LOVED The Ruins and Cormak McCarthy...anything he's written, well, he's a genius writer! Good post. Thanks.

Definitely agree with your points! The characters felt very flat and lacking. Jess was basically a plot device :/ it was disappointing bc the concept had good potential and the writing was vivid, but overall the edgy writing taking priority to plot and characters was definitely the downfall to the book

Good review, i would say that hes a sociopath and not a psychopath tho

"There's this kid, he lives in scotland" Oof, yeah that IS plenty disturbing

The most disturbing thing is you saying you love most of these.

I've been so interested in this bk. Glad u did a review

I don't often or ever really read horror or thriller, but … Off the top of my head, the first two are on your list: Blood Meridian-they are making the movie right now, they'll have to tone it WAY down. Blood Meridian is one my all time favorites. American psycho is so gruesome, I almost stopped reading it. The film is great, but they toned it down tremendously, because they had to. The Color Purple is ... wow ... anger-inducing disturbing. And I just finished James by Percival Everett. There are moments that just make you gasp at how callous human beings can be. (By the way, there is a lot of background noise in your video.)

I thought nick was a good character an the things he ended up doing worked. You gotta remember where hes at, what else could you do? Fight fire with fire. It's a horrible place, being a nice guy isnt gonna get you anywhere. I freakn loved this book, I wish I could find more afterlife horrors like this. There were a few small typos here an there but everything made sense to me an it was very engaging. Easy 5 out of 5. Will be ordering the sequel no questions asked

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I am legend has always been my favorite vampire story, what a disaster they made of the movie!!

So sorry for ur loss. Are y’all doing okay?

Awwww. I am so sorry about your kitty!

I love the trilogy! SGJ has really cemented himself as a good author.

I saw the 2008 movie Blindness that was adapted from the book - it was good maybe I'll give the book a try

"This guy Abe, his wife dies". You forgot to mention that this author then proceeds to write about this for 45 pages.... Yeah.... Literally the dullest, and boring crap I have read in my entire LIFE.

An excellent list! I am slowly trying to work my way through everything written by King, still have a way to go. I loved Gone To See The River Man and will get to the sequel soon. Under The Dome is the only book I have ever DNFd- or rather shelved- by Stephen King. I will definitely pick it up again as my wife enjoyed it.

Great list, I’d add ‘Let’s go play at the Adams’. I read that 40 odd years ago and it still with me.

I read Malorie in one day last weekend. I really enjoyed it too the point i couldn't put it down but i too felt the end was rushed and dis-jointed. The last few chapters were disappointing. I wanted to know more about Dean from the train, and how his and Malories relationship could have developed. Seems silly to know his sad story and then nothing. I thought the story of his kids was going to explain how Annette went mad, being blind. I wanted to know more about the train in general, how often does it run, how did they even build it back up and get it going! Tom - He was a little annoying, his attitude towards his mother that's kept him alive all these years. But i did like his character and his yearning to progress and not just survive. i thought he was smarter than to trust a guy like Gary 🙄 Olympia - Love her character, loved her secret and understand why she kept quiet because her mother is not open to other ideas/progress. I would have liked to hear more about what she sees, more about the creatures and how they behave. The ending was too rushed, some of it make no sense. Like the hole in the ground that Nathan left Malorie in, why? I know these bunkers were mentioned earlier in the book but that part made no sense. I wanted a whole showdown with Gary! To know why he stalked them all these years and did nothing, then just bumped into them on the train 🤷 So now the world can start over with two way mirror glasses, which doesn't really make much sense either. The only thing it means is if the monsters can't see your eyes, only themselves, they cant affect you? I need more, i love the whole story from Bird box onwards but i need to know about how the world regenerates itself and also need to know if the guy at the petrol station ever gets to see his sister! Great review, thank you.

The most disturbing two books in the whole of English Literature are ‘Jude the Obscure’ by Thomas Hardy and ‘A Fine Balance’ by Rohinton Mistry. I was disturbed and depressed for a week after reading each of them. Masterful works, but be warned!

Gone Girl is a damn good book, but not disturbing at all.

this book does sound kinda neat but idk if its something i would go out of my way to read atm but it sounds like it has some cool ideas. hopefully the discord will be active again. i think after you took a break its going to take time for people to really come back

We appreciate your dedication and hard work. You'll always have our support.

I am so happy to know you've started posting regularly again -I love you so much and really look forward to your videos! I hope you're as well as you can be and thank you for continuing to do these ❤❤❤❤

I have "Full Dark, No Stars", and I too really liked "The Good Marriage". Still a story I think about today, and the pacing was really good for a shorter story. Also liked "Mr. Mercedes" a lot. Picked it up at Ollie's a couple years ago and read it, and was surprised because I know his later writing can be kind of polarizing in terms of the quality--you either really enjoy it or hate it. But I thought it was a strong introductory novel for the series and a good read overall. Been meaning to get to "Revival" since I've heard so many great things, might be next on my list. Also excited to hear about what else you wanna do with the channel. Will definitely stay tuned.

I’ve only seen Mr. Mercedes S1, but it was solid. Much better than expected. It’s streaming on Peacock.

We will always support you no matter what. Keep working hard.

Yes! Mr. Mercedes tv show is surprisingly very good! It's got Brendan Gleeson as Bill, and does an incredible performance. Also, same goes with Justine Lupe who portayed the perfect Holly. That's who I envision as Holly for every book she appears since.

i cant wait to get to 11/22/63 and the bill hodges trilogy. i have read Revival pretty recently and it was really good and yes the ending was absolute nutty in the best way

There is another short story that ties into this book. Last story in growing things-Paul T.

Good list dude. I have read all of these ( cept cows) and agree with all

How come noone reads Don Quixote anymore, considered by readers and scholars to be the greatest novel ever written.

You gotta check out Democracy Jones: 7/13, unhinged and off the rails, but so smart

I'm super excited for the SGJ series. I have a headstart with My Heart is A Chainsaw, so now I have an excuse to finally pick up Don't Fear The Reaper.

I tried to like this one, and for the first half or so I did, but ended up losing interest and DNFing, which sucks because I wanted to have something to contribute to the bookclub discourse, lol. Her writing style is interesting, but I think too much of it and it sort of loses its effectiveness. I liked the depraved relationship between Nick and Nakota, the way she keeps him sort of on a string and clearly uses him is an interesting relationship to base a book around. Strange stuff, this book, for sure. Regarding voting/versus you choosing the books, I like it when you choose, but maybe a mix of both would work for most viewers? I can't vote as I don't have a discord, but I don't mind if others do. Long as there are books being read, that's all I care about, lol.

I didn’t like this book at all. I actually ended up DNFing this one. With that said, I am excited for the book club starting back up and can’t wait to read the SGJ trilogy. I read The Only Good Indians and really enjoyed it.

hope to get to Kathe Koja sometime. Bad Brains is the one i wanted to try first but Cipher sounds really interesting to. im generally a slow reader so because of that i never done any book clubs with people but i always look forward to the reviews you put out

Love this review!! I just posted my own for Red Country (my first KZfaq video ever!) Let me know what you think! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f8eId7p6zdebnKs.htmlsi=h9WXh_fT9vIm6VjX

Literally just finished it without knowing it was the book for January. Was looking for a review/explanation and I’m glad you’ll be posting a video on it soon. It was so good!

I’m going to read Blood Meridian and The Road by McCarthy soon

For me it was American Psycho, House of Leaves, Invisible Monsters in that order.

The playground is disturbing that's my next read

Pretty Girls was building up to a great final that never happened, it was very anti-climatic IMO

You should do a ranking of your least favorite books.

The Long Walk is arguably my second favorite King after Wizard and Glass.

"Thinner" is one of his finest works, in my opinion. Fantastic plot, interesting characters, strong moral lesson--just a great piece all around.

Great ranking! The Long Walk, one of my favorites, was the first novel Stephen King actually wrote while he was still a student, which I think is kind of incredible. This was then published after Rage. I still need to read The Regulators and Desperation. The Running Man is great! Very interesting info on Misery. Annie Wilkes is truly one of Kings most terrifying creations.

Misery is my favourite! The long walk was also very good and I enjoyed reading it

the long walk is an all time favorite for me. im also the same with about both the running man movie and book. both are great for different reasons but i did wish the book was longer with more action scenes. i have not read the regulators yet but i find it to be intriguing for how crazy it gets and from the bits i know about it, it sounds like a crazy 90's anime OVA lol

Oh wow you did ALL the big life things!! Congratulations! & welcome back!!❤❤

Funnily enough with the ruins I’ve seen the movie adaptation