I found Selby's The Room pretty nasty.
2007-08-11 03:04:07 · 39 answers · asked by Parker128k 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Bible.
2007-08-11 03:07:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 11⤋
I would have to say its a tossup between the "Dark Tower Series" by stephen king and "Eaters of the dead" by Micheal Crighton. Both are psychologically disturbing as well as violence filled with no real seeming purpose. that and the use of sex without love or any true desire seems a disturbing thing..characters in both books just had sex like it was the same thing as breathing..just doing it cause its apart of life but no emotions or feelings intertwined with those actions. In dark tower series its filled with psychological elements as far as you wonder if the main character is just a dream of the boy or an actual person that is from another world..as the two worlds begin to merg..is this the sealing of a psychological scar in the boys mind or is it really something magical??
Both books deal with ethics, morals, and facing the darkness within man. who is the real monster, you or the other guy sort of thing. that can really mess with you cause its an answerless question in the sense that you could be in the wrong depending on your perspective, cultural background among other things religious belief ect.. what can i say books are food for thought and definately can be dark, scarry and tramatic things as well. (~_^)
2007-08-11 10:17:09 · answer #2 · answered by Jack W 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It really depends on what you mean by 'disturbing'. I found that The Lives and Loves of a She Devil, by Fay Weldon was disturbing, it was made in to a TV series in the early 80's and starred Patricia Hodge and Julie T Wallace.
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty was also disturbing, more so as the principle character was a young girl.
2007-08-11 07:01:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
William Peter Blatty's "The Exorcist". I read it when I was in my teens, from cover to cover in one night, while everyone else in my family was asleep. The creepiest, scariest thing about "The Exorcist" isn't Regan McNeil's vomiting and head-spinning. It's the way the Devil tempts the young priest, playing on his sense of guilt about abandoning his mother. That's psychological horror, which is more terrifying than special-effects jump-in-your-seat schlock any day.
(I felt the same way about Stephen King's "Cujo", because it was a story about something that could actually happen in real life, not a story about ghosts or monsters.)
2007-08-11 09:22:47 · answer #4 · answered by Civis Romanus 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The End of Alice by A.M. Homes.
Extremely, extremely disturbing and anyone who has ever read the book knows exactly what I'm talking about.
2007-08-11 16:13:59 · answer #5 · answered by thedrisin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Cat In The Hat. As a child I found this disturbing for some reason. Always thought there was something sinister about that cat.
2007-08-11 04:11:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
One Door Away from Heaven by Dean Koontz
2007-08-12 23:44:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
2007-08-11 06:06:05 · answer #8 · answered by nanlwart 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Red Dragon
2007-08-11 03:08:05 · answer #9 · answered by tharnpfeffa 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. Disturbing and depressing. I've also read two other books of hers. All her books have almost the same disturbing pattern: the protagonist is a girl who has a family member or someone connected to the family die and the book revolves around that. Maybe it's just me, but I just can't read her work.
2007-08-11 04:51:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks. I cannot look at a fly anymore.
2007-08-11 23:07:13 · answer #11 · answered by Saoirse 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋