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[quote=Anonymous]In honor of October spooky season, I finished an ARC of “The Unworthy,” by Agustina Bazterrica. She also wrote “Tender is the Flesh,” which was kind of a runaway lit horror success. This latest book will be out in March.

I’m not sure what to say about “The Unworthy” because I have such mixed feelings. It’s very compelling and well-written. It’s well-structured and well-polished; I have no criticism at all of the narrative itself. It’s more of a novella in length, which is good because…it’s one of the most disturbing books I’ve ever read. I like horror but more “creepy vibes” horror (Shirley Jackson), not violent or grotesque horror. The violence and cruelty had a point but a few times I thought, what would make someone want to write about this?!

Anyway, those are my thoughts. I think the style is just not for me. (I had a similar reaction to Stephen Graham Jones, another fabulous writer, but the amount of violence/animal deaths in one of his book was too much.)[/quote]

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