Messed Up, Uncomfortable Reads | Dark Book Reviews

[@charoi9659]

Now I'm really interested in Meave Fly :D I love the combination of lyrical writing and a strange/dark/weird story. Thanks for the rec!

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Hope you enjoy it

[@unhingedwoman]

Agree with you on My Dearest Darkest. Started off sooo atmospheric and gripping, but then fell flat and lost the plot while focusing heavily on the romance (wish YA wasn't so romance heavy in general). I will still read her new one, though, and see if I like it better.

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Such missed potential

[@agob157]

I loved Maeve Fly 😂

[@sarahbevc2434]

Thank you, will definitely read A Rip Through Time and Little Star! :)

[@Archian13]

Great recomendations. I started reading The Doloriad and I enjoy it very much. It is a novel that can fit in this category of messed up. Also the works of Othessa Moshfegh. Saludos

[@alynam82]

I still haven't read Let the Right one In, yet. But I'm down to try Little Star

[@Mslector]

I just finished Brother a couple of days ago and it was pretty messed up.

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Agreed

[@paperback_cat]

haha I've been using audiobooks to get through my home improvement tasks too :D it's so much easier to keep going with tedious tasks when you have a good audiobook!

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Right? Like how do non readers motivate themselves to do housework?

[@JohnSaxon-vw5vi]

All I can say is that another five stars ⭐️ video love it and also five star T-shirt as well love it 🥰 too love your Aussie family friend John ❤❤❤

[@taesu8]

Pretender is my favorite show! A good premise to explore different scenarios without being tied down to one location!

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Such a good one

[@vintages10]

Try the other K. Armstrong books, which are also good.

[@TheShadesofOrange]

I really should. The only other book I've read is Bitten

[@johncampbell5333]

Recommendation for you: Lightning by Dean Koontz

[@christinelagueux8155]

My Dearest Darkest I bought last year and I still haven’t read it yet. I heard some negative comments but I need to pick it up

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Yeah it's not bad but didn't quite leave up to the potential

[@christinelagueux8155]

@@TheShadesofOrange I think this is why I haven't picked it up yet

[@bby.kaylamarie]

If you haven’t already I definitely recommend “Them” by Mique Watson. It’s an extreme horror novella and it was definitely uncomfortable and dark. It’s a debut novel written by a booktuber I think you might like it🖤

[@grimreads]

"The Pretender" is such a deep cut.

[@bleachedout805]

I have tried to get into book review channels because I really want to hear people's thoughts on a book. But these never seem to have thoughtful commentary above the books. It is generally people who just like to nitpick weird " flaws " with the book. This channel is no exception.

[@melissabee_bee]

Added a few to my list! Just finished Full Brutal by Kristopher Triana 😳 and I need a new book to clear my head after that one loool.

[@Cory_bo]

Oooooh a classic one, A Knight in Shining Armor, by Jude Deveraux. Read it yeeeeears ago, and it was the most beautiful time travel story :)

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Thanks for the rec

[@MrAlsachti]

I want the same T-shirt, with Australia written on it, but I will put the flag of New-Zealand instead.

[@wnctube1]

Map of Time trilogy by Felix Palma is a fun steampunk/time travel adventure with a twist

[@mikesbookreviews]

Takin' notes...

[@TheShadesofOrange]

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[@AuthorEddieEvans]

May I suggest Darkest Heart by Eddie Evans

[@TheShadesofOrange]

You may

[@debramaertens893]

An out of time story. It’s been a while since I read it but I remember “In the Courts of the Sun” being pretty good. A Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world and the main character, who is a descendant of ancient Mayans and understands Mayan culture and game theory is sent back to ancient times to figure out how this predictive Mayan game might be able to save the world. Content warning: I do remember the ancient parts containing some very graphic torture.

[@juliecorraini4355]

By Reason of Insanity by Shane Stevens, very weird.

[@Randorandom232]

I don't know why everyone is doung this but thought I'd join in.

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Lololol

[@rikkdante]

... I loved The Pretender!! 🙆‍♂

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Yesssss

[@PodcastOpenKaart]

Hey can I send you my book to critique?

[@knittygirlone3391]

Consent reminds me of Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly.

[@TheShadesofOrange]

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[@shannonsullivan2051]

Have you read The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, by Claire North? Messed up and uncomfortable is about right (a little gruesome, too). A guy whose life repeats has to stop another guy whose life is on repeat from destroying everything. It takes him a bunch of lives. Narrated by Peter Kenny. Took me a few listens to fully understand it; loved each listen.

[@TheShadesofOrange]

No I haven't yet

[@ThreeFatCats]

If you like people out of time stories try Kindred by Octavia E Butler. It follows a woman in present time who gets swept back to the 1800s.

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Yes! Such a good one

[@nicolehaugen9265]

I am a huge Kelley Armstrong fan!!! Intrigued by Maeve Fly......

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Her books are so fun

[@exomake_mehorololo]

The memoir Consent sounds interesting. I think I know /have heard about this. I can definitely say I have heard more than one similar account of situations like this and the plain shocking reality people consider this acceptable in the French art scene. Utterly disgusting... Look into Vanessa Paradis and her early music and movies 👀 Juliet Delpy has also talked about things like this in the past and her experience of adult directors hitting on 12 year old girls and people finding this perfectly acceptable 🤢 sexism with a helping of paedophile

[@TheShadesofOrange]

So disgusting

[@meganngeorge]

💀😉 ( just doing my part, helping the channel out☺️)

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Why thank you!

[@cleverlydevisedmyth]

You should check out "Exquisite Corpse" by Poppy Z. Brite. That book has loooong descriptions of homos-xual necrophilia! Crazy stuff!

[@TheShadesofOrange]

It's on the tbr!

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[@Darrkness]

Great video. 🔪

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Hey there hello there

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[@cindywingetbooks]

I have read a YA trilogy by Kelley Armstrong that I really enjoyed

[@KeytarArgonian]

Oof whenever I see titles like this I’m expecting something really horrific, Transgressive and disgusting like Hogg. 🤢

[@TheShadesofOrange]

Yeah this is pretty light compared to some books I could've been reading

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