Сред второ- и треторазредните автори на ужаси и шокиращи историйки има горе-долу 99% брак, но понякога се появява някакъв блестящ диамант (или покрит с повръщано гноен раков цирей, според както решите да го наречете) като тази книга.

Въпреки малко тегавото начало, Teratologist скоро избухва с най-гнусното, противно и извратено съдържание, което някога съм имал удоволствието да прочета. Да, мислите си, че знаете какво да очаквате, но вярвайте ми - нямате ни най-малка представа в каква клоака ще ви потопи Едуард Лий.

Rating 3 out of 5 | B+; Dear sweet Lord! I need to bleach my brain

Warning; Graphical descriptions of perversion, depravity, blasphemy & sodomy. Not meant for light hearted reading

An eccentric billionaire, with the wealth, resources and drive to find God, sets out to do so; damn the consequences. For said purpose, he collects all manner of mutant abominable victimized members of human society, and keeps them in his own version of a house of horrors. He then kidnaps spiritual leaders from various religions & sects, and after drugging them up into sex crazed frenzy, pairs them up with the aforementioned mutated individuals, forcing them to commit heinous, blasphemous, downright depraved acts of sexual perversion. All in a bid to offend God & force him to appear before him.

What the hell did I just read, Seriously! Don't ever pick up this book, unless you have a strong stomach & are desensitized to depravity of the extreme kind. I was barely five pages into the book, and what was written had already made me uncomfortable. And I consider myself to be a veteran of the type of aberrations that inhabit the dark corners of the Internet. (I'm sure there are some people out there, who've experienced things just as troubled in real life, but let us restrict the discussion to the written word)

While at no point was I so disgusted to emanate a physical reaction, I was nonetheless glad there was no one near me, to see the shades that my emotions were jumping around in. Definitely not something you read in a café, or around people in general.

The very first chapter is, imagine the hospital scene in Kill Bill Vol.1, right after the Bride wakes up, and all the things which she was subjected to while in a coma. Now take that, and elevate it (rather denigrate it) to Hell raiser level of sexual depravity, minus the supernatural elements. Then you can begin to imagine the tone of the story.

I mean, while reading it, I was literally ticking off tags from Porn hub in my mind. And let me tell you folks, it's nothing like what the internet presents it to you. The whole story is like a macabre show of gore, bodily fluids & acts of perversion spun into a grotesque display, it's like a car crash, one which disgusts you, but you can't look away from, because it intrigues you just as much. Even though you might be loathe to admit it.

The plot of the story, centered largely around this sexual deviant Billionaire, who is for all intents and purposes an immensely successful, attractive, genetically gifted specimen. But he has this want, or lacking in him, a desire which cannot be filled. Committing acts of extreme depravity merely seems to tickle at his true desire. The more abominable, deviant, depraved and horrifyingly nauseating the act performed, and the more unnatural a partner he performs it, is what is required to make him feel any form of pleasure.

In his twisted, malformed, psychopathic mind, he needs to confront God, whatever be its form or origin, to see the being in whose image humanity was crafted. He wants to view that perfect existence, and having experienced it, wants to elevate himself, shedding the shackles of the moral world and humanity.

The means by which he intends to go about it? By performing & orchestrating incredible acts of blasphemy & sodomy, to shock God so much, that he is forced to show himself. With the resources at his disposal, unfettered by law or society, and having not a shred of morality, empathy or kindness, he views the whole world as his playground, and the people inhabiting it, as pawns to be used to further his hedonistic agenda. He doesn't care what manner of suffering & misery he ends up creating, so long as his goals are met. (Yet another reason, as to while Billionaires are not going to save our world)

I am really struggling with how to rate these extreme horror books, I gave this one four stars because it had me gagging so often, and that rarely happens. I also felt my own jaw literally dropped as I read some of these scenes. I don't think that gross really covers it, but it's a good start. It's incredibly demented, and I could have done without the whole God thing, but I understand why it was there so I'm not going to knock it for that. However, the sexual abuse is above and beyond, and I don't want to spoil it just know that if you're sensitive to sexual abuse regularly this is not the tip of the iceberg it's all of the stuff that comes after. do not jump into this book without having an understanding of extreme horror, and you might want to warm up with another Edward Lee's or Wrath James White's books, and maybe even step down to another that doesn't need so much warning. I will say I was surprised, grossed out, and it managed to make me feel a little physically ill, and in my mind that's pretty solid content, if it can cause visceral reactions.

Oof