Not Your Typical Horror Story
If you're looking for an edge of your seat, suspense and gore fest kind of horror novel then this is not the book to get. If you're looking for a book that focuses more on the gross out factor based on things related to disgusting hygiene and body functions, not unlike an extreme form of what's often referred to as "potty humour", such as an exceptionally in depth description of drinking out of a toilet bowl that has feces floating in it, then grab this book. Personally I found the so called horror portions of this book to be absolutely disgusting, but not in the blood and guts kind of horror that I would enjoy. The story had a great concept and this author can definitely write well, painting a picture with words incredibly well, thus the three stars. If only his concept of horror and mine were in the same ballpark because then I would go looking for more of his books to read. However I prefer horror that leaves me feeling scared, anxious, maybe even wanting a light left on. Instead I got gross visuals that all seemed to revolve around disgusting non-hygiene in exceptional descriptions that didn't horrify me as much as it just plain made me sick with disgust. As for the warning that this isn't a book for those easily offended, I am someone who is very hard to offend, or even disgust. My career has exposed me to the worst, the ugliest, and the some of the most depraved, and even physically disgusting people one can encounter, and while it can make a hard day of work harder, this book takes those experiences to a whole new level, and not in a good way. I'm sure there are readers who may enjoy this type of gross out "horror" but to me it's not actually horror it's just plain disgusting.