Reading this novel was entirely self inflicted. I'm one of those people that feel really guilty when they try to write a review for something they DNF, and that's the only reason I got through this one.

This is horrible. I angry at myself for wasting my own time.

If you know of this book, you'd probably know its notoriety for being graphic and disgusting. If anything, this is an understatement. This book makes 120 Days of Sodom seem like a Disney story. For those of you who have never heard of it, the story is narrated by an 11 year old boy who works as a street worker. The narrator then meets Hogg, a character who rapes and brutalises women with his gang of men for a living, who then subsequently falls in love with the narrator. I don't think there's a page in this book that doesn't contain scat, rape or other forms of sexual activity. That's really all it is.

I like the splatterpunk genre, and it's not like I have a weak stomach. If you are interested in this book, you most likely feel a morbid curiosity or it's one of those bucket list books you feel have to tick off. I'd discourage you from feeling this way though, it's poorly written and entirely gratuitous. I will give it credit for being able to make its readers feel so queasy but that gets boring after the fourth page.