Morren Aconite

The month when I abandoned more books than I had read finally happened.

Beautiful Ugly, Alice Feeney

⭐️⭐️⭐️

‘I keep my thoughts to myself because silence cannot be misquoted.’

A famous novelist is dealing with the mysterious disappearance of his beloved wife, and nothing is as it seems on the surface.

This was a pretty standard thriller. It dragged on longer than it should have, but the ending was fun.

Pyramidia, Stephanie Sanders-Jacob

⭐️⭐️⭐️

A trippy horror about a woman getting dragged into a wellness pyramid scheme. I liked this novel, though I did expect a little more.

BOOKS I DNF’ED

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls, Grady Hendrix

Dropped at: 64%

Projected rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

It’s a decently written, interesting book, I just wasn’t that into it.

Lightfall, Ed Crocker

Dropped at: 11%

Projected rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The concept sounded fun, but the writing was too cheesy for me.

Wake Up And Open Your Eyes, Clay McLeod Chapman

Dropped at: 20%

Projected rating: ⭐️⭐️

It’s one of those horrors that is graphic just for the sake of being graphic. Not my thing.

Dead Inside, Chandler Morrison

Dropped at: 12%

Projected rating: ⭐️

I picked this one up because of the reviewers saying it’s ‘one of the most terrifying/shocking books they’d ever read’. I had to check it out.

It is certainly disgusting, but that’s not why I DNF’ed it. While I don’t have a problem with extremely fucked-up topics, I cannot stand characters that are so horrifically cringe. I don’t even remember the last time I’d encountered such a massive edgelord as the narrator in this book.

Just a few quotes to get a taste of what we’re dealing with here:

‘I’ve never been any kind of athlete or anything, but am I seriously the only person who realizes that infants are the perfect punting shape.’ [bold text is what was italicized in the original] – Yes, yes, you’re the only person in the world who hates babies; you’re very special. Sit down, buttercup. Also, ease up on italics.

‘Now, make no mistake, I have no delusions of sanity; I consider myself to be vastly intelligent and egregiously well-read, and anyone with half of a functioning intellect would know that a person with my proclivities is a few shades of fucked up.’ – If you have to brag about how smart you are, there’s a very high chance you aren’t.

Anyway, after a few pages of this, I realized I can’t stand this guy.