Son of The Slob

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LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON? Vera Harlow is a survivor. After a chance encounter led to her being held captive in a disgusting house of horrors, she fought tooth and nail to escape the clutches of a man known only as The Slob. But while she may have fled the disastrous situation, the details of her struggle are now carved into her flesh and soul. And you would rightly say, that nobody is forcing me to read about it. But I like to read splatterpunk stories. Unfortunately for me, sloppy poo stories are trendy nowadays. So I have to endure my discomfort. This time it was worth it. Vera, Daniel and Harold live in filthy, disgusting, rat infested, grime-filled conditions but, whilst Vera is doing her best to keep the family afloat Daniel, her disabled and troubled husband, is struggling to the point of going under. Then, there is 7 year old Harold - 'Son of Slob', the podgy, overgrown freaky kid that provides the ultimate challenge for his downtrodden, despairing parents. Far from being a normal young boy, Harold has very special needs and exhibits such alarming, disturbing behaviour that professional help is now most urgently required before matters degenerate to even lower levels of depravity and to such an uncontrollable and unmanageable situation, which bottoms out to truly horrific and horrendous proportions, that matters cannot be rectified. Not only will Harold’s story bring about extreme emotions, but the plight of the entire Harlow family will put you through the wringer. Not a single good thing happens to this family, and things only ever get worse. I’m not a religious man, but I’ve thought about praying for this fictional family. They never stood a chance against this merciless world. Oh boy, I kind of loved this repugnant read. It's been a while since I've rooted so hard for a herione to make it as with these kind of reads you need to expect the unexpected and even for that to be twisted in two.

This was at times, hard to stomach but was made hilariously funny by my ‘reading buddy’ MadameD, whose reactions to Harold, etc, made me LOL 🤣 I didn't think it would be possible, but Aron Beauregard's Son of the Slob is more SPLATTERPUNK than The Slob.😜 And when SON OF THE SLOB starts, we are eight years after the initial story. Vera, the one who was so totally obsessed with cleanliness, lives in a house that is a mess after years of neglect – even the rats are comfortable in these horrible surroundings. This book will hurt you. This book will tap into your deepest fear and all the things you dread. You will open yourself up to it and it will take that opportunity to break your heart and leave you without second thought. You’ll love this book, and miss it when it’s over. Can I give this piece of fiction a fair go? Can I get past the fact that a sequel is never as good as the original? Can I judge it on merit as a stand-alone book? Can I remember to get hemorrhoid cream and toilet paper tomorrow?Vera's son is the product of utter depravity. Harold, the sinister seed left by the man who took everything from her, continues to blossom in nauseating fashion. His features and habits are stomach-churning, vividly familiar, and becoming more disturbing by the day. Determined to coax out the bright side of her child that she sees an occasional glimpse of, Vera strives for normalcy. But will the faint light she's chasing shine through the darkness or will she be left cleaning up another gruesome mess?

Once again, the amazing illustrations helped to instill that special Aron Beauregard horror into your psyche, and I think this has to be one of his best books yet! I would love to follow Harold more and see what he gets up to as he enters into adulthood. Vera Harlow is a survivor. After a chance encounter led to her being held captive in a disgusting house of horrors, she fought tooth and nail to escape the clutches of a man known only as The Slob. But while she may have fled the disastrous situation, the details of her struggle are now carved into her flesh and soul.

Son of the Slob

That was a mistake, though, because I became overly critical when I compared other stories to it – even stories by Beauregard himself. So, scratch that thought, just remember it sits at the top of my imaginary mantel for the genre. Vera’s son is the product of utter depravity. Harold, the sinister seed left by the man who took everything from her, continues to blossom in nauseating fashion. His features and habits are stomach-churning, vividly familiar, and becoming more disturbing by the day. Determined to coax out the bright side of her child that she sees an occasional glimpse of, Vera strives for normalcy. But will the faint light she’s chasing shine through the darkness or will she be left cleaning up another gruesome mess?

For anyone who doesn't understand why I can love one extreme story and hate the next, let me tell you something about myself: The narrative, as always, flowed brilliantly and descriptively and kept me hooked from word one! If I didn't have to sleep, I would've read it in one sitting, but alas, it took me two! (No housework got done, which is pretty apt for this story! 😉) Now, this story is a continuation of The Slob which, by it’s own right, is one of the most vile novels on the planet. (And yes, that is a compliment.) But this one digs deeper and if I can get English major-y, in your face with social commentary. WARNING: If you have not read THE SLOB, this review will reveal a lot about how that story ended. Please read it first, to allow yourself the full macabre journey it takes you on, before you read any further. Since then, there were three extreme authors whose books I just couldn't get into - one who managed to make me physically nauseous - and the other two whose stories felt like it was 'violence for the sake of violence'. So, I may not have liked their stories, but I can understand they cater for a market I'm not into.

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The long awaited and highly anticipated sequel to The Slob, follows Vera and how well, or not, she is dealing with the aftermath of her terrifying encounter with The Slob, and her relationship with her son Harold, who was born out of the horror she endured in the first book. I’ve tried my best to be as spoiler free as I can, because I don’t want a single thing spoiled for someone reading it for the first time Yes, ultra extreme in terms of the level of violence and sexual activity, but those aspects of the read just felt like much needed natural and essential elements which were required to enhance the pleasure and enjoyment of reading about such a grisly, gruesome and utterly grotesque despicable humanistic encounter. Yep, loved 'The Slob' and loved 'The Son of Slob' too, so cannot wait to find out what the master, that is AB, has in store for us next.

Don't usually Reread a book so close from reading it the first time. Read it in January this year but I just got book two. It really succeeded in being horrifying nightmarefule but still being hard not to continue. But I think I'll wait a bit before reading book 2 Aron Beauregard has written an excellent sequel to The Slob. I highly recommend it to splatterpunk readers. The Reread was definitely not "enjoyable" at the horror aspect as it's extreme gore and violence towards women and a lot of trully terrifying this happens. But I think the start was a great beginning as I got very invested in Vera, why she is so obsessed in cleaning and her life before the slob. It was a gruesome bit even in there buts it's when she meet the slob it truly begging. I travelled with Vera on her long, disturbing and horrific journey, and I felt every emotion along with her. It was heartbreaking, brutal and terrifying. I really felt for her.I had to think about this for a couple of days before I wrote anything. Aron, I would appreciate this review not being posted to Facebook. Beauregard provides all the innards of a daring venture that pushes boundaries...a mentally deranged protagonist, a derailment of sanity and so many vile moments you could fill a large garbage bag with them. Equipped with a nauseating flavor of rotted darkness, this morbid precious morsel will leave a long lasting taste of immoral decadence on the readers tastebuds. The Slob" starts off crazy slow, but that's all good and dandy as we're using this time to get invested in our protagonist. It's when the book hits its 45-50% marker that things get nasty. I, as well as a lot of you in here, I'm sure, don't really wince at horror anymore. There's nothing that makes me truly disturbed in horror beyond my distaste of foot and finger injuries, and when the animal in a horror meets their demise, but Beauregard managed to keep me wincing throughout the second half of this book. Specifically, the part wherein the protagonist refuses to eat, so The Slob ties her up to a bed, rapes her with the meat, forces her to eat it, kills her unborn child, and makes her eat that for dessert. I, wholeheartedly, don't think I could ever forget this scene as the detail it was described with made me feel as though I was a third party to the room it was happening in. Outside of that, the last, oh, say 20%-10% of this book was really disappointing as I felt it was extremely rushed in explaining things I felt the reader didn't really care about, all in the name of "no loose ends".