Hi I like your book review I'm reading The Collector at the moment, and it's a very well written easy to read book. It was made in to a sixties movie with the great Terrence Stamp as the captive.
Brilliant video, I found We Need to Talk About Kevin difficult to get into as well, in fact I gave up on it 3/4 way through but ended up picking it back up months later and I am so glad I did. Definitely a must read.
Hello, was watching a video on the horror maze icebeg and searched for Cracked, saw your post about it and now I'm here! Use to read a lot but really fallen off the wagon a bit and just been bingeing movies and RUclips but after watching this at the start of the day, I am currently half through Less than Zero and about to start reading again now before bed. Thanks, had forgotten how much better I feel when I've been reading, but may also be feeling especially good as I've got a massive crush on you and think you are totally drop dead gorgeous! Either way, its book before bed, instead of staring at youtube till the early hours! Content or beauty you've made my day a lot better. Thank-you, Zobo.
I just found your channel. Thank you for the reviews and suggestions. I've been in the book business for the past 42 years and I love to hear what others are reading and into. Again, thank you. My "to be read" list just got longer!!! 😊
Utterly brilliant list! We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver is full of profound insights. The Collector by John Fowles is brilliantly creepy, the ultimate clash of class and personality. I look forward to reading Grotesque by Mark Foster (not to be confused with The Grotesque by Patrick McGrath, published in 1989), and also In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami. .
Give Lustmord: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher a try. Repulsive and truly nasty. Just might leave you with a month's worth of bad dreams. Ya got your heads-up.
I don't know if your into western books but will you try to review Blood Meridian by Cormac Mccarthy. It is one of the most violent bloodiest western book I've ever read. I will check out your recommendations 😊 . Thank you
Definitely! I listened to a podcast the other day about a murderer The Kansas City Butcher who used this book as his main source of inspo when killing...
I really enjoyed the collector mostly, but I couldn't finish it because John Fowles' narrative voice is just so grating. Even worse in his book Mantissa
An experiment: If you read In the Miso soup, or better if you reread it, try to imagine that Frank is a giant blow up doll and that the narrator is actually a ventriloquist. Some things will start to make a lot more sense. Keep in mind: The doll is American. The ventriloquist is Japanese and he is mocking American tourists.
@@zobowithashotgun the more I reflect on it, I'd have to say it has been one of the books that has had the most impact on the way I view the world. You're in for a wonderful, slightly strange, treat. Also, you should revisit the movie Martyrs after reading it. I have no doubt the creators of that film have read Eroticism
I will have to add We Need to Talk About Kevin in my wishlist. It's true, being a mom isn't all sunshine and rainbows, but I will say rewarding. No one said it would be easy nor is there a guide out there to help because every child is unique and I wish parents would stop trying to make one sibling like the other. I love the sameness and differences in both my boys. My oldest is why, but can be outgoing, plus he will be my artistic one since he is very good at drawing and my youngest is talkative, a natural at sports, and might be my little rocker. Both will be bookworms.
Im having a hard time reading in the miso soup. It feels like im slogging through it, hoping and waiting for it to pick up some speed. I hope it doesnt go into my dnf pile.
Hi, came across you via the EoH podcast. Thank you so much for this disturbing books list. I find it hard finding new stuff that goes into extremes as most recommendations will list mostly just the classic (which are still great too). I checked out Grotesque after watching your video and thought it was really good entertainment, looking forward to reading or listening to the other too 😀
Good old EoH - best podcast! I've always found it hard to find genuinely disturbing books hence why I thought i would share. Glad you enjoyed Grotesque :) x
My girlfriend got me _In The Miso Soup_ because I really liked _Piercing_ by the same author. I haven't gotten around to starting it, but I guess I should now. A book that I really like is _Unwind._ A messed up story about kids being sent to harvest camps where they get their organs taken. Since their organs are still being used they technically are still living. Kinda poking at the ongoing argument between pro-life and pro-choice.
It takes a lot to scare me. I watched the best horror movies while laughing and munching on chips. There is one story which actually scared me years ago. It is called "To Have and to Hold" by Gary Brandner, who passed away in 2013. A story written rather sexily, depicts how a man is having sex with his wife. In the end of the story, it is revealed that his wife actually was murdered by him one month before and he has been making love to her decaying corpse for some time. That shit really scared me. I love this list. I've got Story of the Eye and would love to collect the rest. Thank you. Edit: Being a holder of a master's degree in English literature, it's a sin on my part to make silly grammatical mistakes. I've corrected them. Sorry for the inconvenience caused. Thank you.
I've seen the movie We need to talk about Kevin so now I might have to check out the book. many of these books. I hadn't heard of so I'll have to see if I can get them. I just read the girl next store and Oh my God. There's one scene in that book in particular near towards the end of the book that I'm still thinking about. it's one of those that will surely stay with you. You may have read it but for those who haven't and who like disturbing horror, you might like it. was a good book though but very disturbing. Great video!
😆 I've JUST found your channel. Loving your blunt & brutal swear filled 🤬 review. Very refreshing for Booktube which is normally very careful with the wording, to avoid being demonitised! 📚. Instant subscribe! 👍🏻
Have you read any Edward Lee? If not may I suggest his novels "The Pig/The House", "Going Monstering", or "The Big Head" These books are extremely messed up.
In your description of ‘we need to talk about kevin’, I thought, hey, not just motherhood, fatherhood can be equally hard, traumatic and devastating in the way you describe. Felt complied to say that x
@@themidnightpoetryclub7663 I think it’s referring to how she said she “couldn’t do the math”, referring to how many years ago the book was written. Just meant to be a joke.
Dereksmallsuk Have some balls and just say what you mean. You want to see more flesh. It's fine. You don't have to comment about it though. Some of the books mentioned will help with that.
beautiful collection of art/posters on the wall there. You really know someone has the interest to really look around and find some obscure stuff when they've got Nekromantik poster(s) lol Not exactly mainstream.
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The Engish accent is always so elegant. Doesn't matter what is being said, it sounds posh.
I'll take that! x
You haven't heard much English people speak huh?
There are about 12 different English accents lol, most are the absolute opposite of posh, innit!
I lot of booktubers wouldnt talk about some of these selections youre showing us and i appreciate your reccomendations
Hi I like your book review I'm reading The Collector at the moment, and it's a very well written easy to read book.
It was made in to a sixties movie with the great Terrence Stamp as the captive.
I was eating spaghetti when I read the chapter “Guts” in Haunted
That was not the wisest choice haha!
I love The Collector. It's so captivating. I couldn't put it down when I was reading it.
Yes it really is a great read! x
One of my top 5
Brilliant video, I found We Need to Talk About Kevin difficult to get into as well, in fact I gave up on it 3/4 way through but ended up picking it back up months later and I am so glad I did. Definitely a must read.
Thank you! Interesting that we struggled but then loved it. I look forward to re-reading it!
The movie is great and disturbing!
Excellent list! I would definitely recommend “The Girl Next Door,” by Jack Ketchum, and the novella, “To Be Devoured,” by Sara Tantlinger.
The girl next door is black AF. Jack Ketchum slung some dark yarns.
Got The Girl Next Door delivered a week ago :) I will add the other too - thank you! x
@@zobowithashotgun I hope you end them!
I love how you don’t censor anything
FUCK THE CENSORS!
@@zobowithashotgun hell yeah
Hello, was watching a video on the horror maze icebeg and searched for Cracked, saw your post about it and now I'm here! Use to read a lot but really fallen off the wagon a bit and just been bingeing movies and RUclips but after watching this at the start of the day, I am currently half through Less than Zero and about to start reading again now before bed. Thanks, had forgotten how much better I feel when I've been reading, but may also be feeling especially good as I've got a massive crush on you and think you are totally drop dead gorgeous! Either way, its book before bed, instead of staring at youtube till the early hours! Content or beauty you've made my day a lot better. Thank-you, Zobo.
I just found your channel. Thank you for the reviews and suggestions. I've been in the book business for the past 42 years and I love to hear what others are reading and into. Again, thank you. My "to be read" list just got longer!!! 😊
I love your book lists and I've just added most of these to my Amazon wishlist! Thank you for sharing.
Thank YOU for watching! I can't wait to hear your thoughts on some of these :)
Utterly brilliant list! We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver is full of profound insights. The Collector by John Fowles is brilliantly creepy, the ultimate clash of class and personality. I look forward to reading Grotesque by Mark Foster (not to be confused with The Grotesque by Patrick McGrath, published in 1989), and also In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami. .
Give Lustmord: Anatomy of a Serial Butcher a try. Repulsive and truly nasty. Just might leave you with a month's worth of bad dreams. Ya got your heads-up.
I just discovered your facebook group and i found this channel later. Glad that both exist
So pleased you're in the FB group too, lovely to meet you! Amazing, glad this content is of interest to you! x
@@zobowithashotgun it is!! thank you!
I don't know if your into western books but will you try to review Blood Meridian by Cormac Mccarthy. It is one of the most violent bloodiest western book I've ever read. I will check out your recommendations 😊 . Thank you
I’m destroying Shakespeare’s legacy and you’re welcome to come watch me do it.
Interesting list... Thanks!
The Collector is one of my favourite books ever. I love. Scary and weird and uncomfortable but so well written.
Definitely! I listened to a podcast the other day about a murderer The Kansas City Butcher who used this book as his main source of inspo when killing...
Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom. Just try to stomach this book. It's truly horrible!
If you really want a disturbing book. Read The exorcist. I had nightmares for a week after reading that book. It's that scary
Will give it a read! x
@@zobowithashotgun Who the fack will read the stupid book when one can watch the movie?
Have you read Paperbacks From Hell?
Give "The Troop" a try if you want disturbing. Nick Cutter.
Thank you thank you - I'll definitely give this one a go!
I really enjoyed the collector mostly, but I couldn't finish it because John Fowles' narrative voice is just so grating. Even worse in his book Mantissa
I did find the narrative a little tough at times but managed to enjoy it in the end!
Awesome video !! Have you read exquisite corpse by poppy z brite ? Currently reading that and it seems to be just up your alley! New sub 👏🏼🔥😋
Yes I have! I covered it in another video and I loveeeeeddddd it! Thanks for subbing x
There's probably about a dozen movies loosely and directly based on The Collector, in fact i think there's a new one coming out fairly soon.
Yeah there's a few!
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Zobo, wit has hot gun
Full Brutal by Kristopher Triana. The Header series by Edward Lee.
Me thinking disturbing: oh yeah like gore and blood
This video disturbing: oh yeah lime pissing and putting things in holes lol great recommendations!
Loved 'Story of the Eye!'
Me too Keith! I'm really into Bataille at the mo x
An experiment:
If you read In the Miso soup,
or better if you reread it, try to imagine that Frank is a giant blow up doll and that the narrator is actually a ventriloquist. Some things will start to make a lot more sense.
Keep in mind: The doll is American. The ventriloquist is Japanese and he is mocking American tourists.
Have you ever come across Kin by Kealan Patrick Burke or Brother by Ania Ahlborn? Both were amazing, cringey body horror and memorable.
I have not, so I'll add them to my list, thank you :) x
@@zobowithashotgun be warned, very horror and very, very good. Page turners
I couldn’t finish We Need To Talk About Kevin. I got to the eyeball thing and quite
Batailles book Eroticism unlocks the meaning of all of his fiction. Worth reading and then returning to his work
Currently on my to-read pile!
@@zobowithashotgun the more I reflect on it, I'd have to say it has been one of the books that has had the most impact on the way I view the world. You're in for a wonderful, slightly strange, treat. Also, you should revisit the movie Martyrs after reading it. I have no doubt the creators of that film have read Eroticism
I will have to add We Need to Talk About Kevin in my wishlist. It's true, being a mom isn't all sunshine and rainbows, but I will say rewarding. No one said it would be easy nor is there a guide out there to help because every child is unique and I wish parents would stop trying to make one sibling like the other. I love the sameness and differences in both my boys. My oldest is why, but can be outgoing, plus he will be my artistic one since he is very good at drawing and my youngest is talkative, a natural at sports, and might be my little rocker. Both will be bookworms.
Hope you enjoy the book Erika :) x
Im having a hard time reading in the miso soup. It feels like im slogging through it, hoping and waiting for it to pick up some speed. I hope it doesnt go into my dnf pile.
I feel like that with some books sometimes, and I always feel like leaving them for a while and coming back to them ina. different frame of mind :)
Bataille is not horror, wtf. He is the god of erotism
Hi, came across you via the EoH podcast. Thank you so much for this disturbing books list. I find it hard finding new stuff that goes into extremes as most recommendations will list mostly just the classic (which are still great too). I checked out Grotesque after watching your video and thought it was really good entertainment, looking forward to reading or listening to the other too 😀
Good old EoH - best podcast! I've always found it hard to find genuinely disturbing books hence why I thought i would share. Glad you enjoyed Grotesque :) x
Just ordered “The Collector” for my girlfriend, thank you for the suggestions @zobowithashotgun
I hope she loves it! I WISH for a bf that buys me fucked up books ha.
Hello I absolutely love books, just discovered your channel. Now I am very happy 😊
My girlfriend got me _In The Miso Soup_ because I really liked _Piercing_ by the same author. I haven't gotten around to starting it, but I guess I should now. A book that I really like is _Unwind._ A messed up story about kids being sent to harvest camps where they get their organs taken. Since their organs are still being used they technically are still living. Kinda poking at the ongoing argument between pro-life and pro-choice.
I love the Unwind series!!
Love the background, I need to start reading horror again. Thank you for the video 😁
Thank you - I need to get some more posters! No worries, thanks for watching x
It takes a lot to scare me. I watched the best horror movies while laughing and munching on chips. There is one story which actually scared me years ago. It is called "To Have and to Hold" by Gary Brandner, who passed away in 2013. A story written rather sexily, depicts how a man is having sex with his wife. In the end of the story, it is revealed that his wife actually was murdered by him one month before and he has been making love to her decaying corpse for some time. That shit really scared me.
I love this list. I've got Story of the Eye and would love to collect the rest. Thank you.
Edit: Being a holder of a master's degree in English literature, it's a sin on my part to make silly grammatical mistakes. I've corrected them. Sorry for the inconvenience caused. Thank you.
I was about to looking it up, but then...huge spoiler. No, thank you 🙄
What's your opinion on Peter Sotos?
i read story of an eye after watching this and it’s been weeks now and i still have no words
You want disturbing try THE BIGHEAD by EDWARD LEE.
I just bought it and I'm struggling with it a little so will go back when I'm in the mood :)
Hi Zobowitchashotgun my name is Steven I am please too meet you I am from the uk
Hey Steven, lovely to meet you! x
Nice to see the Collector here. Such a good book!
It's getting a lot of love which is so good!
Great list! The Story of the Eye is already on my TBR. Actually just picked up Piercing.
Thank you! I still need to read Piercing! x
I've seen the movie We need to talk about Kevin so now I might have to check out the book. many of these books. I hadn't heard of so I'll have to see if I can get them. I just read the girl next store and Oh my God. There's one scene in that book in particular near towards the end of the book that I'm still thinking about. it's one of those that will surely stay with you. You may have read it but for those who haven't and who like disturbing horror, you might like it. was a good book though but very disturbing. Great video!
You should definitely check out the book! i actually haven't yet but it's just arrived last week so will be reading very, very soon
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Hahaha thanks Callum - I always try not to swear but it's so difficult! Pshhh I don't care about money, i just like swearing and reading :) x
I couldn’t even finish chapter one of “Grotesque” - it physically made me sick !
Yeah it's pretty damn grim! x
Have you read any Edward Lee? If not may I suggest his novels "The Pig/The House", "Going Monstering", or "The Big Head" These books are extremely messed up.
Haha reading Trolley No.1852 just now. Lee is great. Is it wrong to be somewhat aroused at some of the scenes in his work?
I've got Bighead but didn't get into it, so I will revisit at some point
Have you read The Bighead by Edward Lee?
I started it and couldn't get into it so will go back at some point!
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Thank you Susan! x
The film is called the butterfly collector.
Thank you Sandra!
Ryu also stars in audition and suicide club etc..
Oh I didn't know that!
I loved your so honest review lol new sub!
I always try my best to be honest! x
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Thanks Jeff!
In your description of ‘we need to talk about kevin’, I thought, hey, not just motherhood, fatherhood can be equally hard, traumatic and devastating in the way you describe. Felt complied to say that x
Is that accent Cockney?
Nope! I'm from Hertfordshire in England :)
@@zobowithashotgun how many accents are there in England?
The Laws of the Skies - Gregoire Courtois. It’s a modern version of Lord of the Flies at a camp. Gruesome but very well written.
New to the channel, great job. But had to laugh when you mentioned the book published in 1928....it's 2021....come on, you can do this!
No idea what you mean! BUT thank you for watching :)
H B. Are you trying to imply that classic literature is irrelevant because "it's the current year"?
@@themidnightpoetryclub7663 I think it’s referring to how she said she “couldn’t do the math”, referring to how many years ago the book was written. Just meant to be a joke.
Lol....why wear the jumper?
1. It's not a jumper
2. Why comment on a woman's clothing that doesn't matter to you at all? Please refrain from commenting on how I dress hun.
@@zobowithashotgun1. it's a jumper. 2. Because I can. Too late ,already did babe!
You’re a pretty weird guy
Lol.... why be a huge creep?
Dereksmallsuk Have some balls and just say what you mean. You want to see more flesh. It's fine. You don't have to comment about it though. Some of the books mentioned will help with that.
beautiful collection of art/posters on the wall there. You really know someone has the interest to really look around and find some obscure stuff when they've got Nekromantik poster(s) lol Not exactly mainstream.
HAHAHA I also have a Nekromantik tattoo!
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