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What is the name of the last book you read ?

Mine was The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.
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greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
Looks horrifying. Is it one of Stephen King's competitors?
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@greenmountaingal: no it wasn't horrifying. I wish it was. It was like a Disney movie pretty much 🙄
greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
@CityHigh12: Wow. I must be showing my age.
But...a novel about a kidnapped woman attempting escape from snuff film sadists...with a cover showing the bloody severed finger of a restrained victim...
WHAT is Disney making these days anyway...?!
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@greenmountaingal: lol! It only sounds bad! There is absolutely no description of what happens to her or the other victims in the book. You have to use your imagination. I prefer the author to go into gory detail.
greenmountaingal · 70-79, F
@CityHigh12: Usually, leaving some of it to a reader's imagination increases the horror since what we imagine are our own worst fears and visions. That's why radio drama when I was a kid listening to programs like [i]Inner Sanctum[/i] was so much scarier than TV could ever be. For example, listen to the old radio classic, [i]Sorry, Wrong Number.[/i]

By the way, the reviews I read on Amazon warned people that it was so horrifying that even Stephen King fans couldn't handle [i]Survivor[/i]
I am a Stephen King fan.
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@greenmountaingal: I have a terrifying imagination, but I'm used to it. I wanted something worse from a book. Reading the reviews made me think I had finally found a book worse than my nightmares. Total let down 😞