| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? 22:16 - Apr 1 with 2601 views | MrSheen |
I’ve just finished Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian, my first by him. I thought I had a high tolerance for gore and brutality, but it was horrific. McCarthy’s poetic style (extremely skilfully done to be fair) made it even harder going, as I kept having to go backwards and forwards to get his point. Edges out The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks and HP Lovecraft for the most disturbing thing I’ve read. |  | | |  |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 13:05 - Apr 2 with 805 views | stevec |
Chopper, by Ron Harris. |  | | |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 13:48 - Apr 2 with 743 views | MrSheen |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 12:41 - Apr 2 by hamptonhillhoop |
I've read all four of those David Peace books, 1974-1983. They're addictive, but Jesus, they're bleak. I actually reread them all because I don't think I really got it first time round. They were still bleak and I'm still not sure i got the whole story. The miners strike one wasn't much better either |
I initially lapped them up, and a couple of the Tokyo books too, but though I think he’s very good at time and place, he doesn’t have that much to say. He’s essentially written the same book six or seven times (and James Ellroy has written it first, also many times). | | | |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 15:08 - Apr 2 with 679 views | kensalriser |
The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis. Uncomfortable read to put it mildly. |  |
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| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 15:14 - Apr 2 with 670 views | MrSheen |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 15:08 - Apr 2 by kensalriser |
The Zone of Interest by Martin Amis. Uncomfortable read to put it mildly. |
The part where the prisoners have to dig up the buried bodies particularly. | | | |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 15:23 - Apr 2 with 660 views | simmo |
Can't believe Mels book hasn't got a mention yet - the signed copies of course  |  |
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| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 16:47 - Apr 2 with 576 views | dmm |
John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. I wouldn't describe it as unpleasant, but rather as upsetting. I wept at the end. Actually, it's a superb read as are all of Steinbeck's books. |  | | |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 17:23 - Apr 2 with 560 views | numptydumpty |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 07:36 - Apr 2 by loftboy |
Read all of James Herbert’s as a teen, the most graphic was probably the Fog. |
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As a teenager reading the fog, was very dark and all sorts of horrific scenarios occurring.
Even as a young person reading it, I thought how can this man write in this way. Remember questioning where he could dredge these images of deeply dark and depressing happenings from. I assumed, probably incorrectly, that his life had been an almighty challenge previously..... [Post edited 2 Apr 17:23]
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| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 17:26 - Apr 2 with 558 views | GaryHaddock |
I don’t know if this is what was meant by the original poster, but lads at my school used to trim their pubes and stick them inside textbooks for the next person who used them.
That would have been a pretty unpleasant book to read i’d imagine. [Post edited 2 Apr 17:28]
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| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 20:42 - Apr 2 with 368 views | R_from_afar |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 08:45 - Apr 2 by Orthodox_Hoop |
Shaun Hutson's repertoire is pretty grim reading. |
(Editor's note: Make sure you stick with this seemingly dull post, the best bit is right at the end  )
You beat me to it! In one of them, someone makes a pact with the devil in order to secure immortality, only to be shot multiple times, be pronounced dead and subsequently embalmed, then buried.
At that point, he comes to, only to find himself in a coffin, his mouth sewn up, six feet under, for all eternity. 
Never mind all that, though, look at this quote about Hutson, from his website:
"His consuming passion is football. A Liverpool supporter for over 30 years, his allegiance borders on frenzy. He never misses a game, home or away. Hence his desire for anonymity as he was once recognised at Stamford Bridge by the one Chelsea fan who could read..."
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| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 05:31 - Apr 3 with 235 views | johnhoop |
Surprised no-one’s mentioned Thomas Harris yet. I bought “Hannibal” when it came out having seen “The Silence of the Lambs” and thinking it might be another detective thriller. I found it so repulsive and disturbing that it was actually affecting my sleep and waking hours.
Another one was a Scandinavian horror/crime story called “The Crow Girl.” I’m partial to a bit of Scandinoir but this was so noir it was practically a black hole. |  | | |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 07:47 - Apr 3 with 193 views | londonscottish |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 00:23 - Apr 2 by simmo |
Funny as I just bought Blood Meridian as part of 3 holiday books to read and that is the only one left. I'm not sure I'll rush to read it with that description in mind, American Psycho was similar for me and it kind of ruined all other books for a while. |
I don't usually give up on books but I did with American Psycho. I found it both boring in long parts then horrifically brutal. Shame, as I loved Bret Easton Ellis's earlier books.
Another one I gave up on was JG Ballard's Crash. More horrendous gore combined with bizarre sexual fantasies. WTAF? |  |
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| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 09:04 - Apr 3 with 133 views | Malintabuk |
Think the most horrific book is yet to come out... Saturday's programme and especially the team sheet section, Lord above that will send shivers down your spine
It was Salems Lot by Stepken King... when the vampire knocks on the bedroom window and asks to be let in....... as a young man would never admit that put the eejibee bejees up me | | | |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 10:56 - Apr 3 with 58 views | joe90 |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 07:47 - Apr 3 by londonscottish |
I don't usually give up on books but I did with American Psycho. I found it both boring in long parts then horrifically brutal. Shame, as I loved Bret Easton Ellis's earlier books.
Another one I gave up on was JG Ballard's Crash. More horrendous gore combined with bizarre sexual fantasies. WTAF? |
I was going to mention Crash. I'm a massive fan of Ballard and without wanting to sound too pretentious, there is a concept behind the story, so it's not just pornographic violence for the sake of it. If you view Crash and The Atrocity Exhibition within the context of his body of work it makes more sense thematically. Funny enough, I actually don't rate Ballard as a writer. He has great ideas which I think carry his work more than his actual writing ability. All the documentaries and interviews I've read and listened to, he comes across very well. Self aware, empathetic, an original and perceptive thinker and a genuinely eccentric person. He lived out his days on the Goldhawk Road and I always think of him as an honorary R..
Having said all that, it was a difficult read. |  | | |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 10:58 - Apr 3 with 58 views | hamptonhillhoop |
On a slightly different note I'm currently reading a book about Christie's murders at 10 Rillington Place. As a sadistic serial killer he obviously had to be a Rangers fan.
When on the run they looked for him at a home game against Torquay United, and when he was arrested after about a week on the run, he still had a QPR pin badge among his possessions [Post edited 3 Apr 12:06]
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| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 11:07 - Apr 3 with 42 views | TheChef |
| Most unpleasant book you’ve ever read? on 10:56 - Apr 3 by joe90 |
I was going to mention Crash. I'm a massive fan of Ballard and without wanting to sound too pretentious, there is a concept behind the story, so it's not just pornographic violence for the sake of it. If you view Crash and The Atrocity Exhibition within the context of his body of work it makes more sense thematically. Funny enough, I actually don't rate Ballard as a writer. He has great ideas which I think carry his work more than his actual writing ability. All the documentaries and interviews I've read and listened to, he comes across very well. Self aware, empathetic, an original and perceptive thinker and a genuinely eccentric person. He lived out his days on the Goldhawk Road and I always think of him as an honorary R..
Having said all that, it was a difficult read. |
I thought the film Crash covered the weird horniness quite well, and Deborah Unger was well fit. |  |
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