Reviews

Something Akin to Revulsion: Six Extreme Short Stories by Judith Sonnet

madhatter3's review against another edition

dark sad

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really liked this short story collection. My favourite story was Liquid Sick and my least favourite was Rehearsal.

jessamichellexo's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Judith did it again!! I loved this. It's definitely in my top five. 💜

ar_katz's review

2.0

I wanted to love this collection for its attempt to bring contemporary issues into its horror. The all too real horror of transphobes and self-righteous rapists.

But I think I need a little more surrounding the gory viscera and gross-out horror to be able to appreciate it. I’m not squeamish, I like gore and guts and depravity. But I felt these stories were shallow but wanted to add a layer of deep commentary in the mire of grossness that just didn’t land for me.

I’m a little curious to read more by this author because she is queer and trans but I’m also disappointed.

bobmetal's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

xeslaro's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

c_g_b's review

dark medium-paced

4.0

cameronstbr's review

4.0

This short story collection is not for the faint of heart! These stories are vile. disgusting. stomach churning…. And I enjoyed every second of it!

I included rankings for each individual story at the bottom, but overall give this collection a 4.5/5 stars.

This is my first taste of Judith Sonnet and wow!!! She’s so damn talented. These stories were short but packed with so much detail.

Would I recommend this collection? Yes. But only to those who can handle extreme horror. Especially body horror. This genre isn’t for everyone so please search content warnings before diving in. If horror is your thing though, immediately go support this indie author!!!

Story ratings:

1. 3/5
2. 3.5/5
3. 4/5
4. 2/5
5. 5/5
6. 5/5

aiden_e_messer's review

4.0

Gross. The 6 stories where very different from eachother, and they were all fun to read. My favourite one was coke-nail. The villain's actions seemed extremely random and gratuitous, making it really funny despite how bleak the story actually is

macclown's review

2.0

To be fair, the last story, Something Akin to Revulsion, I really enjoyed. Something about bullies getting what they deserve is very pleasing to me.

But the rest of the stories? I wasn't too fond of. Coke-Nail I really enjoyed until the end, the build-up was fun and the baddie was interesting. But mainly I think I'm just all grossed out from books like Cows and Woom. There's only so many disgusting stories you can read before it just isn't fun anymore.

questionablereads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is a fun and revolting collection of six gruesome horror stories, all with different tones. It’s a quick read and will leave you feeling beyond uncomfortable, which is to be expected with this author. It was amazing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Death, Gore, Sexual violence, Transphobia, Violence, and Blood