I really hate when people want to be sticklers about what is and isn't horror. You are absolutely right.

This one is definitely not a book for me (I do read some disturbing books but it depends on the theme), however I really appreciate that you share what you took away from it. I agree that despite the heavy topics a book can touch on, it can leave a message and the reader can get something from it, be it positive or negative, and that is the beauty of reading for me. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts, the quotes you read do sound interesting.

At least you didn't say Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, that book is god awful and felt like it was written by an edgy 14 year old. The book isn't as disturbing as people claim.

There are many books which can be or not be horror based entirely on whether or not you're looking for it, I think. Like Frankenstein, for example; depending on how you approach it, it could be early sci-fi, or a philosophical study, or psychological horror, or body horror, or classical tragedy... at least that's how I see it.

I hate the sound of this book and will never read it. BUT, I loved your enthusiasm, it seems to have sparked joy that literature obviously brings you. So, the topic may have made me want to vomit out my ears, but I enjoyed your happiness and your strange idea of beauty. Please take this all as a compliment, I understand that my joys in life may also cause others nausea, but that's OK too. BTW, I was educated in a convent - my brain can hear the rosary noises you described 🤢

I have read two books this year that changed me brain wise, so I get your need to talk to SOMEONE about it. I don't have many book reading friends and when I talk about books I usually have to hope someone on the internet is as passionate as me. I love recommend books from people I trust (like you, many of your reviews make me pause and re read.... like dead inside 😵‍💫 but it's a nice way to have trust between readers with opinions) and I squirrel many of your likes in my ever growing TBR. So thank you, I'm a dedicated Creep 💕💕

Your reviews have gotten me into extreme horror 🥰🖤

I love the weird book content. Keep fighting the good fight.

This was a really great analysis, would love to see more content like this :)

"I like to dig under the surface..." 😆

I respect you enough for this to be an instant purchase. It's interesting how there tends to be some beauty in most of the really disturbing books I've read

This book is, to me at least, a book that is made a billion times more sad and depressing once you read into the author and their life, sorta like books like No Longer Human.

I know and love many books that aren't necessarily "Horror" that are quite possibly even more scary than a lot of horror books I've read. Keep doing your thing Anda; love your videos and I can't wait to give this a read.

feel kinda weird saying this, but this book has legitimately become one of my favorites of all time. couldn't tell y'all why in any shorter than fifteen pages of text, it just stirs so much existential and spiritual fvckery in my head like very few other books do.

I haven't read this book, but I have read another Wittkop that left me with the exact same awe over her control of the language! Murder Most Serene--I picked it up from Wakefield Press exclusively because of its description as a memento mori. Short but stunning, even (especially?) at its most horrible. She really is such an elegant writer

The whole time while watching, I kept thinking about Perfume by Patrick Süskind. Another interesting read...?

Hi there! I wrote at least two comments about your videos and in one of them His Pain was mentioned. I still do not have it but have most of the other books referred. One of the books I mentioned which I read was The Biggest Secret, but I felt I had to delete my comment because I wanted to add a part about Carl Sagan´s influence on the thinking behind that book. There is a series of books which is even scarier than the Icke material - and those are The Convoluted Universe series by Dolores Cannon. The well meant series examines powerful past life experiences from various individuals she interacted with in her life, but leaves the reader feeling stuck in a Chronenberg film. Thank you for the video! Best wishes to you from Ásgeir in Iceland.

It's a wonderful book, honestly. people who don't read this one because the theme, are doing themselves a terrible disservice. Like my Russian literature teacher told me, "these books (19th Century Russian novels and poetry) touch upon themes that today are frowned upon to explore in literature, but' let's not be naïve reader, let's read the book and be intelligent".

I checked out the book on Hoopla and read the first page, and now I'm worried I'm going to be put on a list

The crusty crab talent show Sandy about Gary. "He has such a way with words" lol im sorry thats all I've thought since the beginning of the video.

Great video as always :)

The writing in this book reminds me a bit of Jean Genet's writing. He also wrote very flowery prose about controversial and disturbing topics. He mostly romantisised criminals, especially those in prison, and wrote about rough, ugly thugs as these tender, beautiful lovers. He also loved romantising traitors, especially in 'Funeral Rites', where he depicts a young Frenchman helping Nazi soldiers during the Nazi occupation. The French guy romantisises and sexualises these soldiers who we are obviously not supposed to be romanticising. I like to think his romantisisation of traitors has some deeper meaning, like a protest against moral superiority or our fears of being seen as traitors.

Anda, thanx to you, and only YOU, I just received my copy of "The Necrophiliac" today. And I'm so excited to dive into it. But also, thanx to YOU, I've read and very much enjoyed the following: 1. Cows 2. Dead Inside 3. The Devil All the Time 4. Baby In a Blender 5. Baby Fights I'm sure there's a few more that you turned me onto... but these are my Fave's at the moment. If I may, recommend the most disturbing book I've ever read, then here ye be; "Hogg." By Samuel R. Delaney. Keep up the great work you do! I enjoy your vids more than anyone else's!

The number of times I've had to justify the presence of this book in my home is quite horrific also.

I have to order a copy of this. Sounds so messed up but intriguing at the same time.

You are *amazing* and I love your work so much T.T

This isn’t even horror. . . . Jokes aside, Thanks for the video. It’s helpful for someone who doesn’t get to read as much as I want to.

Fantastic book, really liked it. Scary and beautiful in its own messed up way

Have you read any Alison Rumfitt or May Leitz? I feel like you’d enjoy them, they’re very literary, thoughtful extreme horror.

This sounds so good, as messed up as it is to say that. I will have to check it out.

I need that shirt lol

The late Gabrielle Wittkop was fifty-six when she published this novella in 1972. The tale is far less sensational than Clifford M. Eddy's "The Loved Dead" or even real-life necrophile Karl Tanzler von Cosel's "The Secret of Elena's Tomb" but far less subtle than the hinted suggestions of the theme in William Falkner's "A Rose for Emily." It is far less perverse and more eloquent than George Bataille's The Story of the Eye (1928), another novella which incorporated similar themes into its travel narrative style. If you enjoyed this one, I might suggest Caitlin R. Kiernan's Tales from the Woeful Platypus (2007), a more fantastical collection of eloquent pieces involving love affairs with dryads, dragons, and other creatures of myth.

This one really seems like an interesting reading 🎉❤

This sounds so interesting! I will be checking it out.

does someone have the same dilemma as I ? As a french native speaker I want the original versions of books, but the English editions looks always so much better, I AM FURIOUS ( real for "the Necrophiliac, Story of the eye...) Also I really wanted to read more in ma birth language, and Anda make me realise that we have some very good and disturbing french writer - also in France they would never be labelled as "Horror" since this genre is even more misunderstood and despised here ( though frenchies read horror all the time under the cover of "thriller" and as guilty pleasure)

This sounds very much like the novella (with a similar name) by Supervert.

Recommending Confessions! Its a korean book

For those of us who are slightly curious but afraid to Google, can you spoil the ending in the comments?

I feel like the author of this book and the guy who wrote Lolita would be friends.

It sounds to me like this character is dealing with an addiction. Addiction comes in many forms, and the tragedies that spur on these addictions are just as numerous.

This sounds similar to dead inside, but like the complete opposite still.

The author did it's job, for you. Not sure this one is for me.😅

I've read horror my whole life and I would personally never read this book. Having said that, I read a book called Feast by Graham Masterton in 88 and was so sickened that it never left me. That book deals with a cult who enjoys feasting on certain things and the ending just freaked me out so deeply. That reminds me sort of this book! Glad you found it interesting and took something from it. That's the power of any book.

I personally love psycological horror. The stuff that plays with your mind and scares you to the core of your soul. What I hate are the people who think that they know everything about horror and will gatekeep their opinion of their definition of horror. You get these people everywhere. Movies, anime, books and even the gaming community. I recently had to tell off a gatekeeper. They believed that Hellblade was not horror at all. While if the game plays with your mind, makes you relate to the character in a personal way, and shatters your mind/soul as well. That is a form of horror. It's the deepest kind. I love your channel and I love how you introduce the books, and give your very honest and raw opinion of them. Thank you so very much! 🖤🦥