2013 book: Thumbprint

[thistle_chaser]

Thumbprint, by Joe Hill, Jason Ciaramella, and Vic Malhotra

Comments

[changeling72]

I doubt that any country is free of the shame of instigating torture. I don't like reading about it either - especially when characters derive pleasure from it.

[thistle_chaser]

Luckily the main character wasn't, she felt guilty about it. But still, too much for me!

[spike7451]

Not sure I could cope with reading this.

[thistle_chaser]

Yeah, was too much for me.

[loupnoir]

I loved his first novel, Heart-Shaped Box. I'm a fan of horror, but I'm not sure I'm ready for a book like this.

[thistle_chaser]

If it hadn't been based on reality, I might have been more okay about it. Problem is, it wasn't just based on reality, they had art based one the photos that got out (prisoners naked and positioned in pyramids, prisoners in panties, etc). There were also shots of instruments of torture, and soldiers using the most violent, disgusting threats (rape, disfigurement, threatening of families, etc). ...yeah, okay, now that I've written that out, I'm certain I wouldn't have been okay with it even if it were fiction.

It just wasn't a book for me.