Ep. 26: What Makes a Book Dark?

A "dark" novel to me might not be the same for you. A disturbing novel to you might be something I wouldn't even think twice about reading. Which got me thinking, what makes a book "dark" after all?

When I say I enjoy reading dark and disturbing books, that could mean different things to different people. Overall, I would say I prefer psychological thrillers the most, with a splash of horror. Extreme horror is not a preference of mine, yet that category of novels would most certainly be considered dark. In episode 26 of Have You Read This? I cover three novels that I found dark and disturbing all for different reasons.

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Books Discussed in Ep. 26

1. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

2. Cows by Matthew Stokoe

3. Notice by Heather Lewis

Reading Playlist based on Notice by Heather Lewis

Mentioned in this Episode

• American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis

• My Dark Vanessa podcast episode

• The Groomer podcast episode

• Tampa podcast episode

• Saving Noah podcast episode

• The Painted Bird podcast episode

• Let's Talk Splatterpunk episode

• CriminOlly YouTube channel

• Heather Lewis Wikipedia

• This Sort of Thing: On Heather Lewis's Notice by Hannah Bonner

The Most Disturbing Book I Have Ever Read - Notice by Heather Lewis via CriminOlly

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