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Sectioned
Sectioned follows Chloe's blood drenched journey. A journey through the world of unemployment, new relationships and dark graveyards where something foul lurkes behind the tomb stones. Waiting for the right moment to pounce. Brutal murders follow Chloe as she trys to start a new life in a strange city, finding love and rebuilding her rocky relationship with her sister.
It is a journey that leads Chloe to a hellish mental health unit. But is it the end of Chloe's journey or just the beginning. Is she really as mad as they say? Who will be torn into sections next?
If you like Matt Shaw, dark stories with plenty of gore, violence and extreme horror elements you'll love Sectioned.
Imprisoned in a unit
It is a journey that leads Chloe to a hellish mental health unit. But is it the end of Chloe's journey or just the beginning. Is she really as mad as they say? Who will be torn into sections next?
If you like Matt Shaw, dark stories with plenty of gore, violence and extreme horror elements you'll love Sectioned.
Imprisoned in a unit
57 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 9, 2018
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January 6, 2019
Sectioned, as you may gather from the title, is about a mental institution. But instead of this being the tale of a young woman experiencing the hardships of a life being locked up with a load of crazies, it details the events leading up to her being there.
Things start out in the institution where Chloe, our ‘hero’, witnesses the cruel treatment of her fellow inmates. She seems kind of normal, all told, so what in the hell happened to her?
Well we’re suddenly taken back in time to where Chloe’s being accused by her boyfriend and his parents of stealing a precious piece of jewellery. She’s taken on TV, shown to be lying when she says she never stole it, and forced out of their home. With nowhere else to go she moves in with her sister in a flat in London.
The sisters don’t exactly get on, but Sarah agrees to help Chloe out. Something went on long ago that is only hinted at to start with, but as the novella progresses we are treated to the details in all their horrific glory.
I liked the fact that we know Chloe ends up inside for murder, and spend the rest of the story discovering how and why. She doesn’t seem that messed up, at first anyway, and it’s interesting the way that her life takes on a dark ambience as time passes by.
She meets a guy who seems much less of a jerk-off than her ex, and things develop in the way one might assume. But nothing is quite like it seems.
When, towards the end, the big reveal is, well, revealed, Chloe’s reason for being sectioned makes a lot of sense. She’s had some seriously weird shit happen to her, I can tell you. The flashbacks to the grotesque moment from her childhood are vividly described and pretty high up there on the gore-scale.
If I was being critical, which I suppose I am, I’d say that the reveal is a little too rushed. Chloe’s character seems to shift from one extreme to the other in next to no time. One minute I was feeling a little sorry for her, the next I was bemoaning her heartless bitchery. Perhaps the reason for this was that something suddenly snapped in her, but a little more of a transition would have been more believable I feel.
And the way the twist was set up and presented did come across a little ‘convenient’ if that’s the right word.
But after saying all of that, I did enjoy this little novella. It’s definitely a one or two sitting story and the gore was just what I was craving. Without the aforementioned moans about it I would be absolutely raving about it.
So if you crave some necro-sex imagery with the back-drop of insanity then give this one a try.
Things start out in the institution where Chloe, our ‘hero’, witnesses the cruel treatment of her fellow inmates. She seems kind of normal, all told, so what in the hell happened to her?
Well we’re suddenly taken back in time to where Chloe’s being accused by her boyfriend and his parents of stealing a precious piece of jewellery. She’s taken on TV, shown to be lying when she says she never stole it, and forced out of their home. With nowhere else to go she moves in with her sister in a flat in London.
The sisters don’t exactly get on, but Sarah agrees to help Chloe out. Something went on long ago that is only hinted at to start with, but as the novella progresses we are treated to the details in all their horrific glory.
I liked the fact that we know Chloe ends up inside for murder, and spend the rest of the story discovering how and why. She doesn’t seem that messed up, at first anyway, and it’s interesting the way that her life takes on a dark ambience as time passes by.
She meets a guy who seems much less of a jerk-off than her ex, and things develop in the way one might assume. But nothing is quite like it seems.
When, towards the end, the big reveal is, well, revealed, Chloe’s reason for being sectioned makes a lot of sense. She’s had some seriously weird shit happen to her, I can tell you. The flashbacks to the grotesque moment from her childhood are vividly described and pretty high up there on the gore-scale.
If I was being critical, which I suppose I am, I’d say that the reveal is a little too rushed. Chloe’s character seems to shift from one extreme to the other in next to no time. One minute I was feeling a little sorry for her, the next I was bemoaning her heartless bitchery. Perhaps the reason for this was that something suddenly snapped in her, but a little more of a transition would have been more believable I feel.
And the way the twist was set up and presented did come across a little ‘convenient’ if that’s the right word.
But after saying all of that, I did enjoy this little novella. It’s definitely a one or two sitting story and the gore was just what I was craving. Without the aforementioned moans about it I would be absolutely raving about it.
So if you crave some necro-sex imagery with the back-drop of insanity then give this one a try.
November 20, 2020
The large amount of typos, missing words, and incorrect words used in sentences (autocorrect?) was the least frustrating thing for me, while reading this story. There are some dank and dirty metaphors in this story that really paint a demoralizing and disgusting picture. “Sectioned” a.k.a. "The Man" by Astrid Addams is all over the place. Only now as I reflect upon what I read, can I really hone in on what really mattered most about the whole story. I mean it was jam packed, and I mean stuffed, with melodramatic filler that was more or less irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. I actually had no idea this story was going to be as graphic as it was.
You can read my full breakdown here:
https://www.livefreeliverich.com/blog...
You can read my full breakdown here:
https://www.livefreeliverich.com/blog...
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November 16, 2018This is the second go around with a work from author Astrid Addams. I previously read and reviewed her release The Haunting of Hope House, which you can find here (http://kendallreviews.com/the-hauntin...).
Compared to the first book I read from the author, this novella has improved leaps and bounds over The Haunting of Hope House in terms of writing, editing and story lay out.
Now to really caveat this review, before beginning, I have no problem giving a fair review on a book, even if it’s not up my alley. For a relative example of that, please see my 4 star DNF review of Deep Shadow by Nick Sullivan here (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...).
Sectioned is a novella that follows Chloe, as she navigates within a Unit for the dangerous and deranged.
This story focuses on a singular group of residences in this Unit as they are beaten, humiliated and assaulted by the people in charge. While this occurs Chloe reflects on her life and the decisions that ultimately have conspired to cause her to end up in this place.
I found the characters to be fairly one dimensional, lacking any depth or background that allowed this reader to feel emotions towards them good or bad. The names of each character essentially summarize them (The Big Man, Shitty Sharon, Bloody Mary, The Baby etc) and the descriptions of each one simply doesn’t add anything.
Frequently I found the author striving to over-describe things. Horror can be more shocking and unsettling with the less is more principle, but Sectioned throws that idea out the window and over uses numerous adjectives.
I had many issues enjoying this novella. The biggest one for me though was the lack of depth of characters, making it hard for me to connect or care about Chloe or any of the other sectioned patients for that matter.
If you want a quick, easy read, that will remind you of Matt Shaw light, then give it a try, otherwise look elsewhere.
I can't justify leaving a star rating for this, as I suspect no matter what I put I will dwell on it and come back to lower it, so I am just passing on that rating aspect for now.
Compared to the first book I read from the author, this novella has improved leaps and bounds over The Haunting of Hope House in terms of writing, editing and story lay out.
Now to really caveat this review, before beginning, I have no problem giving a fair review on a book, even if it’s not up my alley. For a relative example of that, please see my 4 star DNF review of Deep Shadow by Nick Sullivan here (https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...).
Sectioned is a novella that follows Chloe, as she navigates within a Unit for the dangerous and deranged.
This story focuses on a singular group of residences in this Unit as they are beaten, humiliated and assaulted by the people in charge. While this occurs Chloe reflects on her life and the decisions that ultimately have conspired to cause her to end up in this place.
I found the characters to be fairly one dimensional, lacking any depth or background that allowed this reader to feel emotions towards them good or bad. The names of each character essentially summarize them (The Big Man, Shitty Sharon, Bloody Mary, The Baby etc) and the descriptions of each one simply doesn’t add anything.
Frequently I found the author striving to over-describe things. Horror can be more shocking and unsettling with the less is more principle, but Sectioned throws that idea out the window and over uses numerous adjectives.
I had many issues enjoying this novella. The biggest one for me though was the lack of depth of characters, making it hard for me to connect or care about Chloe or any of the other sectioned patients for that matter.
If you want a quick, easy read, that will remind you of Matt Shaw light, then give it a try, otherwise look elsewhere.
I can't justify leaving a star rating for this, as I suspect no matter what I put I will dwell on it and come back to lower it, so I am just passing on that rating aspect for now.
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