A review by readbyashleyd
Merciless by Bryan Smith

dark tense fast-paced

5.0

This is without a single doubt, one of the most disturbing and traumatizing books I have ever read. Word of warning, this book is not for the faint of heart, it is brutal and graphic and there are A LOT of potential triggers throughout. It feels weird giving such a book 5 stars because I wouldn’t really say I enjoyed it in the typical sense you normally enjoy a book. My skin was crawling the whole way through and I often had to pause to collect myself while reading it because I was just so disturbed and horrified by what I was reading. Thank fucking god it’s fiction because I can’t even begin to process what kind of monster would do such things. I’m even a big slightly disturbed that an actual person made this story from their imagination, that must be one fucked up place to come up with such atrocities and I’m glad I’m not in Smith’s head. This book managed to evoke more emotion than me than any fiction book has in a long time, it’s been a long time since a book horrified me to this level!