My review is for the ebook.
The eBook is (92 pages) so it's a quick read, depending on fast you read books or eBooks.
This book is fictional, but some of themes/scenes in the book made me feel uncomfortable to read specifically: the victim shaming of the domestic violence victim/the victimization and murder of the domestic violence victim as well, it was hard to read that.
It made me feel sick to read about the sexual abuse and the trauma that it caused to the children that were sexually abused by their dad, so it was understandable that one of the children committed suicide in such as horrific way.
𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬:
𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧
𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞
𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐦
𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 & 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬
𝐒𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞
The beginning of this book is bleak, depressing and disturbing that the two boys that are siblings are being sexually abused by their father.
I'm not sure if the son of the man that died is one of the abused children, or if he is the father that is sexually abusing his two sons but he is watching the Channel X streaming service obsessively.
It reminds me of the film Videodrome that was made by David Cronenberg, there is a particular scene that shows a woman being tortured.
Over time the main character becomes obsessed with extreme content that has no boundaries, limits, it is uncensored, raw and disturbing, graphically violent and sexual in context.
People become desensitized to various types of violence overtime until violence is normalized or it seems ordinary.
I wasn't expecting what Steve Chappo did to his boss Samuel but i'm sure a lot of people have thought of doing something similar to their boss, especially if they are a merciless, unforgiving, tyrant.
I'm not saying what Steve Chappo did to his boss Samuel Chastain was the right thing to do, but it was justified due to what Samuel said about Steve and his drunken, abusive, incestuous behaviour but he did for himself & on behalf of all his coworkers, for his son & as a act of defiance and revenge.
It's not surprising the boy killed himself, due to being sexually abused, there is only so much abuse a person can stand until it drives them insane, and they either self-harm, numb their pain with drugs, alcohol or sex, kill themselves or go on a murderous rampage and start by killing their abuser(s)
Sadly it's understandable and relatable.
The Channel X streaming service seems like it's illegal, it reminds me of the Red Rooms on the Deep Web, where the torturer/host is paid to torture, maim, murder people on camera, while it is live-streamed and the audience pays to view it. Live-streamed Snuff.
They gleefully want to watch a man or woman being tortured, mutilated, maimed, an murdered for their sick pleasure, they also choose which implements of torture that will be used and how the victims should be tortured/murdered.
I don't know if the Red Rooms truly exist but if they do, it's a terrifying concept, there is no limit to human depravity, cruelty, sadism or sexual deviancy and perversion.
There is a darkness that dwells deep within all of us, no matter how hard you try to resist, to suppress/repress it, it's always there, lingering within your soul.
I like there are multiple characters in the eBook, it makes it interesting to have multiple storylines happening simultaneously.
Channel X has a subliminal influence on the people streaming any film or tv series on the free service, whenever there is static on the screen.
It affects them emotionally, they inexplicable feel & express pent up anger/rage and either harm themselves by committing suicide or they commit gruesome, sadistic murders.
It's affecting everyone that signed up for the free service and is watching any film or tv series on the free streaming service, everyone except Rudy, because he keeps forgetting to register to use the free streaming service.
Everyone except Rudy will be subliminally influenced by Channel X.
I'm curious who created the free streaming service and if they are observing people that are streaming content on the free streaming service whenever there is static on everyone's screen.
I like the part of the eBook about Rudy and Jason, it would be fun to read a novella about people killing each other just so they could kill their competition so they would be next in line for a promotion.
I'm fine with reading gory, fucked up Extreme Horror or Splatterpunk books, but I don't want to read about domestic abuse or sexual abuse of children.
I like this book, but it would still be a good book/eBook without the sexual abuse of the two children, victim shaming of a victim of domestic violence then being subjected to more violence towards the domestic violence victim. Wtf? Why?
It's not necessary and doesn't add anything important to the story, it just reminds me of the corrupt, abusive sexist, misogynists, rapists & murderers that some Police officers are in England.
It's disgusting.
The overall plot of this book is unique and I like it, I liked how unhinged the characters were, they acted out their fantasies and supressed rage/anger.
Everyone is capable of cruelty, sadistic violence, sadism, murder, weather they like it or not or admit that.