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cryptickitten19 's review for:
Playground
by Aron Beauregard
CW: Sexual assault, child abuse, graphic violence
Playground was highly recommended on Booktok as being nearly unreadable due to the triggering content, so naturally, I had to pick it up. I was hoping for something truly cringeworthy, possibly along the lines of Samuel Delany's Hogg. In this, I was disappointed. Beauregard's writing lacks the description and style necessary to make Playground feel truly depraved and disgusting. While what he writes is disturbing, it just wasn't written in a way that I found frightening or that made my insides twist with disgust.
Would I read another Beauregard book? Yes, absolutely. He is clearly enjoying what he writes and I support that.
Playground was highly recommended on Booktok as being nearly unreadable due to the triggering content, so naturally, I had to pick it up. I was hoping for something truly cringeworthy, possibly along the lines of Samuel Delany's Hogg. In this, I was disappointed. Beauregard's writing lacks the description and style necessary to make Playground feel truly depraved and disgusting. While what he writes is disturbing, it just wasn't written in a way that I found frightening or that made my insides twist with disgust.
Would I read another Beauregard book? Yes, absolutely. He is clearly enjoying what he writes and I support that.