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This was a hard book to read. For me it was similar to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, which was also a difficult, brutal, and haunting read. I have to appreciate both the author and the translator for taking the means they did with the book and being specific about their wording and terms.

This is haunting, bleak, tense, disgusting, and disquieting but it's also well written, and an odd page turner. One more book off the TBR!

Imagine getting out of your city life to write a new book. Imagine this small town having this perfect cabin for you. It‘s been empty for over a year. There‘s dust everywhere and some weird items up in the attic. Perfect regardless right? Well. What if I told you that cabin wasn‘t left alone for no reason. Highly recommend the unrated version. It‘s more graphic and leaves you with a more bleak outlook.

So weird but also good. Just go in blind and read it

It was brutal

Please mind the trigger warnings. I had to pause the audio book because it was just too much. Especially the pets. I couldn't do that. Yes, it's dark, it's harsh, it's brutal. It's pure flesh. Sadly, I can totally see humanity acting this way. Just take a look around. How close are we? What does it take? That's even scarier than the book itself.

That ending hurt my heart man 😔💔 5 stars for me. The social commentary is done exquisitely well. Highly recommend if you can handle the sharp gore. Nothing was held back and I cherish it for that.