WrongIslander Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 American Psycho and I'm reading it now. If you've read it then you know what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brooksyd2 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I second you on that, American Pyscho is damn disturbing. It only reeaally hits you once you have finished it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nollaig Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 I read that and then had a sudden image of a book creeping down from a shelf in the dead of night, sneaking up to your sleeping form and going "Boo!" in a high pitched heliumesque voice! Don't say that, they could scare me much more subtley - they're all on a shelf over my bed, they could just collapse on me! DON'T GIVE THEM IDEAS! I must try American Psycho, see if it disturbs me. I doubt it though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Booth Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 Cell, Stephen King I could not even finish it but it played on my mind for months. I had to give it to my sister in the end cos I did not even want it in the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura-Jade Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Cell, Stephen King I could not even finish it but it played on my mind for months. I had to give it to my sister in the end cos I did not even want it in the house. I completely understand. It really resonated with me and has stuck with me since I read it. I also agree with the posters who mentioned American Psycho - what an amazing powerful book. I couldn't put it down! I'd also mention We Need To Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. One of my favourite books of all time, it raises some very interesting points and questions. The beginning was a little hard to get through, but the story really picked up from when Kevin was around toddler-age. You could sense the mother;s frustration. The end made me cry. Also, The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum. It was simply bone-chilling, the fact that, unlike Stephen King who I've often seen Ketchum compared to, the antagonists didn't have anything to do with the supernatural. It was the simple story of how humans can be so unhinged. Terrifying and brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Cell, Stephen King I could not even finish it but it played on my mind for months. I had to give it to my sister in the end cos I did not even want it in the house. OK, i am reading this next, i've been putting it off but that has swung it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 In my opinion King has many more disturbing novels than Cell, it is a good book but definitely not one of his hard hitting shockers. Perhaps because of the technology being so relevant to modern society it seems more rounded and aggressive than other tales though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I read IT a couple of months ago, i'm never going to a circus again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Oh i adore IT, there's a lot of the disturbing in that tale for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffin Nail Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Bridget Jones Diary. Another one for American Psycho and there were pages of Irvine Welsh's Glue that made me skip over. Eeeesh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vladd Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 I read IT a couple of months ago, i'm never going to a circus again. How to keep a birthday party quiet, show them IT then send in the clown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ned Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 How to keep a birthday party quiet, show them IT then send in the clown. Great idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Univerze Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Cell, Stephen King I could not even finish it but it played on my mind for months. I had to give it to my sister in the end cos I did not even want it in the house. Really? I read it partially, couldn't finish it, was kind of bored with it. How much can you read about people bashing in other people's heads really? I got annoyed with the chaos. Though I read the wikipedia article on it, and think I might have quit too soon.. still not too fascinated with the whole book though. Only picked it up in the first place cause it was apocalyptic. But it wasn't that disturbing, the bit I read at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookie Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I've read this book and didn't find it that disturbing, maybe that's just because I'm immune to the scary stuff now, I don't know. @ Univerze, it's not too bad once you get into it, maybe try again? In truth I can't think of any books that truly disturbed me, not in recent years anyway. I remember when I was younger there was a Goosebumps book about ventrilaquist dummies that freaked me out but I've never liked them anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawr Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 You thought Cell was disturbing, try Desperation by King Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Another one for American Psycho and there were pages of Irvine Welsh's Glue that made me skip over. I couldn't actually finish that book and I'm usually quite resilient when it comes to disturbing fiction Yack! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenKingman Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Has to be The Road by Cormac Mccarthy, it was so relentlessly dark and grim that it was almost upsetting at times to read. You just wanted the characters to find peace in the afterlife and not be damned to wander such hopeless plains of the earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola Booth Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 You thought Cell was disturbing, try Desperation by King I did read that a few years ago and did find it quite disturbing. I will never learn cos I did pick up and read a few more of his books after that. Have to say though the other one that stayed with me for a few weeks after was Misery. I watched the film years ago, think I was in my teens and loved it but when I read the book for the first time a few years ago, scared the life out of me. That was one sick lady!!! His older books were definitely the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenKingman Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 His older books were definitely the best! I agree with that. Even though i still love his modern books, for me the older classics have more resonance and lastability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runner Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 American Psycho by Bret Easton ellis is probably the most horrific book I have ever read.... The reviews speak for themselves.... Patrick Bateman is twenty-six and works on Wall Street; he is handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent. He is also a psychopath. Taking us to a head-on collision with America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceinwenn Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Simply because of the nature of the books (computer users being murdered because of their computer use), the 2 most disturbing books I have read are The Blue Nowhere & The Broken Window. Both are by Jeffery Deaver & scared the bejesus out of me because what happened in the books could soooooo easily happen in real life! So much so that I completely stopped using loyalty cards of ANY variety! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilona Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk has probably disturbed me the most out of all books I've read, if only for the story "Guts". Consequently, it is my favorite book from Palahniuk. 1984 really got to me as well, and I didn't actually read it. My English teacher would thoroughly explain all our assigned reading books, so being the lazy procrastinator I am, I never ended up reading any of them through. Nevertheless, hearing the events of this book caused a few sleepless nights. I have a feeling I'll be able to add House of Leaves to this as well once I finish it - I'm not even far into it and it's already terrifying me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reid Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 for me it was Messiah by Boris Starling, the one which was made into a TV programme. The really upsetting thing about it was the way the viewpoint changes as the book progresses. It starts by describing the murder scene in a rather clinical way as found by the main character, who is a detective. then, later on in the book the view point switches to the murderer's mind whilst committing the act. this in itself was rather disturbing, but the worst part was when the viewpoint switched again, horrendously to that of the victim, starting when they wake up in the murderer's lair, and the realisation of what is about to happen, and the thoughts they are having as the murder is committed. The author lets no thought be omitted, and the true horror is unavoidable when you are placed inside the victim's mind. I had to put the book down a few times and take deep breaths. I found it far more disturbing than any supernatural horror, as i was forced to contemplate that these things really do go on in the real world. I shant be reading any of his books again!! Brilliantly descriptive writer but not my idea of an enjoyable read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arewenearlythere Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 H.P. Lovecraft always stays with me because his short stories are so powerful; from the ramblings of a crazy man being persued by a crazy sea monster (Dagon) to mice in the wall. I can't remember the name but the story where the protagonist goes into a jungle to learn of his lost lineage was an ultimate shocker for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruth Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 American Psycho is one of my very favourite books ever, and also one of the most disturbing I have ever read. It's the only book I wasn't able to read in bed, because I found it too scary! The Handmaid's Tale is also extremely disturbing in an entirely different way. Another of my all time favourites. In fact, looking at my list of favourite books, I notice that a fair few of them could be classed as disturbing - don't know what that says about me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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