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re: Scariest or Most Disturbing Book You've Ever Read?
Posted on 7/6/22 at 1:20 pm to S
Posted on 7/6/22 at 1:20 pm to S
Interesting. I’ve only recently read Salem’s Lot for the first time and didn’t find it all that scary. As far as vampire fiction, I think Bram Stoker’s Dracula has a much more attuned sense of dread. And I love King too.
All time though, I’d say either The Shining or 1984.
All time though, I’d say either The Shining or 1984.
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Posted on 7/10/22 at 8:26 pm to Starchild
People who Eat Darkness …. Chilling, dark and sticks with you
Posted on 7/11/22 at 10:57 pm to slough
I read most of a bio on Lenin, but had to quit because he got creepier and creepier. I mean like Satanic.
Lenin, Rasputin, and Stalin: What a country.
Lenin, Rasputin, and Stalin: What a country.
Posted on 7/12/22 at 9:32 pm to slough
Camp of the Saints
Posted on 7/13/22 at 1:01 pm to slough
I'd have to go with "The Exorcist" when I was in my mid 20's and living alone in a 100+ year old shotgun house.
I'd often read late at night and that old house would pick that time to groan and creak like old houses do sometimes.
The hairs on the back of my neck and arms would go full tilt when that happened.
I'd often read late at night and that old house would pick that time to groan and creak like old houses do sometimes.
The hairs on the back of my neck and arms would go full tilt when that happened.
Posted on 7/22/22 at 8:24 pm to Atlas_Shrugged
The only book I ever stopped a d haven't picked back up was Man's Search For Meaning. For some reason I couldn't make it through the 1st half of the book.
Posted on 7/23/22 at 9:42 pm to slough
I read Helter Skelter at age 16 and it was pretty disturbing... I recall that for the next month or so I slept with a hunting knife under my pillow.
As far as fiction, Stephen King's short story Apt Pupil was a great read but disturbing.
As far as fiction, Stephen King's short story Apt Pupil was a great read but disturbing.
This post was edited on 7/23/22 at 9:44 pm
Posted on 7/24/22 at 10:04 am to slough
The Road by Cormac McCarthy was a great book but pretty disturbing.
Posted on 7/24/22 at 6:41 pm to slough
Beautiful Things by Hunter Biden
Posted on 7/31/22 at 10:57 pm to FtHuntTiger
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The Road by Cormac McCarthy was a great book but pretty disturbing.
Was going to post this as well. Depressive premise; disturbing vignettes/scenes of what happens at the end of the world. But the main story through it all is a father's love for his son.
It's brilliant-- one of the best books I've ever read-- but at the same time it's one I have never re-read, because it is so dark, disturbing and depressing.
I DID, however, watch the film adaptation of the novel. Just once.
Posted on 8/1/22 at 9:54 am to Charter Embers
quote:picked up Streets of Laredo this summer at the beach and i'm sorry i'm reading it first. they pretty much tell the plot of lonesome dove in the flashbacks.
There’s some disturbing sections in Lonesome Dove that caught me off guard.
maybe i should stop where i'm at and read LD first.
Posted on 8/2/22 at 10:42 pm to slough
Definitely the Exorcist.
The movie is a classic of course, but the book takes things a step further and down the rabbit hole.
The movie is a classic of course, but the book takes things a step further and down the rabbit hole.
Posted on 8/3/22 at 8:13 pm to CAD703X
I can’t speak to the order in which to read them since I haven’t read both, but considering that Streets of Laredo came out afterwards makes me think that McCurtry or his publisher was attempting to capitalize on the success of LD. Could be wrong though.
Posted on 8/3/22 at 8:30 pm to slough
Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood. A true story of a family senselessly murdered.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 6:52 pm to slough
Naked Lunch, I tossed it in the trash can not even halfway through,disgusting.
Posted on 8/14/22 at 4:56 am to slough
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintianence made we want to kill myself.
Also “A Long away Gone” which is a true story about a child soldier in Africa was really disturbing.
Also “A Long away Gone” which is a true story about a child soldier in Africa was really disturbing.
This post was edited on 8/14/22 at 5:00 am
Posted on 8/14/22 at 12:17 pm to slough
Penpal by Dathan Auerbach
Posted on 8/15/22 at 11:47 am to Vastmind
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintianenc
can you elaborate on this being scary/disturbing? I was not familiar with it so just did a quick serach on wiki and it looks like it's a philosophy book?
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:03 pm to slough
Nothing to Envy and Escape from Camp 14, both North Korea books.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 6:48 pm to WG_Dawg
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quote:Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintianenc can you elaborate on this being scary/disturbing? I was not familiar with it so just did a quick serach on wiki and it looks like it's a philosophy book?
The main character was suicidal and he was descending into madness and I went along on the ride with him. It was also a very dark period in my life so maybe I was projecting my experience onto the book.
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