Comment what books have caused you to become distressed, traumatized, or unsettled in any way. Please elaborate as to why.

You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments
4 points

Chuck Palahniuk’s Haunted(a collection of short stories). It made me close my legs and squirm, and feel disgusted. The first story ‘‘Guts’’ made me put down the book and not touch it due to fear of what i am about to read next.

As Wikipedia describes it : It is a tale of violent accidents involving masturbation, in which the reader is instructed to hold their breath in the very first line.

Yeah, reader beware.

permalink
report
reply
3 points

Same experience.

@SeverianWolf @literature

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

I like to think I’m pretty adventurous (like I love to watch horror movies, etc). But that book is just too much. What are other books gave you that effect?

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points
*

@SeverianWolf@beehaw.org > Haunted

I came here to post this!

I am not much of a horror/disturbing stories fan, but Guts was simply astonishing, I read this more than 10 years ago and still remember the story vividly.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Literature

!literature@beehaw.org

Create post

Pretty straightforward: books and literature of all stripes can be discussed here.

If you’re interested in posting your own writing, formal or informal, check out the Writing community!


This community’s icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

Community stats

  • 16

    Monthly active users

  • 242

    Posts

  • 1.9K

    Comments