Most Disturbing Books

Moomin_Mama (3): The pig-hunting scene.

Moomin_Mama (5): Rats, cheese and broken glass...

Moomin_Mama (17): The images in Renton's mind while shagging his sister-in-law were too much for the film version, I guess.

Moomin_Mama (20): "We are the dead".

Moomin_Mama (22): The overall idea and the sadness of it all.

Moomin_Mama (23): Judge Holden

Moomin_Mama (4): Blowing up bunny.

Moomin_Mama (6): Played on my mind long after reading.

Moomin_Mama (2): A new use for a Resusci Anne, and something about a miscarried foetus...

Moomin_Mama (7): When all is revealed to the reader...

Moomin_Mama (19): Shock for the sake of shock, objectifying women in the same way as porno. This is where I stopped reading Irvine Welsh.

Moomin_Mama (15): The scurfy, flaky skin on the young girl's shoulders and chest - this book is Filth alright.

Moomin_Mama (21): Moshe the Beadle's story, and the arrival in Aushwitz.

dara85 (3): How could anyone be so calculating, manipulating and vengeful?

Moomin_Mama (14): The threat of execution hanging over the brothers, and the ways in which this was attempted, were horrifying.

Moomin_Mama (16): The scene with the guard dog seemed gratuitous and unnecessary - yeah yeah, I know it's Irvine Welsh but still...

Moomin_Mama (13): About the damage wreaked by sexual abuse. Pulls no punches.

KimarieBee (2): It was the afterword that was truly disturbing

Moomin_Mama (8): The hot poker, and the lasting psychological damage to all involved.

cej1027 (6): 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.… (altro)

cej1027 (5): The demon imagery here bugged me for weeks.

RuMuse (1): A great and psychologically gripping book that is disturbing as hell to read. Controversial winner of the Booker Prize in 1985.

Moomin_Mama (11): Poor Oyster Boy!

cej1027 (7): I try really hard not to think about this book.

cej1027 (8): Not for the reason you'd think. The blonde hair worship really p***ed me off after a while.

cej1027 (1): This book will be one of my favorites, but it's still very upsetting. The POV is animal research victims.

cej1027 (3): I stopped reading when I got to the incest part.

cej1027 (4): I stopped reading when it insinuated that casual sex is empowering to women.

Moomin_Mama (12): Vile, vile, vile man, childish, self-absorbed and selfish.

Moomin_Mama (1): The poor couple being so badly prepared for nuclear war.

Moomin_Mama (18): Strange, nightmarish memories of a sister's fate. What's worse is this seems to have been written with a questionable agenda.