Most Disturbing Books

Moomin_Mama: The pig-hunting scene.

Moomin_Mama: Rats, cheese and broken glass...

Moomin_Mama: The images in Renton's mind while shagging his sister-in-law were too much for the film version, I guess.

Moomin_Mama: "We are the dead".

Moomin_Mama: The overall idea and the sadness of it all.

Moomin_Mama: Judge Holden

Moomin_Mama: A new use for a Resusci Anne, and something about a miscarried foetus...

Moomin_Mama: Blowing up bunny.

Moomin_Mama: Played on my mind long after reading.

Moomin_Mama: Moshe the Beadle's story, and the arrival in Aushwitz.

Moomin_Mama: When all is revealed to the reader...

Moomin_Mama: Shock for the sake of shock, objectifying women in the same way as porno. This is where I stopped reading Irvine Welsh.

Moomin_Mama: The scurfy, flaky skin on the young girl's shoulders and chest - this book is Filth alright.

cej1027: The part about mutilating the dead bodies of war enemies freaked me out. Partly because I was in the middle of eating lunch when I got to that bit.

dara85: How could anyone be so calculating, manipulating and vengeful?

cej1027: This book will be one of my favorites, but it's still very upsetting. The POV is animal research victims.

Moomin_Mama: The threat of execution hanging over the brothers, and the ways in which this was attempted, were horrifying.

Moomin_Mama: The scene with the guard dog seemed gratuitous and unnecessary - yeah yeah, I know it's Irvine Welsh but still...

Moomin_Mama: About the damage wreaked by sexual abuse. Pulls no punches.

KimarieBee: It was the afterword that was truly disturbing

Moomin_Mama: The hot poker, and the lasting psychological damage to all involved.

cej1027: The demon imagery here bugged me for weeks.

RuMuse: A great and psychologically gripping book that is disturbing as hell to read. Controversial winner of the Booker Prize in 1985.

Moomin_Mama: Poor Oyster Boy!

cej1027: I try really hard not to think about this book.

cej1027: Not for the reason you'd think. The blonde hair worship really p***ed me off after a while.

cej1027: I stopped reading when I got to the incest part.

cej1027: I stopped reading when it insinuated that casual sex is empowering to women.

Moomin_Mama: Vile, vile, vile man, childish, self-absorbed and selfish.

Moomin_Mama: The poor couple being so badly prepared for nuclear war.

Moomin_Mama: Strange, nightmarish memories of a sister's fate. What's worse is this seems to have been written with a questionable agenda.