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Just your typical inbred, cannibal family stalking, torturing and eating a few city slickers. Loved it!
⭐️: 4/5

I asked for “shocking and wild” recommendations and @Reggie really delivered with this one! It was gory, gross, and violent. The characterization isn‘t very deep and the plot is uncomplicated. Started slowly but when the action started, WHEW BOY, it escalated quickly and never let up. It was absolutely wild.

Squeamish readers should probably pass on this one.

Thanks, Reggie! This is exactly what I was looking for.😊

This one was….gross and violent and bizarre. I was expecting that but I was hoping for a little more character development perhaps 🤷🏼‍♀️? It reminded me of those gross movies like The Hills Have Eyes. I don‘t mind gore or violence but I want something else, like a twist or something, to keep me interested and invested (think the Saw movies). Either way I was invested enough to finish it and think it‘s the perfect example of “just ok”. 🌟🌟🌟

Suuuuuper bleak but fun!

Why can‘t I finish my book? Hmmmm 🤔

I‘ve been meaning to read this forever! My sister said it was disgusting, I am 100% on board!

A disturbing slice of horror fiction that is fast-paced, brutal, and uncompromising. Be warned — this is not for the faint of heart.

#21DaysofHorror Day 12. I should be recommending The Girl Next Door by Ketchum but in the world of horror that would be like recommending A Little Life. So instead I‘ll recommend the first 2 in his Dead River trilogy. Ketchum is so good about making you care about his characters and embroiling you in their drama……right before he sacrifices most of them to a clan of cannibals. If you can do the goriest of body horror, give it a try!

Ok, so I've read worse and you would expect a story about feral, inbred cannibal cave people to have more shock value than substance but there was just too little for me to say this was a good read. I mean, it's ok for what it is but there were so many holes, inconsistencies and horrible pacing issues that it's nothing I would recommend. If you want cannibals, watch TCM instead 🤷‍♀️

#bookspinbingo #20in4 @TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65

I always forget that my tablet can move so I read books anywhere 😅

Now I need to get a stand for it for when I snack....I mean cook 🤣

#readandcook #readingsnacks #hotdogstand

4.5⭐️ The best way I can describe this book, and I do in my other review, is a crazy mess of a book that took me on a Trigger filled roller coaster of a ride, and I mean that quite literally. While I loved the book, and I plan to read more by this author, I can‘t emphasize enough that half this book is potential triggers, and intense ones at that. #LMPBC

Cannibals anyone? I've had The Girl Next Door in my shelf for a while, but I've been too chicken to start it. So when I found this at a thrift store, I thought it might make a good Ketchum book to start with. It was his first after all. Well this book was wild! It is the uncut/uncensored version, and it definitely does not hold back. Lots of violence and gore. I loved it.

#thetexaschainsawmassacre #horrorseason @Klou

A group of friends from New York City travel to Dead River, Maine for a weeklong vacation by the coastline. Unbeknownst to them, however, a clan of inbred and cannibalistic savages has taken up residence in a secluded cave very close to them, and after night falls they are attacked by the marauders, forcing them to become as depraved and barbaric as their tormentors are in an effort to survive. #Gory @Clwojick #BlackCatChallenge

A woman rents a middle of nowhere house in Maine during the off season and invites her sister and other guests for a week stay. What none of them could plan for were the horde of cannibals who have chosen them for their next meal. This isn‘t literary (of course) but I enjoyed Jack‘s writing, his characters, and even his explanation from whence the horde began. I will warn you, there is page after page of straight up, over the top, violence. 👇🏼

Totally getting Ania Ahlborn The Shuddering vibes. Lots of emotions from people who don‘t know they are on the menu planned by the Wrong Turn backward inbred coastal Maine hillbillies. This is all because Nick accepted ex-gf Carla‘s friendzone invitation to the middle of nowhere for a week. He brought new gf, Laura. Thought it‘d be ok but this is the first night and Carla is on the other side of the wall with her new bfJim!!!! 😱💔 Love it. Lol

I was looking for a good cannibal book and hoo boy did I get it.

I love the horror genre, but I‘ve always been nervous to read Ketchum. I have a pretty high threshold for “gross stuff”, but his books have always been on my “nope” list.

With his recent passing, I decided I want to try at least 1 book before I nix him from my TBR. The Girl Next Door will always be a nope. I know the true crime it‘s based on and I can‘t do it. But I‘ll give a family of cannibals a try. 🍴

Ok...deep breath...let‘s get started. 😬

More sad news today http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3479989/r-p-horror-author-jack-ketchum-died/

I'm not sure this is one of the "greatest horror books of all-time"... I generally wouldn't toss a book about cannibalism into that ring. However, this was quite disturbing. Every time my husband walked into the room while I was reading, I was making some type of horrified/grossed out face. I'm pretty happy with the ending...nothing feel-good about any of it, which I greatly appreciate. If you want a fast, gore filled read than this is your book.

Using a Garfield bookmark to feel less afraid when I read at night. 😂

I read this book at 12 yrs old. As you can see from the photo, I'm a big horror fan! My dad gave away a bunch of books when I was in high school, Off Season among them. Took a few years to find it again and now I have three copies! #scarybooks #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge

#weirdbooks I'm a day late. I know that the top two have already been posted some but I found it hard to pick weird books. #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge