readers
Honestly, this was... I don't know, I just expected so much more after seeing SO much hype. 😩 I was hoping this would be one of those rare extreme horror finds that was really well-written and genuinely GOOD, but the page length should've been cut in half, the dialogue and internal thought processes were so unrealistic and boring, and these children made me wonder if the author ever interacts with actual kids IRL. Couple all of that with way too many descriptions of an elderly woman's genitals and her kinks, and this was simply Not A Good Time.
I did, however, really enjoy the final scene with a certain adult clumsily breaking playground toys. No spoilers, but iykyk and it was cute.
2024 challenge for booktok: recommend horror books that are well written and don't primarily rely on descriptions of dirty genitals to gross out readers
Honestly, this was... I don't know, I just expected so much more after seeing SO much hype. 😩 I was hoping this would be one of those rare extreme horror finds that was really well-written and genuinely GOOD, but the page length should've been cut in half, the dialogue and internal thought processes were so unrealistic and boring, and these children made me wonder if the author ever interacts with actual kids IRL. Couple all of that with way too many descriptions of an elderly woman's genitals and her kinks, and this was simply Not A Good Time.
I did, however, really enjoy the final scene with a certain adult clumsily breaking playground toys. No spoilers, but iykyk and it was cute.