Comments on: Book Review: Slights by Kaaron Warren

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 May 2011 13:30:07 +0000

i love this book

By: Rhona Houston

Rhona Houston — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:48:16 +0000

I JUST finished reading this book, i couldn’t put it down. Its amazing, pure and simple. It smacks of The Wasp Factory, by Iain Banks, simply because you sort of see whats coming, its frightening and disgusting, but you don’t want to leave Stevie alone to face it. I think its one of the best i’ve read, and i’m going to make my friends buy it too.

By: Luke Formey

Luke Formey — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:18:43 +0000

Wow, I am incrediblly honored to even be linked to over here. I just got my copy of Slights in the mail today and I can’t wait to start in on it.

By: Review « Kaaron Warren

Review « Kaaron Warren — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:48:13 +0000

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By: orannia

orannia — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:52:25 +0000

Thank you Thea! This sounds good, but dark and twisted and scary and….lots of things. It does sounds like a fantastic book, but I think I might take a note of the title and wait until I am in a slightly happier place before I pick it up

By: Meljean

Meljean — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:28:10 +0000

I’m going to wait until September, but I’m totally sold.

By: Thea

Thea — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:45:48 +0000

Rhiannon – I hesitate to say that the book is just boils down to Stevie and her fascination with the room after death; for the first 200 pages (beyond the initial chapter), the room and the ‘slighted’ aren’t even mentioned. It’s not so much about the room as a real place, but about the character and why she thinks this room exists when she dies. I’m rubbish at explaining

(Though I will say, I loved [i]Flatliners[/i]. Hehe)

This is definitely not a book for everyone – it’s unsettling and disturbing in the extreme. But, that said, if you’re in the mood for unsettling and disturbing, I cannot think of a better book

Oh, and to answer your question, YES “WTF?” is an official Angry Robot genre. LOL. I kid you not. (From the mission statement: “Angry Robot ™ is a new global publishing imprint from the rather wonderful HarperCollins. Our mission, quite simply, is to publish the best in brand new genre fiction – SF, F and WTF?!”)

Gerd – Fair enough, and I can completely understand the sentiment!

[i]So, is that the new Horror generation? Psychological Splatterpunk. [/i]

Oh, I hope so. So many books and films in the genre are of the splatter/gorno variety. Gore and torture for the sake of it – which is awesome when it’s done well (I’m talking Alexandre Aja and [i]High Tension[/i]). But more often than not, these films are cloned, soulless vessels with absolutely no integrity. Ms. Warren explores a different type of horror, and I think it’s a brand that fans will be hungry for.

And YES! That’s what the cover reminds me of! [i]Screamers[/i], brilliant

Diana – It’s fabulously creepy, isn’t it? Angry Robot has some sweet covers, this one and the one for [i]Nekropolis[/i] are just stunning. I love it.

You know, in a nightmare giving kind of way.

Katie – Yes, that’s right. Herself and others…well. You know where this sort of obsession leads.

Karen – Yes, exactly! Unsettling. It’s the perfect way to describe this book. I don’t think I’ve read a novel this disturbing & horrific (I mean this in the best possible way) since a few years back when I finished [i]House of Leaves[/i]. For both books, you just have to be ready to take on a very dark, twisted endeavor – I totally understand what you mean.

But, knowing your tastes, I think you will LOVE this book. Maybe be deeply disturbed by it, but that’s the point, isn’t it? DOOOO IT. You won’t be sorry

By: Karen Mahoney

Karen Mahoney — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:59:54 +0000

I have to say I really feel drawn to this book. I managed to get a look at someone else’s review copy and read just the first few pages to see if it’s something I’ll buy… Those pages FREAKED ME OUT, dude! LOL. Like, really had me feeling unsettled for the next hour. I am a wimp.

I know I’ll read it, I just think I need to be in the right frame of mind – you know? But your review has made me certain this is a book I HAVE TO READ, even if it makes me squirm. I love it when authors aren’t afraid to look at the really awful stuff that comes out of humanity.

Great review!

By: katiebabs

katiebabs — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:19:24 +0000

Stevie tries to kill herself so she can have these near death experiences?
Oh yeah the cover is very freaky.

By: Diana Peterfreund

Diana Peterfreund — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:11:54 +0000

That cover gave me nightmares when I first saw it.