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From the Bookshelf of Splatterpunk

Cows
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Start date
September 1, 2025
Finish date
September 30, 2025
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Neon
Sep 02, 2024 marked it as unfinished  ·  review of another edition
DNF at 7 Percent.

And, left abandoned in a field of belching, farting, puking factories, the rotting four storey Victorian had grown shuttered and autistic.

It's already too problematic for me at 7%.

I am autistic. Buildings are not. Simple as that.
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Albert Kadmon
Aug 06, 2022 rated it really liked it
El inicio me remitía demasiado a la fórmula de otros great hits dentro del horror extremo (como Woom o Cadáver exquisito), pero hay un momento muy concreto en que empieza con una deriva más bizarra propia del early bizarro que es lo que me ha hecho valorar su tono indistinguible.
Ashley
Reading extreme horror can be cathartic. It can be an outlet when life feels like it's too much. When the trauma gets a little too real, the lure of a grotesque, disturbing novel is almost impossible to ignore. Sometimes it's darkly amusing, how gratuitous the disgustingness of this genre can be, but sometimes when you scratch below the surface, a hidden gem exists, waiting to be uncovered.

Honestly. I hated my time reading this book. Never has a book made me so viscerally angry in my life that I
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E The Creepy Girl
Dec 15, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I really couldn’t say for certain that I “enjoyed” this book. However, it stuck in my brain for far longer than any other book has. At its roots, Cows is a depressing tale. I couldn’t help feeling bad for the main character, and the conflicts he had to put himself through due to (for the most part) his mother. Then, the thrill of being the top dog (or should I say, top cow), and lavishing the absolute power he had as the leader. Part of me loved this book. Part of me hated it. I had to have a st ...more
ashtray
I love this book it’s absolutely disgusting but it seems like everything happens for a reason and there’s a lot of commentary behind it. i can’t say much without spoiling. It’s hard to read but also written so well. I really enjoyed it.

TRIGGER WARNING:
lots of poop and bestiality ☹️ yeah… wild ride

5 cows outta 5
🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄
Tatiyana Hall
Nov 20, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
DISGUSTING. I loved it 😂
Nikki
Oct 30, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Brandon
Jan 19, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Karisa
Jun 26, 2022 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Dutchess
Oct 29, 2021 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Nicole
Feb 06, 2022 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Mary ♥
May 05, 2022 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: thriller, fiction, horror
Gemma
Sep 13, 2022 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Sara Brown
Feb 12, 2023 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Tonya
Apr 18, 2024 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
kayla
Jun 21, 2024 rated it it was ok
Amanik
Jul 10, 2024 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition