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The Slob
SOME STAINS DON'T COME OUT... Raised in a household that was so filthy it was stomach spilling, Vera has become a neat-freak. Her obsession with cleanliness sprouts the concept that her skills can be put to use in a unique way. In an effort to generate some income for her and her disabled husband Daniel just prior to the birth of their first child, she takes aim at the booming door to door sales business of the late 80s.
All is going well until she arrives at the steps of a house she wished she never had. The steps of an evil that brings back the ghastly memories she so desperately tried to wash away.
Nothing will prepare you for the nastiness, disorder and uncleansable horror brought forth by... The Slob.
(5 original, hand-drawn horrifying works of art included within)
All is going well until she arrives at the steps of a house she wished she never had. The steps of an evil that brings back the ghastly memories she so desperately tried to wash away.
Nothing will prepare you for the nastiness, disorder and uncleansable horror brought forth by... The Slob.
(5 original, hand-drawn horrifying works of art included within)
148 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 1, 2019
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Aron Beauregard
87 books3,413 followersAron Beauregard was born and raised in Central Falls, Rhode Island. He's been writing horror since the 6th grade and has now released over 25 books. An avid supporter of horror art and illustration, Aron has made it his standard to hire illustrators for every book that he puts out under his brand AB Horror.
His writing is dark and without boundaries. Known for creating a stir, his work has gone viral on several occasions. He's won the Splatterpunk Award twice after garnering four total nominations. As an independent artist, Beauregard's book "Playground" has achieved #1 Bestseller status under the category of horror on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Additionally, his work has been translated to multiple languages.
To get the latest updates about upcoming releases, signed books and merchandise, film news, and so much more, visit his website:
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His writing is dark and without boundaries. Known for creating a stir, his work has gone viral on several occasions. He's won the Splatterpunk Award twice after garnering four total nominations. As an independent artist, Beauregard's book "Playground" has achieved #1 Bestseller status under the category of horror on both Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Additionally, his work has been translated to multiple languages.
To get the latest updates about upcoming releases, signed books and merchandise, film news, and so much more, visit his website:
www.ABHorror.com
To subscribe to his free newsletter, join the AB Horror Maggot Mailing List at:
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April 2, 2021
Check it out at https://www.myindiemuse.com/2021/01/2...
Update I heard a rumor this book is nominated for a Splatterpunk Award!
Come on, August!
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Extreme horror authors - Listen Up!
The bar has been set. For any of you who feels the violence and depravity is the most important part of the story, you need to read this book to learn about character development - because when the reader cares for the protagonist, they can FEEL the bad things happening.
For anyone who doesn't understand why I can love one extreme story and hate the next, let me tell you something about myself:
I joined Goodreads a little more than 3 and a half years ago. In all honesty, I wasn't even aware of the extreme genre - with the exception of Richard Laymon and Bentley Little. Since then, some authors approach me every now and then to read and review a book. One of my personal rules is to not write a review for a book I don't finish, so others won't know which ones I abandon. I do, however, send the author a message to tell them why I won't finish it.
Since then, there were three extreme authors whose books I just couldn't get into - one who managed to make me physically nauseous - and the other two whose stories felt like it was 'violence for the sake of violence'. So, I may not have liked their stories, but I can understand they cater for a market I'm not into.
Last year, I read a book which I described at 'the sickest book I've ever read' and I still stand by it, but this book matched it in spades. However, this book was better for the reaction it invoked in me.
In 2010, Darren Aronofsky released his movie BLACK SWAN - to date, one of the top five movies I have ever seen - and made me an instant fan. When MOTHER! came out in 2017, I went into it blind. And, man, did that movie have an effect on me!
If you haven't seen this movie, skip this paragraph and watch the movie first! It starts out as this visually serene movie, which highlights the beauty and love for the couple, even though there is this teensy-weensy part of mystery you sense rather than see. The movie becomes a little strange when the people start coming and, even though you feel uneasy, it is more of a suggestion than anything actually shown. And then, all of a sudden, you find yourself in this fucking war zone...You see, the director hinted at something, but you do not expect this onslaught of violence out of nowhere. And it shakes you inside, makes your gut drop in that moment, makes your stomach turn as if you are part of those people's lives.
Well, this book did just about the same for me. Aron makes you care about Vera, gives you just enough time to understand and forgive her quirks. And then he fucks her up! This was the first time I had to put a book down and take a break, because my brain screamed NOOOOOOO!!!!
For anybody who thinks they can handle any kind of extreme, this one twisted me inside - good luck.
Bravo, Mr. Beauregard, bravo!!!
*Originally reviewed at IndieMuse
* https://www.myindiemuse.com/author/mo...
Update I heard a rumor this book is nominated for a Splatterpunk Award!
Come on, August!
------------------------------------------
Extreme horror authors - Listen Up!
The bar has been set. For any of you who feels the violence and depravity is the most important part of the story, you need to read this book to learn about character development - because when the reader cares for the protagonist, they can FEEL the bad things happening.
For anyone who doesn't understand why I can love one extreme story and hate the next, let me tell you something about myself:
I joined Goodreads a little more than 3 and a half years ago. In all honesty, I wasn't even aware of the extreme genre - with the exception of Richard Laymon and Bentley Little. Since then, some authors approach me every now and then to read and review a book. One of my personal rules is to not write a review for a book I don't finish, so others won't know which ones I abandon. I do, however, send the author a message to tell them why I won't finish it.
Since then, there were three extreme authors whose books I just couldn't get into - one who managed to make me physically nauseous - and the other two whose stories felt like it was 'violence for the sake of violence'. So, I may not have liked their stories, but I can understand they cater for a market I'm not into.
Last year, I read a book which I described at 'the sickest book I've ever read' and I still stand by it, but this book matched it in spades. However, this book was better for the reaction it invoked in me.
In 2010, Darren Aronofsky released his movie BLACK SWAN - to date, one of the top five movies I have ever seen - and made me an instant fan. When MOTHER! came out in 2017, I went into it blind. And, man, did that movie have an effect on me!
If you haven't seen this movie, skip this paragraph and watch the movie first! It starts out as this visually serene movie, which highlights the beauty and love for the couple, even though there is this teensy-weensy part of mystery you sense rather than see. The movie becomes a little strange when the people start coming and, even though you feel uneasy, it is more of a suggestion than anything actually shown. And then, all of a sudden, you find yourself in this fucking war zone...You see, the director hinted at something, but you do not expect this onslaught of violence out of nowhere. And it shakes you inside, makes your gut drop in that moment, makes your stomach turn as if you are part of those people's lives.
Well, this book did just about the same for me. Aron makes you care about Vera, gives you just enough time to understand and forgive her quirks. And then he fucks her up! This was the first time I had to put a book down and take a break, because my brain screamed NOOOOOOO!!!!
For anybody who thinks they can handle any kind of extreme, this one twisted me inside - good luck.
Bravo, Mr. Beauregard, bravo!!!
*Originally reviewed at IndieMuse
* https://www.myindiemuse.com/author/mo...
December 17, 2022
A childish and cartoonishly homophobic premise festooned in boilerplate writing and the most anatomically incorrect violation of the female reproductive system you’ll read this side of the Mississippi!
The most offensive thing about this book is the quality of the writing.
P.S. There’s a character here that speaks perfectly intelligible English despite having no lips. 🤨
The most offensive thing about this book is the quality of the writing.
P.S. There’s a character here that speaks perfectly intelligible English despite having no lips. 🤨
February 13, 2021
I follow a lot of horror reviewers and this author's books keep popping up.
Well make room for me on the band wagon because this book was awesome.
Gory, disturbing, horrifically gross, back to gory, and ending with straight-up bizarre.
Props to the cover artist too!
Well make room for me on the band wagon because this book was awesome.
Gory, disturbing, horrifically gross, back to gory, and ending with straight-up bizarre.
Props to the cover artist too!
August 18, 2021
Review originally published in SCREAM Magazine issue #67 July/August 2021
This book comes with its own warning:
“Contains graphic content. Reader discretion is advised.”
And that’s fair. THE SLOB is extremely graphic, vile, disgusting, disturbing, and upsetting. Readers definitely should be warned.
THE SLOB opens with a kidnapped woman suffering trauma so we know, upfront, what we’re getting into.
Chapter One sets the tone for the interior layout of chapter headings and illustrations. We get a flashback narrative of Vera’s backstory; childhood through adulthood.
Everyone in Vera’s family (The mother, father, and sister) are given dedicated pages of personal history. All of which are very obviously pointing to the neon sign: This is why Vera is who she is, Readers. Not quite info-dumps but definitely a sense of spoon-feeding the audience facts in order to build “character development.” A ‘telling versus showing’ style of writing. By the time we get to real-time events, Vera is a married, pregnant, vacuum saleswoman who goes door to door to make sales. She arrives at the home of the “Slob” about 47% into the book and after two or three pages of nauseating, detailed descriptions of every single physical feature of the “Slob” the book sprints through scene after scene of indulgent physical and sexual violence.
The most disturbing element of this book is not the torture porn or the gross-out body horror but the way his female protagonists seem so emotionally detached from all of it. There’s one scene, in particular, involving infanticide where I didn’t believe a single second of Vera’s emotional/physical responses. Extreme horror is such a nuanced sub-genre; too little is not enough and too much is gratuitous. Finding the sweet spot coupled with serious writing ability seems to be a tough balance for readers to find.
This book comes with its own warning:
“Contains graphic content. Reader discretion is advised.”
And that’s fair. THE SLOB is extremely graphic, vile, disgusting, disturbing, and upsetting. Readers definitely should be warned.
THE SLOB opens with a kidnapped woman suffering trauma so we know, upfront, what we’re getting into.
Chapter One sets the tone for the interior layout of chapter headings and illustrations. We get a flashback narrative of Vera’s backstory; childhood through adulthood.
Everyone in Vera’s family (The mother, father, and sister) are given dedicated pages of personal history. All of which are very obviously pointing to the neon sign: This is why Vera is who she is, Readers. Not quite info-dumps but definitely a sense of spoon-feeding the audience facts in order to build “character development.” A ‘telling versus showing’ style of writing. By the time we get to real-time events, Vera is a married, pregnant, vacuum saleswoman who goes door to door to make sales. She arrives at the home of the “Slob” about 47% into the book and after two or three pages of nauseating, detailed descriptions of every single physical feature of the “Slob” the book sprints through scene after scene of indulgent physical and sexual violence.
The most disturbing element of this book is not the torture porn or the gross-out body horror but the way his female protagonists seem so emotionally detached from all of it. There’s one scene, in particular, involving infanticide where I didn’t believe a single second of Vera’s emotional/physical responses. Extreme horror is such a nuanced sub-genre; too little is not enough and too much is gratuitous. Finding the sweet spot coupled with serious writing ability seems to be a tough balance for readers to find.
January 6, 2023
One of the worst books I've ever read. Yes, this was graphic, but if properly described, I can handle much worse. Since most of what was happening was absurd and some situations were nearly comical because they could never occur, this wasn't even remotely frightening. I'm sorry the author didn't succeed in making it seem interesting or more grisly; it felt like he was writing it just for show.
The narration and conversation are terrible, and several terms are misspelt in the script. Not to mention the final 10 pages. The first 50 pages served as a augury of what was to come. This book is filled with trash.
I enjoy reading gruesome books and fantastic horror that really plays with my head, but this book is boring, predictable, and the gore felt unnecessary and included only to give the plot more weight.
The narration and conversation are terrible, and several terms are misspelt in the script. Not to mention the final 10 pages. The first 50 pages served as a augury of what was to come. This book is filled with trash.
I enjoy reading gruesome books and fantastic horror that really plays with my head, but this book is boring, predictable, and the gore felt unnecessary and included only to give the plot more weight.
February 4, 2021
SOME STAINS DON'T COME OUT...
Raised in a household so filthy it was stomach-spilling, Vera involuntarily evolved into a neat freak. Upon discovering she and her disabled husband Daniel are expecting, she needs fast cash. Her obsession with cleanliness sprouts the concept that her skills can be put to use in a unique way. She takes a stab at the booming door-to-door vacuum sales business of 1988. All is going well until she arrives at the steps of a house that will change her forever. The steps of an evil that resurrects the ghastly memories she so desperately tried to wash away. Nothing will prepare you for the nastiness, disorder and sickening horror brought forth by... The Slob.
Well this was disturbing to say the least, not much of a plot going on apart from the fact you shouldn't knock on strangers doors; the antagonist here is a despicable, disgusting and evil person.
Don't read this if you're easily offended.
The shock factor here is high.
A must read for splatterpunk fans!
Now let me go throw up..
Raised in a household so filthy it was stomach-spilling, Vera involuntarily evolved into a neat freak. Upon discovering she and her disabled husband Daniel are expecting, she needs fast cash. Her obsession with cleanliness sprouts the concept that her skills can be put to use in a unique way. She takes a stab at the booming door-to-door vacuum sales business of 1988. All is going well until she arrives at the steps of a house that will change her forever. The steps of an evil that resurrects the ghastly memories she so desperately tried to wash away. Nothing will prepare you for the nastiness, disorder and sickening horror brought forth by... The Slob.
Well this was disturbing to say the least, not much of a plot going on apart from the fact you shouldn't knock on strangers doors; the antagonist here is a despicable, disgusting and evil person.
Don't read this if you're easily offended.
The shock factor here is high.
A must read for splatterpunk fans!
Now let me go throw up..
March 22, 2022
Barf!!
Vera, Vera, Vera, if only you had turned back and headed home, instead of chasing an extra 40 dollars.......!!
This was disgustingly good, and was full of filth,blood gore and violence throughout. Definitely not for the weak of stomach, as this has some vile nastiness soaked into most of the pages. Eating, before reading this, is definitely NOT recommended!! This was sick good, and I’m looking forward to reading ‘The Son of Slob’. Just need to empty my stomach first!! 🤮🤣
Vera, Vera, Vera, if only you had turned back and headed home, instead of chasing an extra 40 dollars.......!!
This was disgustingly good, and was full of filth,blood gore and violence throughout. Definitely not for the weak of stomach, as this has some vile nastiness soaked into most of the pages. Eating, before reading this, is definitely NOT recommended!! This was sick good, and I’m looking forward to reading ‘The Son of Slob’. Just need to empty my stomach first!! 🤮🤣
September 26, 2021
Hard to see the good in this book when it’s riddled with sexism, fatphobia, and ableism. Just when I thought it couldn’t get worse, the author somehow managed to throw in homophobia and racism in the final 10 pages! The ending was so random that it seemed as though he was just looking for an excuse to add some extra last-minute bigotry. If it wasn’t clear already, I do NOT recommend this book.
January 16, 2021
Wow! I completely enjoyed this very graphic and psychologically rending story from the first page to the last. The Slob is a despicable character, dripping gore from head to foot. Capturing and disposing of young women for his own pleasure and an undisclosed reason, he meets his match in personal hell. I could not put this book aside. I read it as fast as I could to reach the conclusion, rooting for the captured heroine. I greatly enjoy Aaron Beauregard's intelligent style, his character development and his build-up of plot and extreme actions. I can't wait to read more of his books. I recommend The Slob to anyone who relishes the extreme horror genre.
August 22, 2022
This book reminded me of the Wrong Turn movie series because of the “meat grinder” thingy. Barbaric and filthy disgusting.
Vera grew up in a dirty and squalid household. In order to get away from her unclean childhood, she became a neat-freak. In an effort to generate some income for the birth of her child and for her disabled husband, she started working as a door to door sales woman selling state of the art vaccum cleaner.
Everything was going well until the doorstep to hell opened for her. It would’ve been a completely different story had Edward Scissorhands was the one at the other side of the door but alas! It was a giant-fetid-dirt-ridden-slob! Ew.
I felt itchy just by reading this book. I could smell the putrid whiff of filth and odor, it made me scratch my skin and unconsciously reach for a sanitizer just to lessen my discomfort. Totally gross.
I don’t wanna describe the “horrendous torture” that Vera experienced at the hands of the Slob in great detail because I feel like I’m gonna throw up if I do.
You might wanna take a long shower after you’re done reading this book—only if you have the guts to do so! Ugh.
Vera grew up in a dirty and squalid household. In order to get away from her unclean childhood, she became a neat-freak. In an effort to generate some income for the birth of her child and for her disabled husband, she started working as a door to door sales woman selling state of the art vaccum cleaner.
Everything was going well until the doorstep to hell opened for her. It would’ve been a completely different story had Edward Scissorhands was the one at the other side of the door but alas! It was a giant-fetid-dirt-ridden-slob! Ew.
I felt itchy just by reading this book. I could smell the putrid whiff of filth and odor, it made me scratch my skin and unconsciously reach for a sanitizer just to lessen my discomfort. Totally gross.
I don’t wanna describe the “horrendous torture” that Vera experienced at the hands of the Slob in great detail because I feel like I’m gonna throw up if I do.
You might wanna take a long shower after you’re done reading this book—only if you have the guts to do so! Ugh.
January 6, 2022
Vera grew up in a filthy household. Now she is obsessed with cleaning. Finding out she is pregnant, she takes on a job as a vacuum door to door salesman. One day she notices a house way back from the street. She climbs the steps to the house and knocks on the door. Vera has knocked on the wrong door, and she is going to pay a price for it.
So yeah I notice the warning going in, but wow I wasn't ready. This was hardcore. Balls to the wall extreme horror at it's finest. Bravo!
So yeah I notice the warning going in, but wow I wasn't ready. This was hardcore. Balls to the wall extreme horror at it's finest. Bravo!
July 30, 2023
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September 4, 2021
Such nicely constructed sentences to say such horrible and vile things. (my favorite🤗)
An absolute masterpiece, deserving of all the praise. It completely dried up my vaginal vestibule.
An absolute masterpiece, deserving of all the praise. It completely dried up my vaginal vestibule.
July 18, 2022
Story 5/5
Narration 5/5
The Slob is one of the vilest fictional character I’ve read.
This story is very well written, disgusting, disturbing and so brutal!
I never read something like that. The torture scenes are atrocious.
This is a must read for fans of extreme horror.
Narration 5/5
The Slob is one of the vilest fictional character I’ve read.
This story is very well written, disgusting, disturbing and so brutal!
I never read something like that. The torture scenes are atrocious.
This is a must read for fans of extreme horror.
February 9, 2021
Maybe Dr. Guyver could prescribe me something to stop the dreams. Or if he couldn’t stop them, maybe he could at least find a way to pacify them.
December 21, 2022
Vera’s newfound cleanliness obsession leads her to take up a job as a door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesperson, which proves very profitable until she arrives at the house of ‘The Slob’. This is pretty much an extreme fest that even goes further than what I feel comfortable with, so maybe that is a warning for all those who don’t have strong stomachs. Having said that, I must admit I was surprised how good the writing is, and if you can stand the horrific descriptions, there is a story somewhere in there. A feast for the depraved!
April 19, 2023
Don't usually Reread a book so close from reading it the first time. Read it in January this year but I just got book two.
The Reread was definitely not "enjoyable" at the horror aspect as it's extreme gore and violence towards women and a lot of trully terrifying this happens. But I think the start was a great beginning as I got very invested in Vera, why she is so obsessed in cleaning and her life before the slob. It was a gruesome bit even in there buts it's when she meet the slob it truly begging.
It really succeeded in being horrifying nightmarefule but still being hard not to continue. But I think I'll wait a bit before reading book 2
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This is not a book very it's sounds good to say I highly enjoyed it but it's definitely a five star read. It was very gruesome at parts and definitely not for the faint of heart. The story as some great strength in that's is very well written and I got invested in the MC and her life story before the horror parts truly began. It was a short read but didn't feel too short. Need to get to the next one soon enough. The ending didn't end on a huge cliffhanger but I'm intruiged to see what the next one have in store
The Reread was definitely not "enjoyable" at the horror aspect as it's extreme gore and violence towards women and a lot of trully terrifying this happens. But I think the start was a great beginning as I got very invested in Vera, why she is so obsessed in cleaning and her life before the slob. It was a gruesome bit even in there buts it's when she meet the slob it truly begging.
It really succeeded in being horrifying nightmarefule but still being hard not to continue. But I think I'll wait a bit before reading book 2
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This is not a book very it's sounds good to say I highly enjoyed it but it's definitely a five star read. It was very gruesome at parts and definitely not for the faint of heart. The story as some great strength in that's is very well written and I got invested in the MC and her life story before the horror parts truly began. It was a short read but didn't feel too short. Need to get to the next one soon enough. The ending didn't end on a huge cliffhanger but I'm intruiged to see what the next one have in store
August 14, 2022
I finally did it. I finally found something that made me want to cry and puke at the same time. This book is extremely brutal and there are so many trigger warnings. Also, don’t eat while reading it. It won’t end well.
This story is rich in description. The reason why I rated it a 5 star. It was repulsive and vile and yet. I couldn’t stop reading it. There were moments of tension that were built up so well that I was sitting on the edge of my seat.
I swear I still can’t breathe thinking about some certain scenes in this book. I won’t be forgetting anything in this book for awhile.
This story is rich in description. The reason why I rated it a 5 star. It was repulsive and vile and yet. I couldn’t stop reading it. There were moments of tension that were built up so well that I was sitting on the edge of my seat.
I swear I still can’t breathe thinking about some certain scenes in this book. I won’t be forgetting anything in this book for awhile.
December 4, 2022
this was absolutely cuckooooooo. disgusting, gory and definitely gross. actually surprised me towards the end, when i found out the why behind it all. i just didn't expect it to go in that direction at all. a pretty fun and crazy read overall.
August 16, 2021
I didn't like this book....I LOVED IT!!!What a bloody good read,well written and a page turner,this is my kind of book,OK...so that may make me sound a little weird and strange,maybe I am,but I got a real kick from reading this,the gore,torture and the shear horror of it all from start to finish! The ending was fantastic and a surprise WOW...I have now purchased "Son Of The Slob"which I cant wait to read,All In All 10 out of 10.
May 8, 2021
The homophobic ending...
Yes gory..but ive read worse..
50% was some kind of love story..
The ending was ridiculous i felt that I was reading a book that ateen boy wrote thinking he was "shocking" the reader. It was ridiculous 🙄ESPECIALLY THAT HOMOPHOBIC IMMATURE ENDING!
NOPE..I AM BLOCKING THIS AUTHOR SO I NEVER MAKE THE MISTAKE OF READING ANY OF HIS BOOKS AGAIN!
Yes gory..but ive read worse..
50% was some kind of love story..
The ending was ridiculous i felt that I was reading a book that ateen boy wrote thinking he was "shocking" the reader. It was ridiculous 🙄ESPECIALLY THAT HOMOPHOBIC IMMATURE ENDING!
NOPE..I AM BLOCKING THIS AUTHOR SO I NEVER MAKE THE MISTAKE OF READING ANY OF HIS BOOKS AGAIN!
February 5, 2021
'General axiom: You are what you eat!'
To be honest, when I looked at this silly book title and rather juvenile front cover, I thought that this would prove to be just another rather pointless, gratuitously sick, ridiculous 'C' rated extreme horror offering which would both underwhelm and disappoint. Well, how wrong could I be - it was quite simply just BRILLIANT, and maybe the best story in this adult genre that I have ever read!
Yes, ultra extreme in terms of the level of violence and sexual activity, but those aspects of the read just felt like much needed natural and essential elements which were required to enhance the pleasure and enjoyment of reading about such a grisly, gruesome and utterly grotesque despicable humanistic encounter.
After a somewhat troublesome childhood, Vera becomes obsessed about cleanliness about the home, and in adulthood gains part-time employment working as a maid for a chain of hotels. After marriage and becoming pregnant, she purchases a fantastic new carpet cleaner and decides to try and supplement her income by selling this new model for a few weeks by knocking door-to-door to the good folk in the local, and not so local, community. All goes well until, on her very last call and on her very last day, and for the sake of making a few extra easy dollars, she knocks on the door which belongs to...'The Slob'. Professional to the end, and keen to make a final sale, she enters the house but unfortunately finds ...that this, in fact, is just when all of the 'fun' is about to begin.
Yes, a tale which is most certainly black and disturbingly grim, but with some great characters, superb illustrations and a totally OTT, but wonderful strong, well crafted, clever and powerful storyline, this little escapade into the world of complete depravity deservedly proved that it will long be remembered and, by some, not easily forgotten. Truly a touch of terrifyingly, filthy wickedness!
Not to be missed by fans of top quality, brutally extreme tales of pure horror.
Bravo, Aron - you have yourself a new fan!
Rating: 5 full, bright and blazing death stars of complete ruination.
To be honest, when I looked at this silly book title and rather juvenile front cover, I thought that this would prove to be just another rather pointless, gratuitously sick, ridiculous 'C' rated extreme horror offering which would both underwhelm and disappoint. Well, how wrong could I be - it was quite simply just BRILLIANT, and maybe the best story in this adult genre that I have ever read!
Yes, ultra extreme in terms of the level of violence and sexual activity, but those aspects of the read just felt like much needed natural and essential elements which were required to enhance the pleasure and enjoyment of reading about such a grisly, gruesome and utterly grotesque despicable humanistic encounter.
After a somewhat troublesome childhood, Vera becomes obsessed about cleanliness about the home, and in adulthood gains part-time employment working as a maid for a chain of hotels. After marriage and becoming pregnant, she purchases a fantastic new carpet cleaner and decides to try and supplement her income by selling this new model for a few weeks by knocking door-to-door to the good folk in the local, and not so local, community. All goes well until, on her very last call and on her very last day, and for the sake of making a few extra easy dollars, she knocks on the door which belongs to...'The Slob'. Professional to the end, and keen to make a final sale, she enters the house but unfortunately finds ...that this, in fact, is just when all of the 'fun' is about to begin.
Yes, a tale which is most certainly black and disturbingly grim, but with some great characters, superb illustrations and a totally OTT, but wonderful strong, well crafted, clever and powerful storyline, this little escapade into the world of complete depravity deservedly proved that it will long be remembered and, by some, not easily forgotten. Truly a touch of terrifyingly, filthy wickedness!
Not to be missed by fans of top quality, brutally extreme tales of pure horror.
Bravo, Aron - you have yourself a new fan!
Rating: 5 full, bright and blazing death stars of complete ruination.
February 8, 2021
Well, I just finished "THE SLOB" by Aron Beauregard and feel dirty. I feel like I've been chugging the liquid at the bottom of a city garbage truck on a summer day. The vile, repulsiveness contained in a mere 128 pages is staggering. Vera is a woman with determination and grit, who struggles to escape her troubled youth. Through sheer will, she overcomes adversity and marries the love of her life.
Enter THE SLOB, one of the most repugnant, disgusting 'human' beings to ever grace the page. His description is so gross, the pages even feel filthy. Beauregard doesn't just heap on gore and sleaze for no reason, no, each word is well placed and crucial to the story. The character development achieved in this novella is amazing, managing to cram backstory without boring the reader. This is one for the ages and is deserving of an award.
Enter THE SLOB, one of the most repugnant, disgusting 'human' beings to ever grace the page. His description is so gross, the pages even feel filthy. Beauregard doesn't just heap on gore and sleaze for no reason, no, each word is well placed and crucial to the story. The character development achieved in this novella is amazing, managing to cram backstory without boring the reader. This is one for the ages and is deserving of an award.
July 24, 2022
Barnyard blues.
Holy shit this was an insane bloodbath! I knew I was in for a disgusting time, but this still managed to make me gag more than a few times. A well-written story that doesn't overstay It's welcome. Aron manages to build up a lovable protagonist-Vera- in the first few chapters, making It all the more torturous on the reader when she eventually gets thrust into the hellish world of -The Slob.
I can't decide which I prefer -The Slob- or -Yellow. I'll definitely be checking out the sequel after this monstrosity, though. I guess you can call It morbid curiosity.
4.5 Stars.
Holy shit this was an insane bloodbath! I knew I was in for a disgusting time, but this still managed to make me gag more than a few times. A well-written story that doesn't overstay It's welcome. Aron manages to build up a lovable protagonist-Vera- in the first few chapters, making It all the more torturous on the reader when she eventually gets thrust into the hellish world of -The Slob.
I can't decide which I prefer -The Slob- or -Yellow. I'll definitely be checking out the sequel after this monstrosity, though. I guess you can call It morbid curiosity.
4.5 Stars.
July 15, 2021
Not even that shocking, just horribly written
Honestly, not even worth reviewing. Words are misspelled, dialogue is illogical and unnecessary, the tense/perspective jolts around. Sure, it’s bloody and gory, but the actual meat of the text is unbearable. 0 stars. #tiktokdidmedirty
Honestly, not even worth reviewing. Words are misspelled, dialogue is illogical and unnecessary, the tense/perspective jolts around. Sure, it’s bloody and gory, but the actual meat of the text is unbearable. 0 stars. #tiktokdidmedirty
May 3, 2023
Absolute filth. Really enjoyed this one, good build and then turned super nasty with plenty of horrific detail. Like the way the story was told in an almost matter of fact manner too, made it all the more unnerving.
September 10, 2023
This book was my first introduction to splatter-punk. It was super brutal and unforgiving, which I think is the point of splatter-punk books. Just to be as brutal as possible in the shortest amount of time. So in that respect, the book delivered.
June 13, 2023
This review will contain spoilers of the entire story, and with this I provide a huge trigger warning: this book and review discusses rape, foeticide, mutilation, necrophilia, misogyny and homophobia. Read both the book and/or this review at your own discretion.
I came into this book with a sense of optimism, really. Wanting to immerse myself in more splatterpunk lit, I took to checking what other people recommended, and one of them was The Slob. Having read the premise and been intrigued, I read this in hopes of something good.
Needless to say, I found myself deeply disappointed.
I would genuinely love to know what it is people loved about this book, because personally, I kind of felt a bit lied to. In this review I plan to elaborate on my personal thoughts and gripes.
To summarise for those who do not intend upon reading the full thing:
Vera is a woman who grew to become obsessed with cleanliness after growing up in deeply unhygienic circumstances and having to clean up what remained of her mentally ill sister after her suicide. Later marrying a now-disabled veteran named Daniel, she picks up on becoming a door-to-door vacuum saleswoman in order to rake in extra money in hopes of supporting her pregnancy.
When knocking at the door of The Slob, she finds herself locked in and enduring copious bouts of physical and sexual torture. This includes being sexually assaulted using a piece of cooked human meat, being forced to eat that after, having her unborn infant pulverised and being force fed to her, and so forth.
The book ends after Vera escapes her cage in the barn she got locked up in and kills The Slob (he only gets called this, by the way) by pushing him into a massive meatgrinder which was used to grind down previous victims into a fine minced meat. It later turns out that this meat (cleverly labelled “Tender Young Girl”) gets used by a cult of gay men who believe that through eating this meat, they can “whittle down the feminine populace around them while, at the same time, pocketing some of their lady-like qualities” (these are the author’s words, not mine). So that they have a chance, or something…? I don't know how they managed to shoehorn homophobia into this all, but somehow they did.
Also, Vera now turns out to be pregnant with The Slob’s child.
Positives
I don’t wish to start on a negative note, however, as there are good things I can list about this book. Namely, the premise itself. I came into this intrigued, as the main story left me wondering what sort of horrors would unfold. Additionally, this book is an easy read - perhaps not from a content standpoint, but from a literary one - and one that I blazed through in an afternoon.
Thus, I will give credit where credit is due: Beauregard does know how to make you want to keep reading, at least in my opinion. The main driving point for this book is that you keep reading on the basis of “But what happens next?”, and despite later complaints about characterisation, Vera is a character successfully written in a way that makes you root for her and want to escape the madness she endures. The strongest parts in this regard, to me, was Vera’s cooperation with Sandra. Despite my nagging feeling that it wouldn’t end well, I found myself still hoping that their plan would work, thus being a motivation for me to keep reading.
Additionally - and this perhaps is besides the point as this isn’t about the writing itself - I’d like to note that I thoroughly enjoy the cover art.
Unfortunately, though, that’s about all the good things I have to say.
Plot buildup
Because I have a lot to say in regards to the negatives of this book, it will be divided into several subsections, starting with the story’s buildup.
You get a taste of what’s to come in the first ‘chapter’, but after that, almost half of the book is spent just explaining things. You have heard of the concept “show, don’t tell”. Well, there’s a whole lot of telling and little to no showing.
I don’t consider this to be a massive crime when it comes to explaining Vera’s upbringing and the suicide of her sister, as this feels authentic to the feeling of having somebody recount their life to you. What in my opinion, however, was fully unnecessary was the detailed interjection of how Vera met her husband, Daniel. The fact that this infodump was placed between the scene in which Vera meets the vacuum salesman and her decision to join in on selling vacuums herself is disorienting and in the grand scheme of the story, rather irrelevant.
I could've been less mad about this had it been inserted at a better moment, as I can understand the decision to add a little bit of exposition about Daniel and his importance to Vera’s mental wellbeing. However, the timing in which this additional information was added feels deeply off to the point where when you snap back to the ‘present’, it feels disorienting. The fact that their romance felt incredibly corny didn't help either.
By the time the horror actually starts, it’s like taking a fast train towards the end, and I don’t mean this in a good way considering how slow the first half of the book felt to me. Sure, the first few days get thoroughly detailed, thus giving you the ability to immerse yourself somewhat properly. After the escape attempt, however, we simply timeskip a few weeks, once again just being told that Vera endures bouts of agony in the process. This jump, in my opinion, left an undesirable gap in time which I feel should have been explored and could have been used to further drive us deeper into the horrors of being held captive by The Slob.
This further makes me want to elaborate on my gripes with the depictions of violence in the book. I am not at all bothered by the sheer extremity of the brutality to be found, but rather disappointed by the way that the violence fails to build up upon itself. To give you an example of this done right, have a look at A Serbian Film: despite scenes in it being really bad, as you continue to watch you still continue to get shocked and think “Wow, somehow it just keeps getting worse!”. This is what one should strive for in my opinion, and The Slob fully failed at creating that “God, it keeps getting worse” feeling.
Summarised: The fundamental problem with the buildup of this story is that we begin excruciatingly slow and hone in on irrelevant points, and by the time we get into the real meat (no pun intended) of things, it feels quick and shallow, even the violence - the selling point of this book - feeling substanceless.
(A lack of) Character development
This in my opinion is one of the things that angers me the most about this book as I think about it more. The potential was ripe for picking, and I cannot tell whether I as a reader am purposefully being taunted or if Beauregard simply gave up on trying with characterisation the moment he got into writing the actual violence.
We spent half the book reading about Vera’s filth-related trauma, and for what? For her to be reduced to an immortal punching bag to be violated and vomited on?
The start of Vera’s previous characterisation being fully diminished starts at the very moment she knocks at The Slob’s door. With her obsession with cleanliness having previously been established as to keep memories of her sister’s suicide at bay, would she not immediately have been on edge the moment she had a glimpse of the state of The Slob’s home? You cannot look me in the eye and tell me that at any point, Vera would have voluntarily stepped in there knowing what we previously learned about her as a character.
Additionally, as she gets locked up in the absolute filth, we barely get to know about how this affects Vera, if at all. Does the filth not bring back bad memories? Does it not take her back to her filthy, unhygienic childhood home? Does it not distress her?
Vera’s unborn infant was brutally killed and force fed to her, and this fact only occasionally gets acknowledged in the story despite how absolutely devastating this would realistically be for a to-be mother. Only once do I remember being shown a semblance of grief on Vera’s part, and how these events affect her psyche rarely gets explored.
With the way the book’s synopsis was written, I went into this thinking that part of this book would be Vera being forced to confront the traumatic childhood that she has spent the entirety of her adolescent and adult life attempting to clean away. I did not get any of this in the slightest and all potential for character exploration in the second half of this book was thrown away in favour of frivolously describing anatomically impossible violence. This leads us to the following:
Hey, Aron. Women don’t really work that way (and other weird anatomical hijinks)
Another deeply bothersome constant within this book is an onslaught of anatomical inaccuracies, especially related to female anatomy.
These include:
- Being able to reach elbow-deep into Vera’s vagina to pull out chunks of her unborn infant
- Being able to vacuum out chunk of Vera’s unborn infant through her vagina
- Vera being able to shove a sharp chunk of forearm bone into her vagina without injury
- The forearm bone being able to slice up The Slob’s penis upon him trying to rape her
- Sandra being able to speak perfectly understandable English despite missing her lips
- "female stash spot" ?????????
Mind you, these are the things that I could list off the top of my head alone. I would be able to tolerate the occasional implausibility considering it’s rather difficult to gauge realism when you plan on getting creative with writing torture, but things like what I have listed above not only make it difficult to suspend disbelief: it also makes it hard to take the story seriously.
Speaking of things I thought were hard to take seriously:
“The banana split covered in cherry” (Alt. Subtitle: what the fuck is this book’s prose)
This one’s a bit of a more difficult one to discuss for me because I am aware that opinions on prose in literature can vary quite wildly. My opinion in the matter is that in better cases it’s clunky to read, and at worst flatout goofy.
However, I will let this subtitle do the majority of the talking here. This was a legitimate description used for The Slob’s cut up penis.
Thankfully, despite the silliness of the writing at times, Beauregard’s prose is not offensive to the point you want to DNF solely on that basis. However, be warned: while I can understand that perhaps beautiful wording isn’t the thing one would be looking for when reading The Slob, I personally do not have many good things to say about it. Be prepared for writing that makes you roll your eyes and on some occasions makes you wonder: “What was the need to say it that way?” (example: see this section’s title).
Conclusion
Overall, I came in looking for good horror and came out feeling like I perhaps wasted my afternoon. Throughout the entirety of reading, throughout the spelling errors end odd word choices (“brazed babes” to describe the minced cooked flesh of The Slob’s victims??? Yes, it was misspelled in the book) and throughout the corniness that was the last quarter of this book, the only question that persisted within me was “What was all of this for?”.
Let me reinstate: I am a solemn defender of extreme horror and the creation of it. I fully knew to expect true shock when reading this, but in my opinion, this book didn’t even do a good job of achieving its very purpose (which, again, was to shock and disturb). Thus, when it doesn’t even make for proper ‘shock horror’ (as some may call it), I once again need to wonder: What was all of this for?
After all, clearly it didn’t shock, disturb or horrify me adequately, nor can this be justified by the book giving way for character exposition or depth. After all, depth is one of the many things The Slob is sorely lacking in.
It’s a bad attempt at extreme horror, a bad attempt at writing something deeper and a bad attempt at writing overall. I wanted to give this book two stars for the positives that I had previously listed. However, the more I sat down to gather my thoughts, the more I realised just how much I truly disliked this work.
Do yourself a favour. Watch Cannibal Holocaust instead.
I came into this book with a sense of optimism, really. Wanting to immerse myself in more splatterpunk lit, I took to checking what other people recommended, and one of them was The Slob. Having read the premise and been intrigued, I read this in hopes of something good.
Needless to say, I found myself deeply disappointed.
I would genuinely love to know what it is people loved about this book, because personally, I kind of felt a bit lied to. In this review I plan to elaborate on my personal thoughts and gripes.
To summarise for those who do not intend upon reading the full thing:
Vera is a woman who grew to become obsessed with cleanliness after growing up in deeply unhygienic circumstances and having to clean up what remained of her mentally ill sister after her suicide. Later marrying a now-disabled veteran named Daniel, she picks up on becoming a door-to-door vacuum saleswoman in order to rake in extra money in hopes of supporting her pregnancy.
When knocking at the door of The Slob, she finds herself locked in and enduring copious bouts of physical and sexual torture. This includes being sexually assaulted using a piece of cooked human meat, being forced to eat that after, having her unborn infant pulverised and being force fed to her, and so forth.
The book ends after Vera escapes her cage in the barn she got locked up in and kills The Slob (he only gets called this, by the way) by pushing him into a massive meatgrinder which was used to grind down previous victims into a fine minced meat. It later turns out that this meat (cleverly labelled “Tender Young Girl”) gets used by a cult of gay men who believe that through eating this meat, they can “whittle down the feminine populace around them while, at the same time, pocketing some of their lady-like qualities” (these are the author’s words, not mine). So that they have a chance, or something…? I don't know how they managed to shoehorn homophobia into this all, but somehow they did.
Also, Vera now turns out to be pregnant with The Slob’s child.
Positives
I don’t wish to start on a negative note, however, as there are good things I can list about this book. Namely, the premise itself. I came into this intrigued, as the main story left me wondering what sort of horrors would unfold. Additionally, this book is an easy read - perhaps not from a content standpoint, but from a literary one - and one that I blazed through in an afternoon.
Thus, I will give credit where credit is due: Beauregard does know how to make you want to keep reading, at least in my opinion. The main driving point for this book is that you keep reading on the basis of “But what happens next?”, and despite later complaints about characterisation, Vera is a character successfully written in a way that makes you root for her and want to escape the madness she endures. The strongest parts in this regard, to me, was Vera’s cooperation with Sandra. Despite my nagging feeling that it wouldn’t end well, I found myself still hoping that their plan would work, thus being a motivation for me to keep reading.
Additionally - and this perhaps is besides the point as this isn’t about the writing itself - I’d like to note that I thoroughly enjoy the cover art.
Unfortunately, though, that’s about all the good things I have to say.
Plot buildup
Because I have a lot to say in regards to the negatives of this book, it will be divided into several subsections, starting with the story’s buildup.
You get a taste of what’s to come in the first ‘chapter’, but after that, almost half of the book is spent just explaining things. You have heard of the concept “show, don’t tell”. Well, there’s a whole lot of telling and little to no showing.
I don’t consider this to be a massive crime when it comes to explaining Vera’s upbringing and the suicide of her sister, as this feels authentic to the feeling of having somebody recount their life to you. What in my opinion, however, was fully unnecessary was the detailed interjection of how Vera met her husband, Daniel. The fact that this infodump was placed between the scene in which Vera meets the vacuum salesman and her decision to join in on selling vacuums herself is disorienting and in the grand scheme of the story, rather irrelevant.
I could've been less mad about this had it been inserted at a better moment, as I can understand the decision to add a little bit of exposition about Daniel and his importance to Vera’s mental wellbeing. However, the timing in which this additional information was added feels deeply off to the point where when you snap back to the ‘present’, it feels disorienting. The fact that their romance felt incredibly corny didn't help either.
By the time the horror actually starts, it’s like taking a fast train towards the end, and I don’t mean this in a good way considering how slow the first half of the book felt to me. Sure, the first few days get thoroughly detailed, thus giving you the ability to immerse yourself somewhat properly. After the escape attempt, however, we simply timeskip a few weeks, once again just being told that Vera endures bouts of agony in the process. This jump, in my opinion, left an undesirable gap in time which I feel should have been explored and could have been used to further drive us deeper into the horrors of being held captive by The Slob.
This further makes me want to elaborate on my gripes with the depictions of violence in the book. I am not at all bothered by the sheer extremity of the brutality to be found, but rather disappointed by the way that the violence fails to build up upon itself. To give you an example of this done right, have a look at A Serbian Film: despite scenes in it being really bad, as you continue to watch you still continue to get shocked and think “Wow, somehow it just keeps getting worse!”. This is what one should strive for in my opinion, and The Slob fully failed at creating that “God, it keeps getting worse” feeling.
Summarised: The fundamental problem with the buildup of this story is that we begin excruciatingly slow and hone in on irrelevant points, and by the time we get into the real meat (no pun intended) of things, it feels quick and shallow, even the violence - the selling point of this book - feeling substanceless.
(A lack of) Character development
This in my opinion is one of the things that angers me the most about this book as I think about it more. The potential was ripe for picking, and I cannot tell whether I as a reader am purposefully being taunted or if Beauregard simply gave up on trying with characterisation the moment he got into writing the actual violence.
We spent half the book reading about Vera’s filth-related trauma, and for what? For her to be reduced to an immortal punching bag to be violated and vomited on?
The start of Vera’s previous characterisation being fully diminished starts at the very moment she knocks at The Slob’s door. With her obsession with cleanliness having previously been established as to keep memories of her sister’s suicide at bay, would she not immediately have been on edge the moment she had a glimpse of the state of The Slob’s home? You cannot look me in the eye and tell me that at any point, Vera would have voluntarily stepped in there knowing what we previously learned about her as a character.
Additionally, as she gets locked up in the absolute filth, we barely get to know about how this affects Vera, if at all. Does the filth not bring back bad memories? Does it not take her back to her filthy, unhygienic childhood home? Does it not distress her?
Vera’s unborn infant was brutally killed and force fed to her, and this fact only occasionally gets acknowledged in the story despite how absolutely devastating this would realistically be for a to-be mother. Only once do I remember being shown a semblance of grief on Vera’s part, and how these events affect her psyche rarely gets explored.
With the way the book’s synopsis was written, I went into this thinking that part of this book would be Vera being forced to confront the traumatic childhood that she has spent the entirety of her adolescent and adult life attempting to clean away. I did not get any of this in the slightest and all potential for character exploration in the second half of this book was thrown away in favour of frivolously describing anatomically impossible violence. This leads us to the following:
Hey, Aron. Women don’t really work that way (and other weird anatomical hijinks)
Another deeply bothersome constant within this book is an onslaught of anatomical inaccuracies, especially related to female anatomy.
These include:
- Being able to reach elbow-deep into Vera’s vagina to pull out chunks of her unborn infant
- Being able to vacuum out chunk of Vera’s unborn infant through her vagina
- Vera being able to shove a sharp chunk of forearm bone into her vagina without injury
- The forearm bone being able to slice up The Slob’s penis upon him trying to rape her
- Sandra being able to speak perfectly understandable English despite missing her lips
- "female stash spot" ?????????
Mind you, these are the things that I could list off the top of my head alone. I would be able to tolerate the occasional implausibility considering it’s rather difficult to gauge realism when you plan on getting creative with writing torture, but things like what I have listed above not only make it difficult to suspend disbelief: it also makes it hard to take the story seriously.
Speaking of things I thought were hard to take seriously:
“The banana split covered in cherry” (Alt. Subtitle: what the fuck is this book’s prose)
This one’s a bit of a more difficult one to discuss for me because I am aware that opinions on prose in literature can vary quite wildly. My opinion in the matter is that in better cases it’s clunky to read, and at worst flatout goofy.
However, I will let this subtitle do the majority of the talking here. This was a legitimate description used for The Slob’s cut up penis.
Thankfully, despite the silliness of the writing at times, Beauregard’s prose is not offensive to the point you want to DNF solely on that basis. However, be warned: while I can understand that perhaps beautiful wording isn’t the thing one would be looking for when reading The Slob, I personally do not have many good things to say about it. Be prepared for writing that makes you roll your eyes and on some occasions makes you wonder: “What was the need to say it that way?” (example: see this section’s title).
Conclusion
Overall, I came in looking for good horror and came out feeling like I perhaps wasted my afternoon. Throughout the entirety of reading, throughout the spelling errors end odd word choices (“brazed babes” to describe the minced cooked flesh of The Slob’s victims??? Yes, it was misspelled in the book) and throughout the corniness that was the last quarter of this book, the only question that persisted within me was “What was all of this for?”.
Let me reinstate: I am a solemn defender of extreme horror and the creation of it. I fully knew to expect true shock when reading this, but in my opinion, this book didn’t even do a good job of achieving its very purpose (which, again, was to shock and disturb). Thus, when it doesn’t even make for proper ‘shock horror’ (as some may call it), I once again need to wonder: What was all of this for?
After all, clearly it didn’t shock, disturb or horrify me adequately, nor can this be justified by the book giving way for character exposition or depth. After all, depth is one of the many things The Slob is sorely lacking in.
It’s a bad attempt at extreme horror, a bad attempt at writing something deeper and a bad attempt at writing overall. I wanted to give this book two stars for the positives that I had previously listed. However, the more I sat down to gather my thoughts, the more I realised just how much I truly disliked this work.
Do yourself a favour. Watch Cannibal Holocaust instead.
February 24, 2024
T.Y.G... You are what you eat...
THE SLOB by Aron Beauregard
No spoilers. 4 stars. If you are a fan of extreme horror, you'll most likely settle right into this story...
Vera Harlow has been a clean freak since childhood. She's married to disabled war veteran Daniel, and they're expecting their first child when...
... a door-to-door Bissell salesman changes Vera's life with his demonstration of his hoseless carpet cleaner...
Being a mega clean addict, Vera decides she can sell this marvelous product herself and make enough money for the couple to buy a home...
But...
One of Vera's house calls, her last call of the day, is at an old farmhouse in the country... on a road that dead ends...
Vera is on a collision course with the Slob... and it's not going to be pretty!...
... The Slob's house is filthy and littered with miscellaneous junk, debris, and empty tin cans mysteriously labeled T.Y.G....
And...
Vera learns a little too late... You are what you eat (T.Y.G.)...
This is one of the grossest stories I've ever read. There is extreme violence for sure and of the most disgusting variety. I rated it 4 stars because once you get past the vile factor, there is actually a fairly good story there, but thank God it isn't a long story!
Graphic sex and violence warnings apply here as well as warnings about violence toward some groups of humanity.
THE SLOB by Aron Beauregard
No spoilers. 4 stars. If you are a fan of extreme horror, you'll most likely settle right into this story...
Vera Harlow has been a clean freak since childhood. She's married to disabled war veteran Daniel, and they're expecting their first child when...
... a door-to-door Bissell salesman changes Vera's life with his demonstration of his hoseless carpet cleaner...
Being a mega clean addict, Vera decides she can sell this marvelous product herself and make enough money for the couple to buy a home...
But...
One of Vera's house calls, her last call of the day, is at an old farmhouse in the country... on a road that dead ends...
Vera is on a collision course with the Slob... and it's not going to be pretty!...
... The Slob's house is filthy and littered with miscellaneous junk, debris, and empty tin cans mysteriously labeled T.Y.G....
And...
Vera learns a little too late... You are what you eat (T.Y.G.)...
This is one of the grossest stories I've ever read. There is extreme violence for sure and of the most disgusting variety. I rated it 4 stars because once you get past the vile factor, there is actually a fairly good story there, but thank God it isn't a long story!
Graphic sex and violence warnings apply here as well as warnings about violence toward some groups of humanity.
February 23, 2021
Oh boy, I kind of loved this repugnant read. It's been a while since I've rooted so hard for a herione to make it as with these kind of reads you need to expect the unexpected and even for that to be twisted in two.
Vera has fought most her life with the one thing that can wash away the hardships, scars and memories, OCD cleaning time. Just when there might be a light over the horizon, a drunken smoke smelling vacuum salesman appears at her door. The vacuum not only triggering Vera but seducing her into a plan that lands her into arms of "The Slob" a big small dicked man of very few words who seems to be allergic to soap and Mr Clean but likes liver kidney pâté the human kind of course.
But has the slobface met his match?
Read it and find out, I guess..
On a serious note this is a brutally violent read and even my tummy felt it at one point. It reminded me of a Canadian serial killer horror film "Chained" with the actor who played the madman blowing his own head off in "Full Metal Jacket"... That's my image of the slob.
Vera has fought most her life with the one thing that can wash away the hardships, scars and memories, OCD cleaning time. Just when there might be a light over the horizon, a drunken smoke smelling vacuum salesman appears at her door. The vacuum not only triggering Vera but seducing her into a plan that lands her into arms of "The Slob" a big small dicked man of very few words who seems to be allergic to soap and Mr Clean but likes liver kidney pâté the human kind of course.
But has the slobface met his match?
Read it and find out, I guess..
On a serious note this is a brutally violent read and even my tummy felt it at one point. It reminded me of a Canadian serial killer horror film "Chained" with the actor who played the madman blowing his own head off in "Full Metal Jacket"... That's my image of the slob.
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