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A review by jrbee
Cruelty: Episodes One-Five by Edward Lorn
4.0
It's extremely tricky to read a book through your fingers, but if this were a film I'd be hiding behind the sofa. It made me cringe and recoil in horror.
I have met some truly disgusting men in this book and it's extremely graphic.
There aren't any sex scenes but the author really gets into the nitty gritty of the mind of his characters and most of them are the kind of minds you wouldn't want to shine a UV light on.
Note I said "I have met", each character is well written and I feel like if I met them on the street I'd recognise them and run the other way.
Then there's the horror element- the doll, a grotesque lumbering thing called cruelty that had me sweating bullets, along with a few other characters that have me well and truly intrigued. These aren't just creatures that are just all about killing, even though that's what it seems at first.
Expertly executed fiends, filthy men and horrific horror.
This is the second horror book I have ever read and I'm a now convert to the genre, which is weird because I really don't like horror films.
If what I have said above makes you think it's a bad book I wouldn't read it, but if you're a fan of horror and don't mind the minds of seedy men and naked scab covered drug addicts, this is the book for you.
I would definitely get the omnibus rather than reading the episodes one by one.
I have met some truly disgusting men in this book and it's extremely graphic.
There aren't any sex scenes but the author really gets into the nitty gritty of the mind of his characters and most of them are the kind of minds you wouldn't want to shine a UV light on.
Note I said "I have met", each character is well written and I feel like if I met them on the street I'd recognise them and run the other way.
Then there's the horror element- the doll, a grotesque lumbering thing called cruelty that had me sweating bullets, along with a few other characters that have me well and truly intrigued. These aren't just creatures that are just all about killing, even though that's what it seems at first.
Expertly executed fiends, filthy men and horrific horror.
This is the second horror book I have ever read and I'm a now convert to the genre, which is weird because I really don't like horror films.
If what I have said above makes you think it's a bad book I wouldn't read it, but if you're a fan of horror and don't mind the minds of seedy men and naked scab covered drug addicts, this is the book for you.
I would definitely get the omnibus rather than reading the episodes one by one.