It started off okay. But perhaps seeing a psychiatrist is also a good idea. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. With seemingly thousands of people looking for the most extreme in extreme horror, he is a people pleaser. Any book is up for discussion as long as that discussion is respectful. Thanks for adding your thoughts to the mix Adam! It was a joke, but sorry it didnt land for you. I want to read Tender is the Flesh too but Im gonna stay on the Aaron Beauregard train since theyre cheap and good lol. The Slob Paperback - 18 November 2020 by Aron Beauregard (Author) 1,571 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle $5.58 Read with Our Free App Audiobook $0.00 Free with your Audible trial Paperback $18.42 1 Used from $22.45 4 New from $18.42 SOME STAINS DON'T COME OUT. 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. var ue_t0=window.ue_t0||+new Date(); I read a lot of extreme horror, so I doubt Im a prude or a pussy. page: {requestId: "P9ZWWV3JHMTSXH679245", meaningful: "interactive"} Her ordeal soon becomes gruelling to read the fact that she is pregnant at the time of her capture leads to the most harrowing sequences and her quirky wit feeds into the pathos. And Im sure youre a stand up guy who loves to read stories about women being assaulted and tortured. It was about a teenager who couldnt 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. It is not full-on bizarro, but one can see the elements of that subgenre in this story. There were parts that had me literally gagging and a certain part that had me tear up with emotion. If you like your horror on the extreme side, then this book will punch you in the gutt and leave you winded for hours. g = p.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; 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). Discover Book Depository's huge selection of Aron Beauregard books online. gads.src = (useSSL ? Unable to add item to Wish List. Regardless of what he did in his life, horror always followed him. url = "https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/mobile/phone_images-9e9093f0cfddba8c2b1e815375d976a3.css"; The story as some great strength in that's is very well written and I got invested in the MC and her life story before the horror parts truly began. , Paperback I saw a tik tok of a popular guy talking about the most disturbing books he has read and The Slob was in there. } Don't even bother. Stine, Harold S, Shane McKenzie, Clive Barker, Brett Easton Ellis, R.L. , Publisher One of my favorite aspects of Arons writing style is it has just the right amount of subtle humor and social commentary that doesnt derail the carnage. I had been recommended this book on TikTok and as an avid horror reader felt I owed it a check out. stylesheet.rel = "stylesheet"; 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. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Just when I thought it couldnt get worse, the author somehow managed to throw in homophobia and racism in the final 10 pages! Beauregard is a superb story teller. Has anyone else read these? The story also has a smooth and skillful flow, especially . Then he forced me to watch him boil my scalp and hair. Needless to say, his parents were not thrilled by this tale and rather than acknowledging his creative genius suspected he might be a budding serial killer. Raised in a household that was so filthy it was stomach spilling, Vera has become a neat-freak. Aron Beauregard was born in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Your Premium Plus plan is $14.95 a month after 30 day trial. Visit www.eblunsford.com for more info. They're only like 4 bucks in the Kindle store for the e book. He seems to really enjoy that part. 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. won't be reading or listening to any other stories by the author. Cookie Notice It's just over the top gore. Yes, this was graphic, but if properly described, I can handle much worse. This book is extremely brutal and there are so many trigger warnings. Yes its 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. When you enter his realm, be prepared to embrace the ugly and FEEL THE SPLATTER! It was about a teenager who couldn't score the. I was immediately sucked into the world this author created. There is no need to dissect the contents of The Slob, because there are so many gnarly little surprises that I dont want so spoil. if (window.Mobvious === undefined) { 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. It was a short read but didn't feel too short. All is going well until she arrives at the steps of a house that will change her forever. Sometimes I ask myself why I read Splatterpunk; it often makes me queasy in its unapologetic gore and depravity. At first we experience her own destruction, and then he moves onto her roommate who is similarly subjected. _Q: [] The author is talented with their words, which can be more rare for this genre. 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. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("sid", "osid.e7fb582ebcf38074f9ee3bd8fb6dade1"); I bought the book due to it was recommended to me on both Tiktok and YT and after reading it I'm beyond annoyed the book has so many flaws and issues, 1st of all this book had an editor so why on earth does it contain so many spelling errors it reads like a draft as appose to an actual book, the casual undertones of misogyny and the ending is just blatantly homophobic and the casual amounts of ableism thrown in too it feels like what would happen if an edge lord wrote a horror book not to mention lines of cringy dialogue combined with the author's lack of knowledge when it comes to women anatomy made this book an utter waste of money. It has an underlying tone of psychological horror, a solid backstory, and a strong, vivid main character. A childish and cartoonishly homophobic premise festooned in boilerplate writing and the most anatomically incorrect violation of the female reproductive system youll read this side of the Mississippi! Going to give Yellow a shot and Scary Bastard. var stylesheet = document.createElement("link"); The Slob. The Slob has received critical praise and as a result has been nominated for the 2021 Splatterpunk Awards! The snarky observation, credible when presented in Veras internal monologue, becomes hard to swallow when actually spoken by a character who has been horribly mutilated and now fears for their life: After he took the top off, she pointed to her raw skull, he had me sit down. I completely enjoyed this very graphic and psychologically rending story from the first page to the last. Same, that was my first splatterpunk book too! Needless to say, his parents were not thrilled by this tale and rather than acknowledging his creative genius suspected he might be a budding serial killer. If you're a mother like me, you will immediately know when you read it which part I'm referring to. Her obsession with cleanliness sprouts the concept that her skills can be put to use in a unique way. "ObfuscatedMarketplaceId": "A1PQBFHBHS6YH1" Born Bizarro Horror fans will enjoy the reach, and Extreme Horror fans will enjoy Arons dedication to a quality level of relevant brutality and gore. if (sourcesToHideBuyFeatures[i] == source) Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. 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. The chapters leading up to this point are put to good use, however. 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The Slob is a vile villain, the vilest of any I have ever experienced since reading horror over the past 40 odd years. Hes 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Such nicely constructed sentences to say such horrible and vile things. Then, like a dog with a new treat, he gnawed on the rubbery skin for a while before slurping it down with all my hair like you would spaghetti. 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. After I finished "Tender is the Flesh", I had a deep urge to read more horror, but something more foul as the book wasn't what it was hyped to be. } Explore range of Books, DVDs, Toys & Collectibles while supplies last. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Try again. googletag.enableServices(); She was now essentially just a pile of chunks and sections. She climbs the steps to the house and knocks on the door. The Slob. After tooling around for decades, hes finally started publishing his work (to the applause of a handful of deranged perverts). 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. $14.95/month after 30 days. Reviewed in Australia on 28 February 2023. It should be mandatory reading for every vacuum cleaner saleswoman. Horror author, mother, and animal lover. Forest. Audiobook. Her obsession with cleanliness sprouts the concept that her skills can be put to use in a unique way. Or if he couldnt stop them, maybe he could at least find a way to pacify them. The Slob by Aron Beauregard (2021 Splatterpunk Awards) 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. The story takes a while to get going: discounting the in medias res opening chapter, protagonist Vera Harlow does not wind up in the clutches of The Slob until more than a third of the way through the slim volume. Aron Beauregards writing is incredibly, mind-numbingly, tearing-your-hair-out-to-feel-something-ly boring. There were multiple descriptors and scenes that made me have to look away from the words because I was getting nauseous, and the ending was the icing on the cake. This book is a work of FICTION, its not reality, please dont confuse the two. One day she notices a house way back from the street. Using your mobile phone camera, scan the code below and download the Kindle app. It also analyses reviews to verify trustworthiness. They try to escape, and find even more corpses of women in a barn, each with their own imaginative injuries. Heck, this was as disturbing as it gets. No reason or story behind it really.Sooo many questions left unanswered.It had potential to be really good. After a long hiatus of not reading due to some stressors in my personal life, I finally picked up a book ("Tender is the Flesh" by Augustina Bazterrica) and started reading again. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("resource", "author_19170844"); Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. q("i", arguments) A.src = t; Raped by the dead at the will of the living., I felt it enter me like a slimy nightcrawler squirming around.. I saw the same tiktok and immediately was drawn to The Slob cause all I could think was how bad could it REALLY be? Amazon recommended it to me based on reading Tender is the Flesh and Things Have Been Worse Since We Last Spoke; neither of which come close to how graphic this work is and I went in completely unprepared. Aron Beauregard is one of the hardest working artists I know and is rapidly slithering his way into becoming the King of splatter. I knew EXACTLY what was going to happen and just kept thinking "is he actually going to do this? Aron Beauregard is the real deal when it comes to extreme horror. "The Slob" starts off crazy slow, but that's all good and dandy as we're using this time to get invested in our protagonist. // page settings Its not an experiment of the form, its not to achieve a single reaction (revulsion), its not clever. stylesheet.href = url; I started with the Slob as it seemed to be the most popular. Reader discretion is advised. Hes 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. Son of The Slob. var isRetina = window.devicePixelRatio >= 2; // retina display The Slob by Aron Beauregard | Goodreads then the last chapter happened. Paperback. throw new Error("could not load device-specific stylesheet : " + err.message); ), Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 22 March 2022. Please try again. try { Press J to jump to the feed. I read this book with a grin like the Cheshire cats. I just want my money back. 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. The physical horror the protagonist goes through is beyond description in this review. You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. Thanks! If this doesn't become a cult classic I'll eat one of 'The Slobs' home cooked meals. When she meets him, we are given a graphic physical description: he has teeth that reminded me of a bumblebee because they were mostly yellow and black; his stomach protrudes beneath his belt in both directions, taking both the over and under like a bet that didnt make sense; his shirt bears armpit stains that stretched so far out that it felt like there was a possibility that they might get to meet someday; and the hairs on his head are clinging together by a self-generated hair gel that used his own ingredients as a secret formula. pubID: '3211', adServer: 'googletag', bidTimeout: 4e3, params: { aps_privacy: '1YN' } You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. Slob is the nastiest but yellow is a close second for sure and is just amazing! (LogOut/ : var sourcesToHideBuyFeatures = ["ebfg_gr", "ebfg_fb", "ebfg_fbm", "ebfg_tw", It has an underlying tone of psychological horror, a solid backstory, and a strong, vivid main character. function isShowingBuyableFeatures() { The Slob by Aron Beauregard is the epitome of good Extreme Horror. if (window.csa) { Are you a fan of the sick, twisted, or demented? if (isRetina) { "Events.Namespace": "csa", var ue_id = "P9ZWWV3JHMTSXH679245"; q("f", arguments) Outside of that, the last, oh, say 20%-10% of this book was really disappointing as I felt it was extremely rushed in explaining things I felt the reader didn't really care about, all in the name of "no loose ends". Free delivery worldwide on over 20 million titles. Even Twilight would be better than this. 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. This review will likely be unpopular, and I can give Beauregard his due. Honestly I wouldn't bother. To quote the book, No one knows how the seemingly minor choices they make will come to affect them. When Vera becomes a salesman herself, she has no idea of the danger shes put herself into. [CDATA[ Aron also steps just over the line into Bizarro Horror with The Slob. if (window.ue && window.ue.tag) { window.ue.tag('author:show:signed_out', ue.main_scope);window.ue.tag('author:show:signed_out:mobileWeb', ue.main_scope); } //]]> 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. Upon discovering she and her disabled husband Daniel are expecting, she needs fast cash. Hes honestly my favorite author as of late and he seems like such a cool guy as well! Midnight Widows: issues 1 and 2 available now. Veras newfound cleanliness obsession leads her to take up a job as a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesperson, which proves very profitable until she arrives at the house of The Slob. The author managed to exceed my expectations. View more posts. document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(stylesheet); This was my first Splatterpunk book but definitely wont be my last! Brutal to the core, The Slob will test even the most ardent lover of extreme horrors stamina and tolerance.