Fantastic, sick and twisted.
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If your american you may want to turn on subtitles, some of the accents can be quite thick.  Or just watch over and over again, you won't mind.
The characterization is fantastic, and you'll soon fall in love with most of them.
Ehh, ehh, ehh. (You'll appreciate this after viewing)
2165352
Right away I wanted Antoine DeWitt to catch a break.  I felt his desperation, his internal struggle to stick around and shoulder his responsibilities, or run and take the easy way out.  He's an easy character to root for.

If claustrophobia, fear of the dark, and gore make you uneasy, this might be a tough read, but you'll be missing out on a gruesome tale that makes it difficult to look away.  There's no doubt Jon Dangle has committed atrocious acts and Antoine is his latest victim in a long line.  But in a sickeningly twisted way, he's almost able to justify his actions and for a moment, Dangle's heinous crimes almost make sense in a 'for the good of mankind' way - which is highly persuasive writing on the author's part.

Graphic imagery abounds and I lost track of the body count in this captivating horror novella.  Bonus points for the stunning cover!  I've read several of Hicks's works and he hasn't disappointed me yet.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
4421492
Ok, so I can see how some people could not like this book. It is very dark and extremely disturbing. I literally felt physically ill many times while reading it. That being said, once I started reading, I could not stop. I love books that pull you in. Books that make you feel like you are looking out into the story through the protagonists eyes. Books that make you really FEEL all the different emotions that the main character was feeling. And this book does all of that. It is extremely well written and next to impossible to put down.
2777152
This book was absolutely twisted, in the best way possible.

It managed to have a driving, unpredictable plot and still make time to ruminate on marriage, the immigrant experience, academia, domestic violence, the duties and care that parents owe to children and the duties and care children owe to parents.

It is hard to believe that this is a first novel. Brilliant.

5 stars.
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This book and the series are fantastic. The author has a talent for story telling with such description and feeling that just sucks you right in. I have been consumed by this series for the past three days and at times, so emotional, I had to walk away for a bit. Yes, it is dark, twisted, hot as heck and deeply disturbing, but what a love story between two souls with more baggage than one could ever imagine.
1604780
Deliciously disturbing, dark, and insane.  I love how God and the afterlife are portrayed.  It was brilliant, I could not put it down.
89220
Truly twisted. Mackay has managed to out do himself with these sick and horrific tales in this second volume. Charlie is still in a drug coma and we are getting another first hand view in to his destroyed and drug manipulated mind. Each nightmare is more perverse than the last.  This book is disturbing to the 10th power. Andrew Mackay is an amazingly gifted story teller.  Read at your own risk! I read this book for an arc and my honest review.
3868342
This was such a compelling story, I couldn't put it down. I just could not believe how people can be so evil, and cause so much death and destruction.  It was well written.
4904641
Wow, what a dark and twisted story is revealed within these pages. The story line is excellent, although I found the main characters story telling simplistic compared to the normal crime thrillers I'm used to reading.

The detail in this story is graphic, I'm sat cringing whilst I'm fervently turning the page to see what other grotesque death the author has delivered.

It's a very refreshing twist on a serial killer book, it had me guessing and mis-guessing throughout. For me to say I didn't see that coming is the sign of a story I thoroughly enjoyed.

I was so tired whilst I was reading this book after a busy week that I kept falling asleep, very begrudgingly as I so wanted to finish it in one sitting. Every time I had to put the book down it was at a good bit, and I couldn't wait to return to it.

As I say it's a deliciously dark and twisted read.
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This is one twisted story and I loved it. Everything from the main characters to the entire town is creepy and dark. This book is a page turner and will bring you along for an emotional ride. The story is very dark and disgusting at times. The author really pushes the boundaries. If you're a fan of horror, this one is for you.
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Where does one begin to describe the context of this book, which is so twisted that it goes way outside the norms of family; of acceptable sexual behavior; of infantcide, revenge mass murder, and killing your siblings and/or parents Then one must also take in account psychological manifestations due to inbreeding, incestuous behavior of father/son upon daughter/sister in an orgy type arena.  I think that just about covers it?  But wait, there is the doll!

The doll. A personality of it's own. Maybe not? Could it be a second (2nd) personality within the same person. Or just the the true feelings that a girl has repressed her whole life? (You must've  read the first book to take all this in.)  Now add in a younger sister who is aware and has been an unwilling  participant in so much. can she handle it? Could you?

So much happens in this book. Twist become more twisted and sick.

As for the writing: I find that the author has built  marvelous, if despicable, characters.  Each having their on personality (maybe two). The setting are vividly described but the reader is not overwhelmed Itty bits.  The interplay between characters is clear, clean, and straightforward.  And the story is well plotted even though it is bizarre.

I recommend you read Book 1,  then jump into this book: It is, as the title states: deranged!
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I absolutely love this world, this sick, twisted, dark, gritty and violent world! I don't want to live there, but I just can't stay away from the stories of those embroiled in . While this one had a bit of a different tone than the previous two in the series, it was no less angry

This is the story of the first, the first one that Van and Liv took and trained, that Liv saved, that Van broke. Through the twisted world and way things played out, they are all on the same side now, something the former slaves still have a bit of trouble swallowing when it comes to Van. Either way, we get that peek, that taste, of where Liv and Van are now, and then deep into our story

Camila had a beautiful life, and then it all unraveled, feel apart and she was cast into all sorts of hell. It all started with losing Matias, and now he is back. She has had contact with him, but he is back now. That is our story, they find out what really happened that shaped their lives so dramatically, so differently, than what they thought they were going to be

There are twists, turns, and some really kinky, wild sex along the way, but the connection is true and real. The boy and the girl grew up and changed, but what they are and meant to each other survived everything else that happened

It also left us nicely set up for the next book, and hopefully, stories for all the former captives :)
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Very interesting and disturbing
 Could not stop reading it.
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I've never been so disturbed by a book! Boris Starling is brilliant! He has created one of the most chilling fictional serial killers ever imagined. This book kept me reading late into the night, and when I was finally able to pull away from the pages I was unable to sleep because of what I had just read!
Totally sick and twisted! My kind of book!
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This novel is amazing-  a deeply disturbing often sadist romp into the netherworld of post-Peronist Argentina where a derranged minister of Juan Peron's second wife (not Evita) runs the show and choke-holds the Argentinian people with his "powers" and his psychosis.  Very trippy-  fun, in a sick, sick way.  Expert craftsmanship and exciting narrative voice. Buy it and read it right away-  then pass it on to a friend who can handle it.
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I truly liked this read because i love sick and twisted books. Books that take you to a diffrent place. Some parts hard to believe but definitely worth the read.
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This is one of the most twisted stories I've ever scene and it's fantastic. Just a word of advice for the casual American: turn the subtitles on because these Brits don't speak English very well.