Which are the most fucked up books you've read? (lemmy.basedcount.com)

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[-] some_guy 27 points 3 months ago

American Psycho contained scenes so graphic that I’d have to pause and stare out the window briefly before I could go on.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago

I used to sell books and this elderly couple came up to the counter saying they were buying it as a Christmas present.

So I told them "Hey, it's not my place to say what is or is not a good Christmas present, but before I sell it to you, could I get you to just flip the pages, randomly stick your finger in, and start reading?"

They thought I was kidding, but they did it...

"OH MY GOD!"

"Yeah..."

"OH MY GOD!"

Better they find out then than AFTER I sold it to them!

[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 months ago

So did they buy it or what

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago

They did not...

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 months ago

Jesus christ ! There's just some things you don't talk about in public.

[-] some_guy 8 points 3 months ago

That's a pretty interesting encounter. Glad you helped them know what they were about to do.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

It was more self preservation. I didn't want them coming back after the fact. ;)

[-] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago

I entered this post to say exactly that.

There comes a point in the book when the constant one-upping the last scene just makes me need two or more sessions to get through the chapter. The last "Girls" chapters are specially gruelling.

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

It was the hamster that finally got me. Was sitting outside at my school's union, between classes, and just couldn't believe what I was reading.

[-] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

Gore

For me it was the scene wher Pat like grabs the vocal cords of one of the women after drilling a hole through the mouth and then rips them out of the mouth.

At first I thought the book was really boring with all of the brands and clothes descriptions that took half of the chapters. After that the senseless killings and brutality got to me in the end.

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I had the same experience, why all this stuff about brands and clothes? Then the juxtaposition totally disturbed me. Then I started working with people in the corporate world...

[-] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago

I thought it was like a coping mechanism to make him more adjusted. Sometimes when he doesn't describe brands or simply there aren't any designer products, he loses his mind very quickly.

It could also be about corporate behavior but I haven't had the chance to meet anyone that entrenched.

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

It is absolutely a coping mechanism for those types in reality. Scary accurate.

[-] fd_nomad@feddit.de 4 points 3 months ago

Yeah first time I read a grueling book. Couldn't believe how much worse literature gore affects me compared to onscreen blood.

[-] morphballganon@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Pausing is a regular thing with books for me, disturbing or no

[-] some_guy 3 points 3 months ago

The pause was forced was my point. I couldn't go on otherwise because I was overwhelmed.

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