Privacy Policy. gross, foul and disgusting. (function () { If you're a fan of splatter plunk and extreme horror, this is a MUST READ! It's disgusting and will make you cringe and wrinkle your nose and upper lip as if you were constantly saying "ewwwww.". Within the first chapter or two I was already disappointed. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. 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. I am in..I'm 100% firmly in the Aron Beauregard fan club.. Slob by Aron Beauregard I definitely gagged, but the ending made no sense. Heck, this was as disturbing as it gets. But only if you want to feel uncomfortable and digusted the whole time!!! This story firmly crosses boundaries and discards taboos.I need mind bleach.Or maybe a Bissell for my brain. She is more worried about how her husband will feel after he sees her and all her mutilation rather than how SHE will get better or that "she must fix or help any man to get him to like me ". 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. The Slob is the 4th book of Arons I have read and it definitely maintains the gore drenched hellscape that you have come to love and expect from him. I greatly enjoy Aaron Beauregard's intelligent style, his character development and his build-up of plot and extreme actions. By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's, Get started by signing in with your Amazon account. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("signedin", "false"); Hes honestly my favorite author as of late and he seems like such a cool guy as well! This book review was written prior to this website transitioning to AI-written reviews by Buddy the BookBot. Classic extreme horror. I did really enjoy it.) He also contributes to the Evil Examined Podcast where he explores the most strange and horrifying events in the history of humanity with his lady and friends. 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. trigger warning rape, canabalism, extreme violence, blood, gore. This is definitely not for the faint hearted.. very graphic details! }, I read a lot of extreme horror, so I doubt Im a prude or a pussy. Aron Beauregard was born in Central Falls, Rhode Island. Vera employs the same tone of voice to describe the horrors within his home: Figuring out what was connected to what was hardly as simple as the childrens song so many of us knew by heart. I expected something terrible to happen to her pregnancy but DAMN. A typecast not to be ignored, when clearly the author seeks to obliterate any 'feminine' qualities. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("gr_author", "false"); CONTAINS SPOILERS. Change). When the slob said "Time for desert?" I saw a tik tok of a popular guy talking about the most disturbing books he has read and The Slob was in there. I had some laugh out loud moments where I probably wasn't supposed to. A must-read for splatter fans! For this reason and none other, I dragged myself through it and tried to suspend belief, hold in my stomach contents, and resist the urge to set fire to the book. The Slob is not extreme horror, its extreme violence. 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. "CacheDetection.RequestID": "P9ZWWV3JHMTSXH679245", Aron was born in Central Falls, Rhode Island. It is clear that the author writes only for the personal pleasure of extreme, revolting horror. You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. 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); } Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2021. Its not an experiment of the form, its not to achieve a single reaction (revulsion), its not clever. I had to make myself finish it. 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 In an effort to generate some income for her and her disabled husband Daniel just prior to the birth of their first child, she takes aim at the booming door to door sales business of the late 80s. He emits a Manson-esque charm through the pathetic platform, peddling his works of smut and violence to any goon willing to listen. "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. You got me sold on Beauregard, but imma go with Yellow, I like a good revenge story and I dont think I can really handle a splatter punk about a pregnant woman, Yes go for it, I'm about to reread it, I have a sample of one of his books that is a bunch of short stories. I cant imagine what the narrator went through reading this. I also really enjoyed the illustrations throughout the book. Change). I just finished reading Aron Beauregards The Slob, and I gotta say this is one of the most vile and disgusting books Ive ever read. The female protagonist has a really bad case of "female written by a man". Cookie Notice Im glad you and some of the others that commented have enjoyed The Slob and Yellow, great to see some new people discovering the stories , Well it is a very short read, will only take a couple hours if your a fast reader. And then it wasn't.Wasn't really horror or thrilling. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 April 2022, (WARNING: This review contains MAJOR spoilers. The chapters leading up to this point are put to good use, however. I kept praying hed choke on a hairball but I guess thats just a cat thing. This book is a great example of that. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Her plans do not always go as intended, thereby adding still more twists to a plot which, on paper, sounds so simple. Regardless of what he did in his life, horror always followed him. Get yours today. When you enter his realm, be prepared to embrace the ugly and FEEL THE SPLATTER! var cookiePair = cookie.split('='); Aron's story is well written, well paced, lives it to the extreme banner but has good character development and plot structure, unlike so many other extreme works. But such a pat summary does little justice to just how engagingly twisted this book is. Oh boy, I kind of loved this repugnant read. 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. 18 Nov 2020. Change). for(var i=0; i function isShowingBuyableFeatures() { There is like a 10 minuet description of "The Slob" in the seen that take about 5 seconds in real time. There is also a part when a woman with no lips can speak clear is a bell and she has had some horrific injuries but is just totally chill with it and it doesn't even remotely bother her or is in like no apparent pain and neither is the main protagonist at that point either. g.parentNode.insertBefore(A, g) There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. The author is talented with their words, which can be more rare for this genre. A typecast not to be ignored, when clearly the author seeks to obliterate any feminine qualities. Gave it 4 because I thought it was too short and the ending was too abrupt. US$17.81. Add to basket. All is going well until she arrives at the steps of a house that will change her forever. The characters were refreshingly original, the story unforgettable, and the ending was to die for. !function(){function n(n,t){var r=i(n);return t&&(r=r("instance",t)),r}var r=[],c=0,i=function(t){return function(){var n=c++;return r.push([t,[].slice.call(arguments,0),n,{time:Date.now()}]),i(n)}};n._s=r,this.csa=n}(); This review is the opinions of Kirstie, the human. What could have been mere padding becomes a narrative that takes pains to set Vera up as the polar opposite of the uber-slovenly villain, with particular emphasis on her preoccupation with cleanliness. function(a9, a, p, s, t, A, g) { The Slob by Aron Beauregard - Audiobook - Audible.com then the last chapter happened. Definitely going to read his other works. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The Slob is a cautionary tale and plays out like some sort of deranged Americana folklore. Paperback. Any book is up for discussion as long as that discussion is respectful. q("i", arguments) It was about a teenager who couldn't score the. Reviewed in Australia on 19 December 2020. The steps of an evil that resurrects the ghastly memories she so desperately tried to wash away. This is my second favorite of the two, this is a very quick read but a couple of scenes are truly the most fu**** up thing I have ever read in my life and I loved every minute of it. I read it before bed and I just laid there for so long thinking about the "desert" scene. window.csa("Events")("setEntity", { TL:DR; I've started back reading and due to my enjoyment of Bazterrica's writing in "Tender is the Flesh", it was suggested to me to read "The Slob" by Aron Beauregard. Just finished Aron Beauregard's "The Slob" - reddit I know this book has became a big thing on social media but I honestly don't recommend not for the fact that it is as before mentioned overly gory but because its just a bad book. I read it as fast as I could to reach the conclusion, rooting for the captured heroine. Aron Beauregard is the real deal when it comes to extreme horror. It wont end well. Please try again later. (LogOut/ It is time to meet Mr. Aron Beauregard. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Not gonna lie the start of this book had me all motivated to clean my house which was great. (LogOut/ var gptAdSlots = gptAdSlots || []; This is awful. Listener discretion is advised. 1 title per month from Audibles entire catalog of best sellers, and new releases. Extreme fiction is one of those areas a lot of people write in these days but so few do it well. Stine, Harold S, Shane McKenzie, Clive Barker, Brett Easton Ellis, R.L. I had high expectations going into this book that it would disgust and offend. The Slob is a despicable character, dripping gore from head to foot. : Im still hard at work on my next novel, but today I have another book review to share. (LogOut/ function q(c, r) { The Slob by Aron Beauregard | Goodreads var useSSL = "https:" == document.location.protocol; window.Mobvious = {}; At first we experience her own destruction, and then he moves onto her roommate who is similarly subjected. Something went wrong. googletag.pubads().setTargeting("surface", "mw"); if (window.Mobvious === undefined) { Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Even Twilight would be better than this. //