I greatly enjoy Aaron Beauregard's intelligent style, his character development and his build-up of plot and extreme actions. The steps of an evil that resurrects the ghastly memories she so desperately tried to wash away. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 February 2021, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 October 2022. Click here to purchase your copy of THE SLOB! It's when the book hits its 45-50% marker that things get nasty.I, as well as a lot of you in here, I'm sure, don't really wince at horror anymore. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("signedin", "false"); Admittedly, the tone is not always stable. Yes, this was graphic, but if properly described, I can handle much worse. 28 Jul 2021. The reviews I saw had people saying it made them throw up and I thought, theres just no way.. This is a place to discuss horror literature. : A well written book that is worth a read. [CDATA[ Do you want your horror leaking bodily fluids all over the page yet also written with intelligence and a character you care about? Nothing will prepare you for the nastiness, disorder and sickening horror brought forth by The Slob. Link below. The first-person perspective is brilliantly conversational, the character entertaining, relatable, and evocative. setDisplayBids: function() {}, Capturing and disposing of young women for his own pleasure and an undisclosed reason, he meets his match in personal hell. Nothing will prepare you for the nastiness, disorder, and sickening horror brought forth bythe Slob. Her biography runs into a marriage to paralysed Vietnam veteran Daniel, who she originally courted with sick jokes about cannibalism and strokes; this entire life story is narrated by Vera narrates with lashings of observational humour. I cant imagine what the narrator went through reading this. I finished a few shorter stories that Ive been working on and had another arm-wrestling practice. To quote the book, No one knows how the seemingly minor choices they make will come to affect them. When Vera becomes a salesman herself, she has no idea of the danger shes put herself into. With seemingly thousands of people looking for the most extreme in extreme horror, he is a people pleaser. It was about a teenager who couldn't score the. Its not an experiment of the form, its not to achieve a single reaction (revulsion), its not clever. It is so good and if you want to be disturbed while secretly loving it, check it out. So why do I do this to myself? }); Reader discretion is advised. If you want good writing, and youre a woman who doesnt want to feel the authors hatred for your sex radiating off the page for you as you read give this a wide berth. function q(c, r) { for(var i=0; i if (window.Mobvious === undefined) { I expected something terrible to happen to her pregnancy but DAMN. Needless to say, his parents were not thrilled by this tale and rather than acknowledging his creative genius suspected he might be a budding serial killer. Also, dont eat while reading it. This is definitely not for the faint hearted.. very graphic details! The book starts off slow then packs a punch like a motherfucker, leaving scenes in your brain that require immediate eye bleach. Get fucking dirty and read The Slob. (function() { Also, if anyone reads his stuff and is interested, I've just created a sub dedicated to him so check it out. His writing is dark and without boundaries and, as a result, he's won the Splatterpunk Award once after garnering 3 total nominations. We learn that this trait began during her childhood when she visited a friend and realised the squalor of her own home (There were places they could sit in their house Piles of clothing that would never be worn didnt comprise whole rooms No dead or dying mice emitting shrill cries of agony, twitching in insensitive traps); her troubled upbringing, sharing a family with a war-traumatised father and a sister with untreated bipolar disorder (We were just entering the 70s and mental health and its myriad of deficiencies were still mostly a mystery); the personal trauma of cleaning up the aftermath of her sisters gunshot suicide (I felt queasy looking at the mashup of tissue strewn about; there was even still one of Lisas eyeballs surrounded by meaty slop and wedged inside the partially cracked heating vent). Something went wrong. url = "https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/mobile/phone_hd_images-2b89833762f600506d44865a33582d11.css"; I see this authors name everywhere I go now so knew it was time I tried him out. } catch (err) { holy shit he is". There were parts that had me literally gagging and a certain part that had me tear up with emotion. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. I needn't have worried though. "ObfuscatedMarketplaceId": "A1PQBFHBHS6YH1" The imagery that Bazterrica wrote with such detail had me wanting something new to read with just as much detail during gruesome scenes, or even more detail than what was needed. After a long hiatus of not reading due to some stressors in my personal life, I finally picked up a book ("Tender is the Flesh" by Augustina Bazterrica) and started reading again. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. It has an underlying tone of psychological horror, a solid backstory, and a strong, vivid main character. Pretty sure I would get banned if I started explaining everything in detail that happens , Can someone please tell me where I can read it for free I cant find it anywhere , Save $4 and get it from Amazon or Google books. I really enjoyed this book and will definitely be working through the rest of the authors back catalog. Everything seems to be going well for her, the nastiness that was her childhood a distant memory until a door-to-door salesman inadvertently changes her life forever. q("f", arguments) (LogOut/ Cookie Notice Wow! Vera has knocked on the wrong door, and she is going to pay a price for it. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations. You know when you can just tell something is done wrong because youve seen it done right before? Aron Beauregard was born in Central Falls, Rhode Island. in Central Falls , The United States. The gore in American Psycho is worse. var cookie = cookies[i]; I had some laugh out loud moments where I probably wasn't supposed to. This is where it was suggested to me to look into Aron Beauregard's "The Slob". I feel nothing for it. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Are you a fan of the sick, twisted, or demented? But wasn't. } I am in..I'm 100% firmly in the Aron Beauregard fan club.. US$15.47. (LogOut/ Free delivery worldwide on over 20 million titles. Maybe Dr. Guyver could prescribe me something to stop the dreams. a[a9]._Q.push([c, r]) Brutal to the core, The Slob will test even the most ardent lover of extreme horrors stamina and tolerance. Try again. Thanks for reading! if(cookiePair[0] === name) { The torso and limbs had been divided up like pizza in a first-grade math problem. Very well said! "You cant change what cloth youve been cut from but you can at least try to wash it.". Unable to add item to Wish List. Gave it 4 because I thought it was too short and the ending was too abrupt. Some of the guys think Im ready for my first tournament, but Im not sure Im ready yet. If you're a fan of splatter plunk and extreme horror, this is a MUST READ! Would I read it again? The bar has been set. Book review: How to Sell a Haunted House by GradyHendrix. The ending was so random that it seemed as though he was just looking for an excuse to add some extra last-minute bigotry. 'The Slob' is not extreme horror, it's extreme violence. You got me sold on Beauregard, but imma go with Yellow, I like a good revenge story and I dont think I can really handle a splatter punk about a pregnant woman, Yes go for it, I'm about to reread it, I have a sample of one of his books that is a bunch of short stories. $14.95/month after 30 days. Still, The Slobs plot shows good enough construction for it to survive the occasional misstep. But such a pat summary does little justice to just how engagingly twisted this book is. There were parts that had me literally gagging and a certain part that had me tear up with emotion. She takes a stab at the booming door-to-door vacuum sales business of 1988. Plausible concepts are a huge plus, but psychological horror in any setting is fantastic. Honestly I wouldn't bother. He's been writing horror since the 6th grade when his parents discovered a short story titled "Zombie Child" wedged in the back pocket of his dirty acid-washed jeans. The stuff this guy comes up with is just amazing and terrible and I'm begging some of you guys to read them so we can discuss! This review is the opinions of Kirstie, the human. He's been writing horror since the 6th grade and has now released over 20 books. https://www.amazon.com/Slob-Aron-Beauregard-ebook/dp/B08NT3DXSC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=slob+by+aaron&qid=1624494013&s=books&sr=1-1, Horror Bookworm Spotlights JohnBaltisberger, American Cannibal edited by RebeccaRowland, Zombie Cheerleaders On LSD by PeterCaffrey, Tales To Make You Vomit: Savage Headhunters by J. ManfredWeichsel, Ooze: Little Bursts Of Body Horror edited by Ruth AnnaEvans, The Insatiable Hunger Of Trees by SamanthaEaton, We All Fall Before The Harvest by C.M. Needless to say, his parents were not thrilled by this tale and rather than acknowledging his creative genius suspected he might be a budding serial killer. It was brutal, nauseating and exceptionally well written. And then it wasn't.Wasn't really horror or thrilling. : throw new Error("could not load device-specific stylesheet : " + err.message); Both women have their own dedicated rape scenes, and objectification is taken to the extreme with one womans oral lips being sewn to her lady lips. The amount of effort and time that is spent during these scenes describing everything in intimate detail from The Slobs genitals to the womans injuries shows an obsessive approach to this violence. I enjoyed this book a lot and will be buying the second. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Press J to jump to the feed. [CDATA[ Vera employs the same tone of voice to describe the horrors within his home: Figuring out what was connected to what was hardly as simple as the childrens song so many of us knew by heart. Dont be curious, dont try to measure your own exposure to graphic horror against this writing.