The reason why truck kills in Pet Sematary are significant is because Louis's house is situated near a highway, which is frequented by speeding trucks. Therefore, due to Louis's carelessness, the cat dies, and a few months later, his son Gage also dies because of a forthcoming truck. The book is also inspired by a real life incident experienced by King, when his son almost got run over by a truck, like Gage.
I was surprised that that Novel wasn't on tier one. Not to say anything about its content, but it is a novel that is used to teach in public schools and is very well known. And an iceberg is supposed to get more obscure as it goes down.
This video is amazing! I'll 100% check out some of these books later. One small note tho: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is striking and sad, but it's important to know that children during the Holocaust (on both sides of the fences) knew what was happening in the camps. The children of Nazis grew up hating the people on the other side of the fence, bc their parents certainly mentioned that they deserved to be there.
I've read my fair share of disturbing books over the years. Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door, a bunch of Holocaust books (Maus, Night, Man's Search for Meaning), Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu. The Road took me a whole year to read, what a sad story that was! My recommendations for disturbing literature include three underrated short story collections: Sick Things, Vile Things, and Necro Files. Pet Sematary, like most of King's novels, could've been a decent novella without all the padding! Does Stephen King get paid according to page count or something?
I saw the thumbnail for this video when I started reading The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. I thought, "It can't be that bad!" The thing is, Holocaust books always are. The Dollmaker of Krakow, another Holocaust book, has a fantasy element to it, and I still wasn't prepared for how dark it would be. Anyway, back to The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. I just finished it today. I was not ready for that ending. So I'm coming back to watch this.
You do know that it was adapted to the BIG screen and it is just as dark and heartbreaking as the book don’t you? In fact quite a few were adapted to the silver screen with an outcry over the content. I have seen a lot of these deprived movies and even though I am a extreme horror buff the real life depictions of these people I can only watch one and have to wait before I can stomach another one. I’m not kidding lol some of them are way the FU$K out there and deserve there reputations! Sometimes the back stories of how they even came about are more deprave sick and twisted than the actual 🍿 movies! Take 120 days of Salo the director was actually killed the day of the premiere by one of the actors because they could not handle being associated with the movie. Wow and yes if you haven’t seen it yet it’s as bad as they say it is!
I just watched an hour long video on this iceberg but he sped through the descriptions (still a good video, don’t get me wrong) So I’m glad to see someone go into a little more depth! Ready to hear about those that are lower lol
Love this video and learned some new books to read also. One thing to comment, in Pet Semetary honestly the son getting hit by a truck and still be terrifying. I am not a parent but I can see real fear in the idea of my child running out infront of a truck and being killed and it's terrifying because it's a realistic fear for any parent and could happen anytime in the real world. #StephenKing is brilliant not just for the fictional monsters he creates but also invoking the very real fears that would leave you looking over your shoulder when you close your book.
Hey thanks for this video. I was surprised how many of these books I've read. Check out a video of Truman Capote he was outspoken and witty to say the least 🙂
Our teacher showed us a clip of the last reel of the BW film of LoTF, I was about 9 or something. I was a bit traumatised by it, but when I realised my parents had the book, I just couldn't stop myself. Never go on a school jaunt if the choir's involved!
How is fight club on this list? It's one of my favorite books, but hardly "disturbing". Palahniuk's "lullaby" or "haunted" would easily be better options for this list.
The frightening part of holocaust books is that they actually often took place as described. Truly sad how cruel humans can at times be. Hope it never happens again but it most likely will.
Nobody's mentioned martin amis's earliest works " Dead Babies" and " Success" which introduced him to the world very much as the l'infant terrible before he eventually wound his way to intellectual emanant gris. These books will fuck you up and I ain't playin'. Nabokov's Ada was just as pervy as lolita as it's about an incestuous brother and sister who plot to make the baby sister part of a thrupple. Don't forget The End Of Alice and Geek Love, either. Honorable mention to The Collector, which depicts the inner monologues of both the demented incel kidnapper and his victim throughout her captivity. For the intellectuals among you, Kafka's Metamorphosis will instil in you a proper fear of capitalism run amok and some strangely ambivalent sympathies for vermin.
Better than I expected based on the size of your channel. I like that the summaries don't reveal too many details. I would prefer it as one part, especially since you can't see the full title. I also don't think (GRAPHIC CONTENT) is necessary in the title, especially since it's implied by the thumbnail. Feels click baity in a bad way 📝 As a note for Japanese names, A is always the short vowel sound so "ah oh yahmah" 青ao=blue 山yama=mountain.
Lolita was long and boring until the end something kind of diferrent happened, but it´s just a story of a man obsessed with a girl with 90% of the book are his pedophile thoughts.
The book was meant to shame pedos, but for some reason people saw it as a romance... I agree the book is quite boring, but it’s also interesting to see the inner workings of someone’s mind, and how they rationalize their taboo behavior/thoughts.
I'm only a minute in and when you mentioned the first tier and what could be in the blue skies my mind instantly went to those holocaust books I had to read in highschool.
Man they made "the boy in the striped pajamas" movie much much more soft. Of course I could be wrong, but with it making one of these lists it just seems that it would of been extremely toned down
From what I remember. The book was also toned down. The horro doesn’t happen till the ending. I actually didn’t like the story, and agree with the criticisms it received.
i saw novel on a lpwer level called the drift and im like its not that bad at all. The girls he adored was gross af The boy in stryped pajamas could never happen because the familie were unaware what was happing and you couldnt hang out by a gate or any fence
Is it fucked up that I love how Lolita is written? Yes I know the content is questionable but goddamit. The way it's written is beautiful! Adoring the way something is written doesn't mean it's a condoning of content in said written work. Remember that in your reading journey and you'll go far. If anyone wants to read Nabokov but you're uncomfortable by the questionable content. Check out Invitation To A Beheading or The Luzchen Defence or King, Queen, Knave. Nabokov wrote other things besides Lolita and I hate that Lolita's existence as a book overshadows the rest of his bibliography. *coughs* Apologies for going into a rant. Palahniuk is pronounced paul-eh-nuck. I personally don't think that Fight Club is the most disturbing he thing he wrote. That honor would go to Haunted. Which has the short story Guts. All I'm gonna say on that story is carrots go into places where they don't need to be. The Road is a good starting point. If you want to get into Cormac McCarthy being disturbing. And no, I'm not including No Country For Old Men as being disturbing. It's more of a crime/drug money thriller. No Country For Old Men is a great starting place for getting into McCarthy's writing in general. If anyone wants McCarthy being super disturbing with his writing. Check out Child Of God or Blood Meridian. Just, heads up. In Blood Meridian, the violence is described in graphic detail and it's more violent than American Psycho (somehow) but not as violent as Berserk. And I'm not spoiling Child Of God. But know that weird stuff happens to cadavers. 1984 is only disturbing if you're heavily into political theory and social commentary. And that's all I'm gonna say on that as this probably opened a can of worms. Basically, I like that someone is covering a disturbing books iceberg.
Honestly lolita is one of my all time favourite books purely /because/ of how it's written. I could go on for ages about it honestly. What the publishing industry and the public at large /did/ to lolita is honestly infuriating xD
I love the way Lolita was written too. Especially the way Humbert says how his tongue reacts when he says Lo-Lee-Ta. It is something barely noticeable.
Nabokov actually put so much care into writing “Lolita.” It took him five years to craft the story in a way to make the subject matter look disturbing and not glorified. People sadly miss the point completely bc ew. Also remember this is video 1/3. Palahniuk DOES show up again with other titles. 1984 just depressed me. What depresses me more about is how it seems like people like to use it as a cudgel when the smallest thing doesn’t go their way. Didn’t get extra sauce? “Omg it’s literally ‘1984’!” I feel like most people who say that don’t realize 1984 is even a book!
I’m so sorry buddy but not even one of those titles or Arthur’s are quote/unquote disturbing ,(except Jack Ketchum The Girl Next Door) in any way ,shape or form or otherwise!! If you are going to go back in time were is Joe R.Landsdale Dive in 1 and 2 or Jack Ketchum Off -Season or Off -Spring or Dennis Miller’s SLOB or Chaingang? I mean really WTF little dude?!?!?! NOT EVEN one mention of EdWard Lee Big Head or Brian KEENE The Rising or Clickers which he co wrote with Gonzalez and Mark Williams!! I mean nothing about James Herbert The Rat’s or Lair or The Dark?!?! To each his own but my God in Heaven Junior no list is complete without The Exquisite Corpse by everyone’s favorite Transsexual POPPY Z. BRIGHT!!!! Hell even 120 Days of SOLO is old as in way back when. Okay that’s settled I’m going to get my copy of COWS and read it to my little boy for a night time story. Ya know something wholesome!
Agree, that iceberg seems to be made on a surface level, there are so many more depraved books out there that top even the bottom of the iceberg... Hopefully someone will make a better iceberg for somebody's review/breakdown.
Yeah but with respect to the creater of this video, he did not make the tier list. He's just going thru it and giving a brief on the books listed. He did well in that regard.
The reason why truck kills in Pet Sematary are significant is because Louis's house is situated near a highway, which is frequented by speeding trucks. Therefore, due to Louis's carelessness, the cat dies, and a few months later, his son Gage also dies because of a forthcoming truck. The book is also inspired by a real life incident experienced by King, when his son almost got run over by a truck, like Gage.
i read night for school and it hurt so bad. it was amazing, but god it was sad. one of the best holocaust novels.
I was surprised that that Novel wasn't on tier one. Not to say anything about its content, but it is a novel that is used to teach in public schools and is very well known. And an iceberg is supposed to get more obscure as it goes down.
Hannah Park fair point. it is very disturbing, however it could be more so to some then others depending on personal experiences.
Canadian school system? Same shit was depressing
I also read it during freshman year of high school!
Night was the first book to ever make me cry when I read it in high school.
I didn’t know how badly I needed this video until right now
This video is amazing! I'll 100% check out some of these books later.
One small note tho: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is striking and sad, but it's important to know that children during the Holocaust (on both sides of the fences) knew what was happening in the camps. The children of Nazis grew up hating the people on the other side of the fence, bc their parents certainly mentioned that they deserved to be there.
I've read my fair share of disturbing books over the years. Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door, a bunch of Holocaust books (Maus, Night, Man's Search for Meaning), Harlan Ellison's I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream, Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu. The Road took me a whole year to read, what a sad story that was!
My recommendations for disturbing literature include three underrated short story collections:
Sick Things, Vile Things, and Necro Files.
Pet Sematary, like most of King's novels, could've been a decent novella without all the padding! Does Stephen King get paid according to page count or something?
Not sure but 11/22/63 sure was a letdown by all the pointless padding. One of the few King novels where the padding was obvious and not good at all.
I saw the thumbnail for this video when I started reading The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. I thought, "It can't be that bad!" The thing is, Holocaust books always are. The Dollmaker of Krakow, another Holocaust book, has a fantasy element to it, and I still wasn't prepared for how dark it would be. Anyway, back to The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. I just finished it today. I was not ready for that ending. So I'm coming back to watch this.
You do know that it was adapted to the BIG screen and it is just as dark and heartbreaking as the book don’t you? In fact quite a few were adapted to the silver screen with an outcry over the content. I have seen a lot of these deprived movies and even though I am a extreme horror buff the real life depictions of these people I can only watch one and have to wait before I can stomach another one. I’m not kidding lol some of them are way the FU$K out there and deserve there reputations! Sometimes the back stories of how they even came about are more deprave sick and twisted than the actual 🍿 movies! Take 120 days of Salo the director was actually killed the day of the premiere by one of the actors because they could not handle being associated with the movie. Wow and yes if you haven’t seen it yet it’s as bad as they say it is!
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I just watched an hour long video on this iceberg but he sped through the descriptions (still a good video, don’t get me wrong)
So I’m glad to see someone go into a little more depth! Ready to hear about those that are lower lol
this is underrated
Oooh gonna have to read some of these books!!🤔
Love this video and learned some new books to read also. One thing to comment, in Pet Semetary honestly the son getting hit by a truck and still be terrifying. I am not a parent but I can see real fear in the idea of my child running out infront of a truck and being killed and it's terrifying because it's a realistic fear for any parent and could happen anytime in the real world. #StephenKing is brilliant not just for the fictional monsters he creates but also invoking the very real fears that would leave you looking over your shoulder when you close your book.
Now I’m gonna go read all of them 🙃
I love this iceburg series! You should do more 😊
It's pronounced l-e we-sell
When you wear carhartt but can't do carhartt things
Currently attempting to read every single book on this iceberg. Currently at 79% with about 60 books to go.
Hey thanks for this video. I was surprised how many of these books I've read. Check out a video of Truman Capote he was outspoken and witty to say the least 🙂
The boy's name is pronounced Schmooly I'm pretty sure
I have just two words
- American Psycho
I love fight club ❤
Our teacher showed us a clip of the last reel of the BW film of LoTF, I was about 9 or something. I was a bit traumatised by it, but when I realised my parents had the book, I just couldn't stop myself. Never go on a school jaunt if the choir's involved!
How is fight club on this list? It's one of my favorite books, but hardly "disturbing". Palahniuk's "lullaby" or "haunted" would easily be better options for this list.
You've never seen Fight Club?? It's so good.
3:13 the reason for so many trucks is because pet semetary was based off a real life event where one of kings sons nearly got hit by a truck.
Lol Kapoat
1984 is not that scary
But lord of the flies 💀
Papi
Good video, but I think Stephen King is the only name you pronounced correctly.
The frightening part of holocaust books is that they actually often took place as described. Truly sad how cruel humans can at times be. Hope it never happens again but it most likely will.
It already has. Multiple times.
You’re really funny! Immediately subscribed. I can definitely see you blowing up soon
Nobody's mentioned martin amis's earliest works " Dead Babies" and " Success" which introduced him to the world very much as the l'infant terrible before he eventually wound his way to intellectual emanant gris. These books will fuck you up and I ain't playin'.
Nabokov's Ada was just as pervy as lolita as it's about an incestuous brother and sister who plot to make the baby sister part of a thrupple.
Don't forget The End Of Alice and Geek Love, either.
Honorable mention to The Collector, which depicts the inner monologues of both the demented incel kidnapper and his victim throughout her captivity.
For the intellectuals among you, Kafka's Metamorphosis will instil in you a proper fear of capitalism run amok and some strangely ambivalent sympathies for vermin.
Legit thought that was a wendigoon thumbnail
Despite how utterly depressing The Road is, I'm just glad the son was taken in by a genuinely good family.
blood meridian just as good
Better than I expected based on the size of your channel.
I like that the summaries don't reveal too many details. I would prefer it as one part, especially since you can't see the full title. I also don't think (GRAPHIC CONTENT) is necessary in the title, especially since it's implied by the thumbnail. Feels click baity in a bad way
📝 As a note for Japanese names, A is always the short vowel sound so "ah oh yahmah" 青ao=blue 山yama=mountain.
Lolita was long and boring until the end something kind of diferrent happened, but it´s just a story of a man obsessed with a girl with 90% of the book are his pedophile thoughts.
The book was meant to shame pedos, but for some reason people saw it as a romance...
I agree the book is quite boring, but it’s also interesting to see the inner workings of someone’s mind, and how they rationalize their taboo behavior/thoughts.
I'm only a minute in and when you mentioned the first tier and what could be in the blue skies my mind instantly went to those holocaust books I had to read in highschool.
Man they made "the boy in the striped pajamas" movie much much more soft. Of course I could be wrong, but with it making one of these lists it just seems that it would of been extremely toned down
From what I remember. The book was also toned down. The horro doesn’t happen till the ending. I actually didn’t like the story, and agree with the criticisms it received.
Did he really just spoil the ending of this book? Both kids get gassed at the end? Dang I actually wanted to read that book
You don’t think The Shining was disturbing enough to talk about? Have you read the book…?
I read The Shining in college and… it… is… haunting!
Bro I thought you had thousands of subs. I loved thiss. Lemme make channel art for you lol
Spoiler alert. Just saying.
Literally read all of these by 17 except for the true murder documentary, Hell House and Naked Lunch but watched the movie too young.
Bro! Don't you remember the first and second rules of fight club?
Jk I really liked the video.
Also put a link to the next part in the description!
Can’t wait to check these out! I feel like I’m the only person that found The Road to be kinda boring.
Love your content! I wish it was longer or in playlists so I can listen to them in the background..
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i saw novel on a lpwer level called the drift and im like its not that bad at all. The girls he adored was gross af The boy in stryped pajamas could never happen because the familie were unaware what was happing and you couldnt hang out by a gate or any fence
I mean, Pet Sematary came out before it happened, but Stephen King was actually hit by a car and almost died.
the “e” is not silent in truman capote
"Wiesel" is pronounced "vai-sill", I think.
Great video but its pronounced ellie wai-zel
Have you read all of these?
Dude where did you go?!
Is it fucked up that I love how Lolita is written? Yes I know the content is questionable but goddamit. The way it's written is beautiful! Adoring the way something is written doesn't mean it's a condoning of content in said written work. Remember that in your reading journey and you'll go far.
If anyone wants to read Nabokov but you're uncomfortable by the questionable content. Check out Invitation To A Beheading or The Luzchen Defence or King, Queen, Knave. Nabokov wrote other things besides Lolita and I hate that Lolita's existence as a book overshadows the rest of his bibliography.
*coughs* Apologies for going into a rant.
Palahniuk is pronounced paul-eh-nuck. I personally don't think that Fight Club is the most disturbing he thing he wrote. That honor would go to Haunted. Which has the short story Guts. All I'm gonna say on that story is carrots go into places where they don't need to be.
The Road is a good starting point. If you want to get into Cormac McCarthy being disturbing. And no, I'm not including No Country For Old Men as being disturbing. It's more of a crime/drug money thriller. No Country For Old Men is a great starting place for getting into McCarthy's writing in general.
If anyone wants McCarthy being super disturbing with his writing. Check out Child Of God or Blood Meridian. Just, heads up. In Blood Meridian, the violence is described in graphic detail and it's more violent than American Psycho (somehow) but not as violent as Berserk. And I'm not spoiling Child Of God. But know that weird stuff happens to cadavers.
1984 is only disturbing if you're heavily into political theory and social commentary. And that's all I'm gonna say on that as this probably opened a can of worms.
Basically, I like that someone is covering a disturbing books iceberg.
Honestly lolita is one of my all time favourite books purely /because/ of how it's written. I could go on for ages about it honestly. What the publishing industry and the public at large /did/ to lolita is honestly infuriating xD
I love the way Lolita was written too. Especially the way Humbert says how his tongue reacts when he says Lo-Lee-Ta. It is something barely noticeable.
Nabokov actually put so much care into writing “Lolita.” It took him five years to craft the story in a way to make the subject matter look disturbing and not glorified. People sadly miss the point completely bc ew.
Also remember this is video 1/3. Palahniuk DOES show up again with other titles.
1984 just depressed me. What depresses me more about is how it seems like people like to use it as a cudgel when the smallest thing doesn’t go their way. Didn’t get extra sauce? “Omg it’s literally ‘1984’!” I feel like most people who say that don’t realize 1984 is even a book!
2:12 hey so was Amber Poo's dawg
I’m so sorry buddy but not even one of those titles or Arthur’s are quote/unquote disturbing ,(except Jack Ketchum The Girl Next Door) in any way ,shape or form or otherwise!! If you are going to go back in time were is Joe R.Landsdale Dive in 1 and 2 or Jack Ketchum Off -Season or Off -Spring or Dennis Miller’s SLOB or Chaingang? I mean really WTF little dude?!?!?! NOT EVEN one mention of EdWard Lee Big Head or Brian KEENE The Rising or Clickers which he co wrote with Gonzalez and Mark Williams!! I mean nothing about James Herbert The Rat’s or Lair or The Dark?!?!
To each his own but my God in Heaven Junior no list is complete without The Exquisite Corpse by everyone’s favorite Transsexual POPPY Z. BRIGHT!!!! Hell even 120 Days of SOLO is old as in way back when. Okay that’s settled I’m going to get my copy of COWS and read it to my little boy for a night time story. Ya know something wholesome!
Agree, that iceberg seems to be made on a surface level, there are so many more depraved books out there that top even the bottom of the iceberg... Hopefully someone will make a better iceberg for somebody's review/breakdown.
Yeah but with respect to the creater of this video, he did not make the tier list. He's just going thru it and giving a brief on the books listed. He did well in that regard.