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The Groomer by Jon Athan

23 reviews

michelletapp's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

bookabook84's review against another edition

Too graphic and couldn't stop thinking about the horrific details. Writing good but its too much 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

alicia_meyer's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Deeply disgusting and disturbing. Won’t read this author again, but the story was important and even though it haunts me, I’m glad I read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs

Minor: Trafficking

cheywood97's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sammydc's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Murder

jessie84567's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Murder

your_poisonous_flower's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was incredibly disturbing, creepy, horrifying... and amazing. the writing was so good I really felt like I was looking at the depravity that was happening. there is nothing i could change to make it a better book. if you can handle it, you should read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Trafficking, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs

extremely graphic

rosiereadz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Couldn’t believe the stuff I was reading. Couldn’t put it down. Really upsetting and graphic.

^ This was my initial review but after sitting with this one for a while now I’d like to elaborate.

This was my first ever extreme horror novel and I got it on Kindle Unlimited from the short description of a vigilante father determined to find his kidnapped child. Seemed wild and I expected it to push towards the edge… or something? Didn’t actually have any clue what I was signing up for.

If you have children or even have children in your life, I’m not sure if you should read this. Or if you could read this. 

I was UNABLE to stop reading this once I started. It was unbelievable. I could not and still cannot wrap my head around the detail to torture I was reading immediately, and by chapter 5 I contemplated Jon Athan’s sanity, my own sanity, and felt more afraid of the world than ever before. 

I LOVED the balance of this book for the first 1/3 of it. The pattern of Groomer, family set up, groomer, family, groomer, family kept me right where I needed to be on a level of intrigue.

The chapters with the little boy in the beginning were so mind blowingly horrible I cannot stress it enough how upsetting and heart breaking they were. And disgusting. The chapter where we read about what the groomer did online to the teenage girl? Seriously haunted me. Unreal. Then I was right back to reading about the kids and their mom shopping in the grocery store with a sense of impending doom. It was crazy

The long 2nd act that focuses on the father kind of got repetitive for a moment there, but I was already along for the ride no matter what.

I will never look at cheese graters  the same. Also? The description of piss, vomit, and blood OVER and OVER again throughout this book was so weird to me. Did not need to be said more than once. But alas, it was.

 

The conclusion was mind boggling for me. I was disgusted, mortified,

heartbroken

angry, and shocked. I 100% cried while this wrapped up.

Lets be honest, we all could guess that the daughter was gone within the first day if we referenced the little boy from the beginning but man was I ever hoping to be wrong. I couldn’t believe it that she had been gone for days. I felt so horrible and sick for the father. The authors note revealed that Athan originally was going to describe her death but felt it was too upsetting since we had gotten to know her. I need to personally thank him for not making me endure that.

All in all, this book changed me as a reader. I read Athan’s “Into The Wolves Den” immediately after this. I thought splatterpunk extreme horror was my new genre, but I wonder now if I can touch it again. It is not for the weak lol. This book will stay with me forever. I look at kids away from their parents with panic and fear everywhere now. I’ll nevvvvvvver be the same after this one. I reccomend it — somehow — but brace yourself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Murder

addr_07's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism

sarahaupt's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

0.5

Very disturbing!!  I had to skip some parts of the book because the torture scenes were just too much. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone I didn’t want to emotionally scar 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail