: Oh boy, I kind of loved this repugnant read. "Events.SushiEndpoint": "https://unagi.amazon.com/1/events/com.amazon.csm.csa.prod", For more information, please see our This is not a book very it's sounds good to say I highly enjoyed it but it's definitely a five star read. What I can say is, it is a very quick read and it doesnt take long before you get to the goods. Using your mobile phone camera, scan the code below and download the Kindle app. //]]>. I definitely gagged, but the ending made no sense. var e = document.createElement("script"); e.src = "https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41mrkPcyPwL.js"; document.head.appendChild(e); If you want good writing, and youre a woman who doesnt want to feel the authors hatred for your sex radiating off the page for you as you read give this a wide berth. This review will likely be unpopular, and I can give Beauregard his due. Would I read it again? I read this book with a grin like the Cheshire cats. I could not put this book aside. Vera employs the same tone of voice to describe the horrors within his home: Figuring out what was connected to what was hardly as simple as the childrens song so many of us knew by heart. for(var i=0; i googletag.pubads().setTargeting("author", [19170844]); The author makes you care about the characters before he puts them through hell. The imagery that Bazterrica wrote with such detail had me wanting something new to read with just as much detail during gruesome scenes, or even more detail than what was needed. Reviewed in Australia on 18 February 2022. Need to get to the next one soon enough. Dont. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. var node = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; Yes it's extreme, but it's also well written and had me reading well into the late hours of the night to finish it, even though I had to be up early for work in the morning. After tooling around for decades, hes finally started publishing his work (to the applause of a handful of deranged perverts). I went onto Amazon. I was immediately sucked into the world this author created. One of the worst books I've ever read. Warning: This book contains graphic content. He's been writing horror since the 6th grade when his parents discovered a short story titled "Zombie Child" wedged in the back pocket of his dirty acid-washed jeans. Hey man its Aron, thanks for checking out the books and creating the post, I really appreciate you. function q(c, r) { } Vera has knocked on the wrong door, and she is going to pay a price for it. q("i", arguments) Her biography runs into a marriage to paralysed Vietnam veteran Daniel, who she originally courted with sick jokes about cannibalism and strokes; this entire life story is narrated by Vera narrates with lashings of observational humour. I am in..I'm 100% firmly in the Aron Beauregard fan club.. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); L is for Lycans (featuring my short story Harzie Pulls the Trigger), I is for Internet (featuring my short story Hackergirl), The Bumper Book of British Bizarro (featuring my short story House of Joy). US$17.81. It was about a teenager who couldn't score the girl of his dreams in life so he decided to kill her and impregnate her corpse You can imagine where it goes from there. (LogOut/ You know, people go to psychiatrists for far less extreme reasons. It's just over the top gore. big yikes. } I read a lot of extreme horror, so I doubt Im a prude or a pussy. The reviews on his listing read like snuff site comments:Heck, this is as disturbing as it gets; At times I was shocked at what I was reading and didnt think anyone would ever go this far in a book; Degradation, humiliation, endless violence and revulsion on a grand scale, all the way to the bitter sweet ending.That said, I imagine that there are some extreme horror novels that are well written and this is anything but. : But such a pat summary does little justice to just how engagingly twisted this book is. Dirty Heads: A novella of cosmic coming-of-age horror. I low key love it though. If you havent read this one yet, dont miss out! }("apstag", window, document, "script", "//c.amazon-adsystem.com/aax2/apstag.js"); Has anyone else read these? The Slob is for Extreme Horror fans. Absolutely the worst thing Ive ever heard in my entire life. Im sure some people like this hate but it is trash writing Started off good and got to the point of whatever garbage the writer could think of went into the story. Aron Beauregard was born and raised in Central Falls, Rhode Island. I've read Laymon, Lee, Ketchum and Jon AthanBeauregard may be my new fav.. The first-person perspective is brilliantly conversational, the character entertaining, relatable, and evocative. After living in a filthy home for most of her early life, Vera becomes an obsessive neat freak. I completely enjoyed this very graphic and psychologically rending story from the first page to the last. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. But wasn't. var gptAdSlots = gptAdSlots || []; When you enter his realm, be prepared to embrace the ugly and FEEL THE SPLATTER! If you're a mother like me, you will immediately know when you read it which part I'm referring to. SOME STAINS DON'T COME OUT Raised in a household that was so filthy it was stomach spilling, Vera has become a neat-freak. Sometimes I ask myself why I read Splatterpunk; it often makes me queasy in its unapologetic gore and depravity. I finally did it. Beauregard is a superb story teller. Heck, this was as disturbing as it gets. If I can say one thing clearly: Dont read this book. a pretty fun and crazy read overall. Through sheer will, she overcomes adversity and marries the love of her life. He goes out of his way to let you know he appreciates you supporting him and that goes a long way for me! The Slob has a premise that can be summarised in a single succinct line: a door-to-door saleswoman ends up in the house of a cannibal-rapist-necrophile and must figure out a means of escaping. Aron Beauregard, The Slob and Yellow Wow everyone, I just finished these two books by Aron Beauregard and let me tell you, if you want to be disturbed And utterly disgusted, these two are Amazing quick reads. I cant put it down. One day she notices a house way back from the street. For this reason and none other, I dragged myself through it and tried to suspend belief, hold in my stomach contents, and resist the urge to set fire to the book. Aron Beauregards writing is incredibly, mind-numbingly, tearing-your-hair-out-to-feel-something-ly boring. Dont wanna embarrass myself up on the stage! Wow! The plot and all its grimy appendages braid together like clockwork. They're only like 4 bucks in the Kindle store for the e book. Add to basket. At the end she is more worried about "pleasing her man" than the fact that she has been brutalized over and over. The Slob is the 4th book of Arons I have read and it definitely maintains the gore drenched hellscape that you have come to love and expect from him. editors should have cut it out. She climbs the steps to the house and knocks on the door. The Slob was a "nice" quick read, definitely not a book to read before bed! Upon discovering she and her disabled husband Daniel are expecting, she needs fast cash. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Though, I do love a great psychological horror no matter the setting involved. Amazingly well written, no holes barred, theme park ride from hell..A story born from one of the best authors in the business! Read something decent. Review originally published in SCREAM Magazine issue #67 July/August 2021. pretty good story line if this is your type of thing. A typecast not to be ignored, when clearly the author seeks to obliterate any feminine qualities. This is probably the most disturbing novella Ive read in a long time. But Aron Beauregard is a brilliant writer and The Slob will give you nightmares for weeks! Im still hard at work on my next novel, but today I have another book review to share. I follow a lot of horror reviewers and this author's books keep popping up. Rather than make light of the situation, Veras sense of humour serves to increase the readers empathy. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ). At first we experience her own destruction, and then he moves onto her roommate who is similarly subjected. var cookiePair = cookie.split('='); The Slob and Yellow are my two favorites as well! I enjoyed this book a lot and will be buying the second. You know when you can just tell something is done wrong because youve seen it done right before? This one comes up in my horror circles so often that I keep thinking hmm maybe I should read it just so I can say I did. Thank you for helping me reign that curiosity in lol. googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); The torso and limbs had been divided up like pizza in a first-grade math problem. (LogOut/ The Slob is about a women who is pregnant and becomes a door to door vaccumn salesperson to make some extra cash. Tender is the Flesh: TikTok Made Me Buy It! [CDATA[ function(a9, a, p, s, t, A, g) { //= 2; // retina display Good so far but have to wait till Friday to buy it haha so I'm def going to reread yellow cuz it is just amazing and too much to take in in one readthrough. I saw the same tiktok and immediately was drawn to The Slob cause all I could think was how bad could it REALLY be? I greatly enjoy Aaron Beauregard's intelligent style, his character development and his build-up of plot and extreme actions. He emits a Manson-esque charm through the pathetic platform, peddling his works of smut and violence to any goon willing to listen. (Good book though, don't get me wrong. This is awful. Plane and simple. The long, the shortits all here. Hard to see the good in this book when its riddled with sexism, fatphobia, and ableism. It was about a teenager who couldn't score the girl of his dreams in life so he decided to kill her and impregnate her corpse You can imagine where it goes from there. I feel like I've been chugging the liquid at the bottom of a city garbage truck on a summer day. q("f", arguments) He emits a Manson-esque charm through the pathetic platform, peddling his works of smut and violence to any goon willing to listen. In summary, this book was absolutely brutal. There is also a part when a woman with no lips can speak clear is a bell and she has had some horrific injuries but is just totally chill with it and it doesn't even remotely bother her or is in like no apparent pain and neither is the main protagonist at that point either. Change). This book is extremely brutal and there are so many trigger warnings. "Events.Namespace": "csa", var source = getCookieWithoutJQuery("source"); Cancel anytime. U want the nasty details? Aron's story is well written, well paced, lives it to the extreme banner but has good character development and plot structure, unlike so many other extreme works. Within the first chapter or two I was already disappointed. : I saw a tik tok of a popular guy talking about the most disturbing books he has read and The Slob was in there. Click here to purchase your copy of THE SLOB! It's really just bad. It wont end well. TW: for sexual assault, torture, abortion, extreme violence, homophobia, murder, misogyny and pretty much everything-fucking-else, if Im honest. Very gory with detailed descriptions of murder and assault, just what I was looking for.At 3h and 45 mins I felt it was far too short, there were bits of the story that could have been expanded on (the slobs upbringing, the back story of the gay guys etc) but overall, a good, quick listen. (LogOut/ Aron was born in Central Falls, Rhode Island. It was a short read but didn't feel too short. This is my second favorite of the two, this is a very quick read but a couple of scenes are truly the most fu**** up thing I have ever read in my life and I loved every minute of it. She takes a stab at the booming door-to-door vacuum sales business of 1988. gads.type = "text/javascript"; The Slob is the most disgusting thing I've ever read. The Slob is a vile villain, the vilest of any I have ever experienced since reading horror over the past 40 odd years. Well, I guess I am fascinated by and enjoy the imagination put into creating such monstrosities and seeing just how far someone can go--like what putrid and horrifying scenarios havent been done yet or what scenarios or storylines havent gone far enough. Some of the guys think Im ready for my first tournament, but Im not sure Im ready yet. Book review: How to Sell a Haunted House by GradyHendrix. All of these experiences led to a raft of psychological issues as an adult, but none grave enough to prevent Vera from finding love. Ive read quite a lot of disturbing novels in my time, and very few can compare to Aron Beauregards work in terms of cliched, low-quality writing. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. I am usually disgusted by the stomach turning intricate details and analogies, and I feel like I immediately need a shower after finishing a chapter. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. His protagonist is a female vacuum saleswoman who throughout only seems to care only about her attractiveness to her husband (after being horrifically violated she returns to her partner only to reveal her biggest concern just a few weeks later her intimacy issues: Ever since I was repeatedly raped and assaulted by The Slob, I could never find my mood again.I wonder why the fuck not.). He seems to really enjoy that part. But then again, there isnt much outside of the extreme horror scenes. Take a look at Arons Year in Books. Get fucking dirty and read The Slob. Privacy Policy. 'The Slob' is not extreme horror, it's extreme violence. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. HOWEVER, the writing of the perfect storm is really well done, I was blindsided with the gross stuff after that. Change). She takes a stab at the booming door-to-door vacuum sales business of 1988. Unable to add item to Wish List. g = p.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; If you like your horror on the extreme side, then this book will punch you in the gutt and leave you winded for hours. Discover Book Depository's huge selection of Aron Beauregard books online. You cant change what cloth youve been cut from but you can try to at least wash it., The nastiness that was my childhood was something I would always be trying to clean up., Coming back wasnt what I needed to worry about, it was coming out., Evil had materialized and sought me out., I was being violated with someone elses remains. : But only if you want to feel uncomfortable and digusted the whole time!!! You got me sold on Beauregard, but imma go with Yellow, I like a good revenge story and I dont think I can really handle a splatter punk about a pregnant woman, Yes go for it, I'm about to reread it, I have a sample of one of his books that is a bunch of short stories. Surrounded by little more than the corpses of her captors other victims, Vera must become a final girl reincarnation of MacGuyver to survive, utilising the gruesome implements at her disposal to escape from The Slob. Many thanks to the author for letting me share these quotes and images from the book! Beauregard provides all the innards of a daring venture that pushes . Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. She was now essentially just a pile of chunks and sections. if (window.Mobvious === undefined) { ASIN Aron Beauregard is the real deal when it comes to extreme horror. Like his new book Son of the Slob will be coming out at the end of this month! Yes, this was graphic, but if properly described, I can handle much worse. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. You are very welcome. Also, if anyone reads his stuff and is interested, I've just created a sub dedicated to him so check it out. return cookiePair[1]; $14.95/month after 30 days. Just messed up, but not even in a good way. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("grsession", "osid.e7fb582ebcf38074f9ee3bd8fb6dade1"); She runs into the slob and shit just hits the fan from there. Definitely not for the faint of heart, but if youre a hardcore horror fan, this is the book for you. I had to make myself finish it. I finished a few shorter stories that Ive been working on and had another arm-wrestling practice. If it wasnt clear already, I do NOT recommend this book. Your life will be better without wasting the time. Press J to jump to the feed. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. var ue_t0=window.ue_t0||+new Date(); var ue_sn = "www.goodreads.com"; Pretty sure I would get banned if I started explaining everything in detail that happens , Can someone please tell me where I can read it for free I cant find it anywhere , Save $4 and get it from Amazon or Google books. He's been writing horror since the 6th grade when his parents discovered a short story titled "Zombie Child" wedged in the back pocket of his dirty acid-washed jeans. I was a little worried as often when books are over-hyped, those are the ones I tend to not enjoy. Reader discretion is advised. I hope everyone had a good weekend.