pickTor Publishing is now accepting extreme horror. This book is not for everyone, but if you're a fan of the genre, this is a book for you! NOTE: Tons of trigger warnings. Basically, a terrorism hate act causes a trans survivor to enter into a depraved relationship of deviant kink and fetishism that involves parasites and tons of unspeakable horrors. Again, not for the faint of heart, but if this is your thing, check it out!
You know that thing that happens when you are buying a present, and you accidentally buy yourself a present too? It happened to me recently. Be careful out there.
Video review below:
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so-soBrainwyrms is an experimental novel that explores escalating transphobia in a plague of worminess.
Rumfitt has a compelling style of storytelling that felt like I was watching performance art, but the final 3rd was a bit of a mess, despite an intriguing start.
The body horror was nowhere near as extreme as I was expecting, but there was some really grotty sex. Also, I found the satire a bit cartoonish & unsubtle.
Interesting though, for sure.
Diving back in. This book is very readable. The sex is... niche. Worm talk is still at a minimum 90 pages in.
Coping, so far.
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Home from Toby's 50th bday ski hol - one holiday where I just can't fit in any reading at all 😭 - and am so excited to get going for 2024 especially with a read along with @RaeLovesToRead - I am reading a version courtesy of @squirrelbrain, many thanks!!
so-soIf you've followed me for long on Litsy, then you know that weird, grotesque horror is right up my alley. However, this book pushed some boundaries that left me feeling uneasy. It also still left me with a lot of questions once I finished.
I'm thankful books like this are showing up in the #tob24 though.
If you had trouble reading last year's pick, Manhunt, then you'll probably want to skip this one.
so-soI really couldn‘t decide whether to give this a pick or a so-so. A pick because I have huge respect for the author writing a book like this, but a so-so because who on earth would I recommend it to. (Even fellow Littens who have much broader minds than the general public 😬).
It really is the most disgusting book I have ever read, from both a sex and worms POV.
Take heed of the CW at the front, and there‘s even a point in the book, as ⬇️
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pickFrankie, a trans woman, is a survivor of a terf terrorist bombing. She meets Vanya at a kink club and the book spirals from there. This was Chuck Palahniuk but instead of humor there is anger and frustration at a world so easily given to hate. A hate that infects, poisons, and destroys everything. Frankie and Vanya have backstories that are so extreme and harrowing. This was not something I would say I like, but I respect it. Pick!
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