Tell me about a book that disturbed, distressed, shocked, traumatized, or unsettled you in any way. Please elaborate on why it does.
The Handmaid’s Tale. I started reading it recently, but it’s too much like current events. I had to stop reading. (Haven’t seen the show, either.)
I would have to say American Psycho was pretty fucked up and I don’t think I see it mentioned yet. Way more intense than the movie because it’s a much deeper character study. But man that Patrick Bateman has some fucking crazy thoughts
Tokyo Doesn’t Love Us Anymore was pretty dark at times. Vurt has furry incest so… yeah.
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy I found it so unsettling I had to stop reading it.
I read the blind owl recently. Not 100% sure I understood it but it left me feeling very uncomfortable Also, lapvona but some else already mentioned that.
Deaths End by Cixin Liu
Don’t get me wrong, it’s fantastic. I love this book. But its also deeply depressing. It’s a kind of existential horror that just builds and builds through the whole series and culminates in this book.
