

3.5 stars
The title … apropos.
A short nicely disturbing read. I like my books with shock factors in it and this definitely gave me that. This is one of the hyped up books that lived to the title. I quite enjoyed it and it reminded me of a Japanese book called In the Miso Soup. Dark. 🤘🏻
“But I do think places, like this motel room, I think they hold on to bad things, the way people hold on to memories. Grief. Pain. Disease. Addiction.”
I wonder where this is going…🌚
New book review up! In this episode, I review the infamous extreme horror novel, “Playground“ by Aron Beauregard. Caution, this book is a brutal gross out!
https://youtu.be/3DB1Sve32jY?si=1ADqvQoRLx0wqGKh
This is definitely a guilty pleasure of mine. Pulpy horror with a killer creature that has to be one of the least dangerous threats ever depicted in horror. That was indeed why I was interested in the first place. Even thought this book is bad, I still got a lot out of it and had lots of fun talking about it on the podcast for our month of horror books. Check it out: https://bit.ly/46JuWLj
(SLUG or HUG quiz included)
My first thought for dark on day 9 of the #scarathlonphotochallenge was baker.reads my favourite horror book TikTok creator who recommends some Very dark stuff. If anyone is on TikTok and wants some dark recommendations with detailed trigger warnings and thoughtful commentary check him out! #scarathlon #skeletoncrew @Clwojick @StayCurious
🌟dipped my toe in extreme horror to see what all@the controversy surrounding this sub-genre is all about. YouTube wars between an author and YouTube reviewer. Well, thank goodness this was short. I love horror, but don‘t need to be grossed out. Nothing scary about it. Cheap thrills. But cool for those that do. Not for me, first and last one.
How are you gonna write all this fucked up shit and go and write a lame ending?!! Like come on dude…. Other than the ending I didn‘t have any issues with the book. The pictures spaced throughout the book were awesome though. And even though one of the characters got what was coming to them, I felt like he slacked off at the end. It‘s still a fantastic read though. I‘d rate it 3 maybe 4 stars