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Most disturbing novel you have read lately?
rynne:
Yeah, one chapter of the Judge is more terrifying than the total of The Road. The thing about the Judge isn't just that he's evil—it's that he's ingeniously, meticulously evil. There is nothing about him that is not exquisitely calculated and unremittingly ruthless.
KvP:
As an aside, if you've read Blood Meridian there's a lengthy lecture about the literary depth of the book and the biblical style in which it was written posted on Youtube by Yale University. Interesting, but spoilerific.
ashashash:
House of Leaves scared the hell out of me, but it didn't really disturb me. I found Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk kind of disturbing but honestly, his writing doesn't capture me enough to have any kind of lasting affect.
That said, the first thing I thought of when I saw the title for this thread was A Clockwork Orange. It may not be as over the top gruesome as Haunted but it stuck with me a lot more - the characters are a lot more fleshed out and the writing is phenomenal.
And it's been a while since I've read Lolita but yeah, that was an incredibly disturbing book. It was beautifully written, but very, very hard to read just because it was so intense.
Catacombs:
I saw House of Leaves mentioned a few times on here. A friend of mine just showed me a quote from the book, and after a little research it sounds like something I might enjoy. I don't read much but is it worth picking up?
rynne:
--- Quote from: KvP on 25 Oct 2009, 19:06 ---As an aside, if you've read Blood Meridian there's a lengthy lecture about the literary depth of the book and the biblical style in which it was written posted on Youtube by Yale University. Interesting, but spoilerific.
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Cool, I will have to check that out.
--- Quote from: ashashash on 27 Oct 2009, 18:37 ---House of Leaves scared the hell out of me, but it didn't really disturb me.
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House of Leaves strikes me as a very Lovecraftian story in the way that the house is simply beyond any kind of human explanation or comprehension.
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