saltycorpse's review against another edition
1.0
Okay so first of all I do not understand how this bag of shit got such a high rating.
Second of all, I am a huge fan of horror movies and novels, so I was seriously stoked to read this and had high hopes. I wanted to like this.
But it was Fucking. Awful. I couldn't even make it past 50 pages. The writing is shit, the plot is so crammed with as many "messed up" things as possible that it just is basically a pile of un-shocking diarrhea. Also, the creepy kid who 'saves' the raped/mutilated girl? Okay, so like when you find a girl who is seriously injured, you don't immediately sexualize her and think you can make her your girlfriend. There's no logic to it, and the kid isn't supposed to be some psychopath, I think he's supposed to be endearing? And don't get me started on the author making rape 'sexy'. It's pretty gross and would be more disturbing it the entire thing wasn't written so poorly. Here are some things you can expect in the first pages:
graphic rape & torture
incest a la Wrong Turn and the Peacock Brothers in that episode of the X Files
weird old-time religion
a botched circumcision in punishment for the incest
murder
a head in a suitcase
a mom clearly ripped off from What's Eating Gilbert Grape, only Jabba the Hut-style, literally MELDED INTO HER BED by her own feces, piss, and bedsores
now look i enjoy a fucked up book but this one was written so fucking shittily and just tried to overdo it within the first pages that i wasn't even shocked, disgusted, or offended, just bored. Every time something supposed to be more "shocking" and "dark" happened i became MORE bored because the only thing driving the excuse for a plot was how much fucked up shit the author could poorly write about.
Anyway skip this trashcan of a horror novel and read something better.
Second of all, I am a huge fan of horror movies and novels, so I was seriously stoked to read this and had high hopes. I wanted to like this.
But it was Fucking. Awful. I couldn't even make it past 50 pages. The writing is shit, the plot is so crammed with as many "messed up" things as possible that it just is basically a pile of un-shocking diarrhea. Also, the creepy kid who 'saves' the raped/mutilated girl? Okay, so like when you find a girl who is seriously injured, you don't immediately sexualize her and think you can make her your girlfriend. There's no logic to it, and the kid isn't supposed to be some psychopath, I think he's supposed to be endearing? And don't get me started on the author making rape 'sexy'. It's pretty gross and would be more disturbing it the entire thing wasn't written so poorly. Here are some things you can expect in the first pages:
graphic rape & torture
incest a la Wrong Turn and the Peacock Brothers in that episode of the X Files
weird old-time religion
a botched circumcision in punishment for the incest
murder
a head in a suitcase
a mom clearly ripped off from What's Eating Gilbert Grape, only Jabba the Hut-style, literally MELDED INTO HER BED by her own feces, piss, and bedsores
now look i enjoy a fucked up book but this one was written so fucking shittily and just tried to overdo it within the first pages that i wasn't even shocked, disgusted, or offended, just bored. Every time something supposed to be more "shocking" and "dark" happened i became MORE bored because the only thing driving the excuse for a plot was how much fucked up shit the author could poorly write about.
Anyway skip this trashcan of a horror novel and read something better.
anniii1711's review against another edition
3.0
Big fat meh. I think I expected a bit more. Still this is the first horror/slasher novel I've ever read and I enjoyed it enough to rate it 2.5 stars
antoniaward's review against another edition
4.0
Where Texas Chainsaw Massacre ends, KIN begins. A girl stumbles out onto a country road, injured and on the run from the cannibalistic family who murdered her friends. Two passers by in a pickup truck become her saviours. But Claire killed one of the “kin” when she made her escape, and now his family are out for revenge.
Kin starts out with a fantastic concept and a nail-bitingly tense opening. It’s worth reading for the first third alone, as well as the excruciatingly horrible backstory of the kin themselves. After that, the pace slows down a bit, and what follows is part-thriller, part-examination of life after trauma. Some of the scenes in this book will stay with me for a long time. A very worthwhile read for fans of TCM or the novels of Jack Ketchum.
Kin starts out with a fantastic concept and a nail-bitingly tense opening. It’s worth reading for the first third alone, as well as the excruciatingly horrible backstory of the kin themselves. After that, the pace slows down a bit, and what follows is part-thriller, part-examination of life after trauma. Some of the scenes in this book will stay with me for a long time. A very worthwhile read for fans of TCM or the novels of Jack Ketchum.
deathofastrwbry's review against another edition
4.0
Blood. Gore. Body horror. Redneck, backwoods, fun. If you want a fast paced bloody thriller than feels like you’ve been dumped in the middle of nowhere with no hope to survive, then having horrible PTSD about it this is your book. Gave it 4 stars because there was something lacking I can’t put my finger on, but it was quite enjoyable.
angiethedoll's review against another edition
3.0
Big fat meh. I think I expected a bit more. Still this is the first horror/slasher novel I've ever read and I enjoyed it enough to rate it 2.5 stars
sparklingsinner's review against another edition
3.5
3.5/5
once the story starts this book grips you and sinks you into its setting. granted some parts of it were kind of slow and boring, but the good parts make it worth it.
if you’re not a fan of gore i suggest you skip it, but i really enjoyed
once the story starts this book grips you and sinks you into its setting. granted some parts of it were kind of slow and boring, but the good parts make it worth it.
if you’re not a fan of gore i suggest you skip it, but i really enjoyed
horrorfanstu'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
How the book is printed mate it difficulty to hold/read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Torture, Child death, Child abuse, Cannibalism, and Violence
phil629's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
dananoel's review against another edition
I forgot I was reading this and no longer want to finish lol