Hi all! Looking for the most disturbing or fucked-up books people have read. I’ve already read 120 Days of Sodom and Justine; was gonna read Juliette but it’s fucking long. No triggers so anything goes!
Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro really bothered me. It’s not gory or traditionally scary but it disturbed me long after reading it.
Eclipse by Ophelia Rue is next level disturbing. I think indie authors get away with less editorial censorship. There’s a scene in the beginning with an octopus that left me like holy shut, did I just read that, then it gets crazier.
The King in Yellow also is distributing but I don’t really know why. There’s something just off about it.
Obviously House of Leaves. That one goes without saying.
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Tender as the flesh: I am not usually one who is spooked by gore or guts, especially if I’m just reading about it, but MAN this book is terrifying
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Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
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PAINTED BIRD
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How to Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Nothing could have prepared me for the absolute wild ride this book was
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Clive Barker’s a great author for that, there’s one of his short stories from the Books of Blood collections, “In The Hills, The Cities,” that really got to me.
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Blood meridian
Janezo on
The People in the Trees.
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Let’s Go Play at the Adams’ by Mendal W. Johnson
I read it almost 30 yrs ago and the only other book that disturbed me this much was The Road.
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House Of Leaves
Perfume by Patrick Süskind a fascinating read!
Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro really bothered me. It’s not gory or traditionally scary but it disturbed me long after reading it.
Eclipse by Ophelia Rue is next level disturbing. I think indie authors get away with less editorial censorship. There’s a scene in the beginning with an octopus that left me like holy shut, did I just read that, then it gets crazier.
The King in Yellow also is distributing but I don’t really know why. There’s something just off about it.
Obviously House of Leaves. That one goes without saying.
Tender as the flesh: I am not usually one who is spooked by gore or guts, especially if I’m just reading about it, but MAN this book is terrifying
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
PAINTED BIRD
How to Sell A Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Nothing could have prepared me for the absolute wild ride this book was
Clive Barker’s a great author for that, there’s one of his short stories from the Books of Blood collections, “In The Hills, The Cities,” that really got to me.
Blood meridian
The People in the Trees.
Let’s Go Play at the Adams’ by Mendal W. Johnson
I read it almost 30 yrs ago and the only other book that disturbed me this much was The Road.
[The Yellow Wallpaper](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1952) short story
The Cement Garden by Ian McEwan was all kinds of messed-up.
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