Most Disturbing Books
- Description
- Add/vote for books that disturbed you in some way, whether it was the overall tone of the book or just one or two tasteless scenes.
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- 13 Members
- hipdeep, generalkala, SqueakyChu, Moomin_Mama, souloftherose, thecoroner, martensgirl, alex68, Bluewolf0411, ahef1963, jeffza, bcrowl399, Bwoo67
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: The pig-hunting scene.
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- 9 Members
- SqueakyChu, Moomin_Mama, thecoroner, martensgirl, alex68, jeffza, dwherring, Bwoo67, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: Rats, cheese and broken glass...
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- 8 Members
- SqueakyChu, Moomin_Mama, blackdove07, thecoroner, lewbs, martensgirl, alex68, Bwoo67
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: The images in Renton's mind while shagging his sister-in-law were too much for the film version, I guess.
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18,226 members
453 reviews
3.9
Score 7
Added 2013-08-22, 03:17 PM
- 7 Members
- KimarieBee, blackdove07, martensgirl, alex68, ahef1963, bcrowl399, Bwoo67
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- 6 Members
- Moomin_Mama, lewbs, martensgirl, alex68, Bluewolf0411, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: "We are the dead".
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- 5 Members
- Moomin_Mama, lewbs, alex68, Bwoo67, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: The overall idea and the sadness of it all.
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7,820 members
396 reviews
4.1
Score 4
Added 2013-12-06, 09:45 AM
- 4 Members
- generalkala, dara85, alex68, Bwoo67
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- 4 Members
- Moomin_Mama, martensgirl, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: A new use for a Resusci Anne, and something about a miscarried foetus...
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- 3 Members
- Moomin_Mama, sipthereader, lewbs
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: Played on my mind long after reading.
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- 3 Members
- Moomin_Mama, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: Moshe the Beadle's story, and the arrival in Aushwitz.
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- 3 Members
- Moomin_Mama, blackdove07, Bwoo67
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: When all is revealed to the reader...
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- 3 Members
- Moomin_Mama, thecoroner, martensgirl
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: Shock for the sake of shock, objectifying women in the same way as porno. This is where I stopped reading Irvine Welsh.
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- 3 Members
- Moomin_Mama, martensgirl, Bwoo67
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: The scurfy, flaky skin on the young girl's shoulders and chest - this book is Filth alright.
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69,843 members
1,086 reviews
3.8
Score 2
Added 2015-09-22, 10:21 PM
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27,084 members
779 reviews
3.9
Score 2
Added 2015-09-22, 10:21 PM
- 2 Members
- cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- 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.
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by H. G. Wells
7,298 members
173 reviews
½ 3.6
Score 2
Added 2015-09-19, 05:39 PM
- 2 Members
- thecoroner, alex68
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by Tim Burton
3,739 members
59 reviews
3.9
Score 2
Added 2013-08-17, 07:06 AM
- 2 Members
- Moomin_Mama, softsocks
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: Poor Oyster Boy!
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- 2 Members
- cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- cej1027: This book will be one of my favorites, but it's still very upsetting. The POV is animal research victims.
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1,861 members
54 reviews
3.9
Score 2
Added 2013-08-17, 07:09 AM
- 2 Members
- Moomin_Mama, ahef1963
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: The threat of execution hanging over the brothers, and the ways in which this was attempted, were horrifying.
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- 2 Members
- Moomin_Mama, martensgirl
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: The scene with the guard dog seemed gratuitous and unnecessary - yeah yeah, I know it's Irvine Welsh but still...
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- 2 Members
- Moomin_Mama, martensgirl
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: About the damage wreaked by sexual abuse. Pulls no punches.
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- 2 Members
- KimarieBee, Bwoo67
- Explanations
- KimarieBee: It was the afterword that was truly disturbing
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358 members
12 reviews
½ 3.5
Score 2
Added 2013-08-17, 07:04 AM
- 2 Members
- Moomin_Mama, Bwoo67
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: The hot poker, and the lasting psychological damage to all involved.
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4,601 members
60 reviews
3.9
Score 1
Added 2015-09-22, 10:21 PM
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1,799 members
23 reviews
4
Score 1
Added 2015-09-22, 10:14 PM
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- Member
- Moomin_Mama
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: Vile, vile, vile man, childish, self-absorbed and selfish.
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- Member
- Moomin_Mama
- Explanations
- Moomin_Mama: The poor couple being so badly prepared for nuclear war.
