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Question: What Books Unsettled You The Most Due To Their Content?
Answer 1: The most unsettling book that I have ever read is Living Dead Girl from Elizabeth Scott. The reason why it unsettled me so much is because I basically went into the story blind and had no idea what really to expect. The blurb sounded a bit interesting, but nothing about it really prepared me for what I was about to read. To explain why I think everyone will find this book unsettling I have to venture somewhat into spoiler territory, so anyone who hasn't read the book yet and want to go into it blind should stop reading now.
OK, here goes; Living Dead Girl is about a girl called Alice who is kidnapped by a pedophile when …show more content…
I am fairly sure that most people have read American Psycho or at the very least watched the movie where Christian Bale killed it as Bateman. For the lucky people who have not yet read it, it is about a businessman named Patrick Bateman who also happens to be a psychopathic serial killer. The story takes place in the eighties, so you have the Wall Street boom that has given Bateman all his wealth. The book is disturbing because of the casual matter of fact way in which the author describes Bateman's life as well as the murders he commits. It starts out "simple" enough with him stabbing people, but as Bateman becomes increasingly more unhinged, so does the murders. The book caused quite an uproar when it was released and I can understand why it had such an effect on people as it is very unsettling.
Haunted: A Novel is a completely different kettle of fish and it is the work of Fight Club author, Chuck Palahniuk. While I have always known that Palahniuk is a nihilist, I had no idea that he was able to write stuff of this caliber. The book is written in such a way that it is made up of unconnected short stories told by authors who supposedly went on a writers' retreat. The different stories are all unsettling in their own ways and the over aching plot is typical Palahniuk, but it is one of the stories "Guts" that stands out …show more content…
That is until I read Ripper by Michael Slade, who I later found out is actually a Canadian lawyer named Jay Clarke. This made the book even more unsettling as Clarke specializes in criminal insanity, which means a lot of the stuff in the book is probably based on the kind of messed up things he has to deal with daily. I also discovered that Ripper is part of a series, so for those who are interested in reading it, it may be better to start with Headhunter, then Ghoul and then Cutthroat before reading Ripper. It is not truly necessary as Ripper stands well on its own as a complete story, but it does contain some characters and references that will be lost on you if you are not familiar with the
Question: What Books Unsettled You The Most Due To Their Content?
Answer 1: The most unsettling book that I have ever read is Living Dead Girl from Elizabeth Scott. The reason why it unsettled me so much is because I basically went into the story blind and had no idea what really to expect. The blurb sounded a bit interesting, but nothing about it really prepared me for what I was about to read. To explain why I think everyone will find this book unsettling I have to venture somewhat into spoiler territory, so anyone who hasn't read the book yet and want to go into it blind should stop reading now.
OK, here goes; Living Dead Girl is about a girl called Alice who is kidnapped by a pedophile when …show more content…
I am fairly sure that most people have read American Psycho or at the very least watched the movie where Christian Bale killed it as Bateman. For the lucky people who have not yet read it, it is about a businessman named Patrick Bateman who also happens to be a psychopathic serial killer. The story takes place in the eighties, so you have the Wall Street boom that has given Bateman all his wealth. The book is disturbing because of the casual matter of fact way in which the author describes Bateman's life as well as the murders he commits. It starts out "simple" enough with him stabbing people, but as Bateman becomes increasingly more unhinged, so does the murders. The book caused quite an uproar when it was released and I can understand why it had such an effect on people as it is very unsettling.
Haunted: A Novel is a completely different kettle of fish and it is the work of Fight Club author, Chuck Palahniuk. While I have always known that Palahniuk is a nihilist, I had no idea that he was able to write stuff of this caliber. The book is written in such a way that it is made up of unconnected short stories told by authors who supposedly went on a writers' retreat. The different stories are all unsettling in their own ways and the over aching plot is typical Palahniuk, but it is one of the stories "Guts" that stands out …show more content…
That is until I read Ripper by Michael Slade, who I later found out is actually a Canadian lawyer named Jay Clarke. This made the book even more unsettling as Clarke specializes in criminal insanity, which means a lot of the stuff in the book is probably based on the kind of messed up things he has to deal with daily. I also discovered that Ripper is part of a series, so for those who are interested in reading it, it may be better to start with Headhunter, then Ghoul and then Cutthroat before reading Ripper. It is not truly necessary as Ripper stands well on its own as a complete story, but it does contain some characters and references that will be lost on you if you are not familiar with the