I understand WHY Bobby decided to follow his father's orders. Kids who grow up in those kinds of environments often want the abusive parents approval as much as they hate them and sometimes when they have a chance for that validation they will do whatever they're told. But how he did it, that lost me.
Yeah- if he'd just pushed her and maybe used her body as a shield I'd be like, "Yeah okay that's fair, wanting validation and being in fear." since I can relate to wanting approval from abusive parents, I can understand that even if killing her was extreme- but the stabbing and skateboarding shit is too ridiculous and such a switch up that I cannot take it as seriously 💀
@@bobtheball5384To be fair it was deeply implied if not stated the stress and horror made him totally snap. His Dad also literally told him to use “something” as a skateboard
iirc when I read it I also saw it as like, he didn't want to follow the plan/orders of the kid he looked down on because he both wanted to feel like he's in control and because he was subconsciously scared of putting his life in the hands of the plans of someone who he's been bullying, since he knows the kinds of things he thinks about his own bully (his dad). he was probably already thinking about it, but wouldn't've followed through if he didn't get encouraged by his dad and if the situation wasn't so tense. so he skateboarded her down in order to solve the trap on his own terms, in a way that felt safer to him because it was a plan he personally came up with. and then after that he realised the other kids would be antagonistic towards him, making the dangerous situation even more dangerous, and kids like bobby act more violent the more scared they are, so it felt realistic to me. if he had made it back out alive into normal society I could see him getting overwhelmed with guilt and going insane, but he didn't survive long enough for the severity of what he did to hit him, so he just seemed to become a cartoon villain and die
@@bobtheball5384 idk I thought even that was pretty believable/predictable, if he was gonna use her as a skateboard to block the saw blades she'd need to be dead or dying first or else she'd resist and he already knows how to skateboard so he's sticking with something he knows how to do, I didnt think it was all that absurd tbh
@andreanafromarknights the poop trigger warnings 😔 there’s a lot of disgusting poop stuff and some of it like fetishy. That’s all I’ll say bc it is genuinely gross and I don’t wanna like accidentally trigger someone. Plus I think typing it might make me vomit lmao
This book is so based on shock value that half of the traps just make me burst out laughing 😭😭 like they are so super duper evil and gory omg, it's like a middle schooler trying to be as edgey as possible
I hate when people just skirt around it, Playground isn't the type of book I'd enjoy at all, and my dumbass decided to check it out after seeing all the videos about how it was horrifying thinking that I could easily get past the horror and not knowing that the chapter everyone was talking about was NOT about gore 💀
You forgot to include that Sam and Sadie are twins! So the death of the first twin is even more tragic because not only is her sister gone, but she is seeing an exact copy of her face blown to bits
LMAO WAIT IM PRETTY SURE THERE'S ALSO THIS LINE WHEN ROCK IS ABOUT TO KILL GERALDINE AND SHE SAYS "but im your mother!" AND THEN ROCK SAYS "and im a mothefucker" AND I CAN'T HELP BUT LAUGH EVERYTIME I REMEMBER THAT, not sure if this is true though 😭
can i say that i'm actually happy to find out reviews of disturbing books that aren't all "EWWWW this is so GROSS and DISGUSTING the writer needs to be put in a WATCHLIST"
@@buttslapper6969disturbing books grossing you out... fork found in kitchen. i understand exaggerating the reactions for clicks and views but i actually want to see a critique that goes deeper than saying that the book is bad because it depicts bad things and the author 100% endorses them
"I read this DISGUSTING book so you don't have to!!!!!" jokes on you booktuber, I have already read this disgusting book and am looking for genuine/funny reviews and critiques! (Like this one!) I wonder how many tiktokers bought The Playground just to subject themselves to something they KNOW they won't like, & record themselves puking afterwards :// in general kinda wish more book&movie reviews were sharing something the OP enjoyed rather than the majority being a "OMG THIS SUCKED SO BAD WHO WOULD READ THIS??" ... Bro a child gets ridden as a human skateboard. It's absolutely horrifying. Who wouldn't want to read this?
@@buttslapper6969there are plenty of things this author should be called out for, his works transcend gross and tend to end up in almost fetish territory. But none of these reviews tend to talk about that, they just say "ohh this is so gross guys"!
honestly thank you for adding coprophobia to the list of triggers, it seems like a no brainer and i already knew it was a factor in the playground going into this video, but you would be Shocked at how many creators completely forget to add it to their list of warnings?? some book sites dont even HAVE an entry for tagging something with coprophobia, but will list, like, Pee and Spit as options. so bizarre. i loved this video!! literally screamed out loud at work when the notification for it popped up on my phone lmao
Interesting point. I used to sell used toys and games on eBay/Amazon. I noticed in the past 5 or 6 years how many children’s books, toys and games are themed on human or animal poo. Some where poo was a forfeit or hazard, while others with poo collection/play was the objection or prize. I think this stems from some kind of paedophilic queering of children. Trying to create that gross, weird coprophilia pervert.
I’m with you there! I have that exact phobia too and it’s pretty bad for me. To the point of immediately and violently getting sick all over if I even see “waste”. It’s strange how it’s not acknowledged often with phobias and triggers.
@@realsadegg7246 its so hard lmao!! its so natural that some people dont even consider how much they bring it up or point it out, then you ask them to please not and it still is constantly slipping through your boundaries and triggering you Constantly. i hope things get better for you!! my tolerance didnt start to improve until i went out of my way to set up multiple safeguards against exposure and self soothing techniques after being triggered, so its rough at first, but i know firsthand that its possible to lessen the negative impact it has on you.
I felt so evil every time I laughed during this review, especially when you described Sadie’s death. Like what was the need to stab her multiple times and then ride her like a skateboard 💀 btw I absolutely love your reviews, your videos are my ultimate comfort videos
I read ‘Gone to see the River man’ based on your review! Overall I thought it was an interesting premise, but I couldn’t take the serial killer seriously because he said the word ‘snackies’. I thought he was so silly after that haha. The setting was good and spooky tho
I also read the book based on the last disturbing books video, and also couldn’t take it seriously. For me it was the main character not getting what or who the river man was. I don’t wanna go into spoilers, but by the mid point I was like girl, get it together
Omg I also read Gone To See The River Man because of Jules! That description of the river man still lives in my head as like the coolest character concept I've read in a long time.
That was a really happy ending. I thought the parents trying to convince Rock to release them was to give the reader false hope. I thought 0 kids would survive and Rock would be trapped under Geraldine's abuse forever. Rock got revenge on his abuser, released the victims, got to play and be a kid finally. Some of the kids survived. And the 2 bad guys die. That's a remarkably happy ending for such a dark book. Also surprisingly funny and campy? book
Why is Julia giving us a FLAWLESS and perfect Nancy Downs hair and beat. We missed you so much baby girl. So happy you’re here. The Splatter Punk history moment was also kind of great, would love a complete background.
German here! The name at 5:45 is pretty much pronounced "Fooks." Like books but with an F! It means "fox" translated! Oh the symbolism is… 👌 Anyway, love the vid! Most comprehensive and fun review I‘ve seen on this book yet! Edit: added clarity for the pronunciation
You know what would have been badass? If Bobby, after his dad goes all "dewit!" at him, as a final knee-jerk act of defiance puts Sadie on his shoulders and slides down himself, saws be damned! Heck, going in feet first and body at a 90° angle, after the fate of his entire nether regions are described in gory ridiculous detail he might even have time enough to tell his siblings goodbye and give a single fuck you to his dad before he ultimately bleeds to death. Or maybe not, maybe he totally regrets his decision right away because it truly was a knee-jerk reaction on his part, being too busy doing exactly the opposite to what his dad wanted to rly think about the self destructive consequences. either way it still would've been badass and a way better character moment for Bobby imo you could also make it a ruined badass moment by having his plan fail bc he can't balance Sadie on his shoulders properly and they both fukken die, would've meant the dad still fucked shit up by triggering his son's impulsive streak, and making the deaths feel even more tragic and pointless than they already were
Tbh youre right. As cool as it was to have a chsracter literally be used as a skateboard for a death or an instance of extreme problem-solving, it wouldve been way cooler to have the underdog of one of the families make a heroic sacrifice for one of the younger kids. And itd be pretty damn clever to have his attempt at getting down safely *fail* because itd be a bit of irony. Like, in his final attempt to do something that would make his dad proud of him or to be seen as useful to at lesst someone he fails miserably because he couldn't save Sadie or himself, so now people are reasonably even more upset. Ten credits if in response to Bobby dying the father scoffs and mocks both Sadie *and* his now very dead son. Though that could be considered too... not edgy? To want the kids to work together? Or a heroic sacrifice? I was really rooting for Bobby during the first retelling review thing. Him and the little boy i was rooting for them
Here's what I'd have done: as soon as Bobby reaches the bottom of the slide, I'd have had the nerdy kid lash out at him and shove him as hard as he can. Sure, he's smaller, but then again, there's the element of surprise. Since he's not expecting it, Bobby loses his balance and falls back onto the slide just in time to get torn apart by the saws, showering all the other kids with blood.
I think the author did it as a meta slap at the audience. Going so over the top is part of the splatter punk feel but also forces the reader to break immersion and question why they wanted this narrative from a child torture shock horror book.
I think the purpose of the cows was to blast the kids with cow bits to force them to lose their balance, The trap would have been to easy other wise I guess remember the only kid who gets killed in that trap gets blasted by cow bits and falls into the grinders Also remember Bobby blames Isaac for the death of Kip which I think along with his dad egging him on is what makes him kill Sadie
I get triggered kind of easily and I expected having to stop watching in the middle of the video but the way you described it made it really easy to watch so thanks for that
Real!! I get easily triggered, but over the top edgy media never really upsets me that much. In fact I often find it stupidly funny with how hard the author is trying lmao
The one-liners were what got me like I couldn’t BELIEVE! What was kind of genuinely heartwarming was how the kids looked out for each other as well as the fact that the Grimley’s were upset when all of the kids got hurt, not just their own.
Just a note, I'd really love it if the content warning at the start was read out loud, that way it's accessible to viewers who are blind or low vision. It's not something many people think of, so it makes sense you didn't. I really appreciate the effort that went into this video, thank you!
I have a visual impairment and yeah, it was rough, I had to pause and take my time with it and even then, large chunks of text all condensed that way are extremely straining and I could only skim over it.
I know it's not fair and should be accessible but it's actually often done that way bc youtube will often remove or strike videos heard saying keywords like those listed in content warnings, especially if theyre said or used early on in the video, which is when those warnings kind of have to be lol
@@sethboeh6278 we came up with the most ridiculous word ever conceived by the english lexicon (unalive) to get around censorship on youtube. i'm absolutely certain we can come up with more of that for all these terms and i hope it becomes the norm, because i really appreciate these warnings, but i also put the video on and go do something else, just for the audio. im saying it's a very "sightless" type of content so making every part of the video audible should be expected and a nobrainer looking on the bright side, at least these terms are as ridiculous as the censoship that made them necessary in the first place
In defense of Bobby's Pro Skater moment, Greg didn't just say "push her", he was wayyy more manipulative. For context, this happens very shortly after the death of Kip (Bobby's favorite sibling), who fell into a meat grinder right in front of everyone. Bobby is already in a bad place mentally, so when his dad says "Maybe I was wrong, maybe your skating could be useful, if only you could find something to ride down the slide on. Don't disappoint me" I 100% buy Bobby doing what he did. The execution of the scene absolutely could've been better- the whole human skateboard thing is absolutely ridiculous even in context- but I don't hate it from a character standpoint.
This book was my first splatterpunk read, and it really goes hard at points. By the time I got to the buzz saw slide scene, I was feeling kind of desensitized to the gore aspect... then I turned the page to *that* illustration like a goddamn jumpscare. I was right back into the horror at the point, and I have to expand a little on Bobby's heel-turn moment. *disclaimer: it's still pretty hyper escalating* Bobby in the early family scenes doesn't so much hate his father as is jealous of his siblings for taking the attention, and not fully understanding why his father doesn't understand his enjoyment of skating. He's described as skilled at the hobby and potentially having a future in it, but his dad doesn't see past pro sports as a form of success (baseball, football, etc). Despite this jealousy, he still cares about his siblings and has to watch a number of them die with not a peep from his father or mother (unaware the latter is already dead). Added to that, the other family have both chimed into the 'games' at this point tearfully encouraging their kids. So when Bobby's dad does finally speak up, it's with the encouragement that Bobby craves and the extreme scenario pushes him to act. The transition from moody teen to brutal murderbot isn't quite as sudden as it seems, but it does jump pretty dang fast regardless and definitely takes away from the mind-boggling absurdity that is Fuchs and Borden. --------------------------- All of that out of the way, I would recommend checking out The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum as an extreme horror that relies less on gore and more on just realistic humane cruelty and the depths of complicit action to stay in a group. It gets a whole lot worse when you later learn the novel is based on a real world crime, but I'd advise avoiding reading about that until after the novel for both spoilers and just... yikes, honestly. That recommendation again: The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum Apologies for the mini essay.
I burst out laughing at “What a stupid fucking question” at the happy ending question. You are AWESOME to listen to. Cannot wait to hear more from you.
Fetal Allan chilling in the background! I originally found you through Daisy Brown and have absolutely loved everything you've made since, it always brightens my day to see that you've posted 🖤 also upon seeing Allan I remembered that I feverishly wrote a song for Daisy immediately after finishing the series because I was so moved by the story.
YES THANK YOU. I love secondhand horror because i don’t have the heart to read/watch the stuff myself. So I need a reviewer like yourself to get into it for me 🥺
THANK YOU for putting vomit in your trigger warning, a lot of people dont put them in most trigger warning lists for books like this, because people assume it comes with the territory, but it doesnt 100% of the time! i have pretty bad emetophobia, and im only able to put up with kinda brief descriptions and mentions, and youve made something im actually able to watch as far as ive seen!! thank you
18:16 kids are incredibly smart, I have an 8 year old stepdaughter and she is very smart. She likes to think of new ways to do things and likes to find out even more ways to discover the world. That’s what makes me agree that when they try their best and still dont get the outcome they want it sucks and hurts to see
exactly!!! people forget that kids arent always stupid 24/7, theyre little humans who are experiencing the world for the first time, and theyre mentally absorbing EVERYTHING around them because this is their first time existing
Hi! You appeared on my recommended feed haha. As for the cows with the hopscotch and the meat grinders, the cows were dropped one by one as a means to make the hopscotch "slippery" and an "obstacle" for the kids to pass through. It was very descriptive with the cows being um...everywhere and the "spray" hitting the hopscotch causing them to slip and slide. Some do slip and add to the slippery mess when they unfortunately join the cows in the grinder. I think at least one maybe two kids were lost this way.
Only one, Isaac made it across just before the cow guts sprayed, which hit Kip full force causing him to fall. Bobby witnesses this as he’s right behind Kip and blames Isaac for dodging it and basically forcing Kip to take the brunt of it. Also Bobby not only watches Kip die violently, he then has to hunker down and *let his brother’s crushed remains spray on him* so he doesn’t get pushed off as well. Poor kid was tortured his whole life then experiences *that.* It makes a bit more sense why he snapped as the book went on.
@@ValkyrieFryeaWell he also did it for the Dad’s approval. He was so hungry for any praise from Greg (his dad) especially about his skateboarding and his dad in that scene specifically tells him to use “something” as a skateboard to get down the slide. The poor kid went full ATLA finale Azula. He just wanted his dad’s approval and was in Hell.
LMAO I could only stomach about 50% of the book before calling it quits so this video was much needed. I cannot believe I missed the majesty that was the child skateboarding 😭
I havent touched the book since I finished it but if my memory serves correct the whole cow grinder thing was to spit the grinded mess back onto them making the hopscotch harder. I think when Bobbys brother dies in the grinder it goes into detail about his brothers remains being splattered onto him which made him go sicko mode. I think... like i said havent read it in a while but definitely not picking it back up to check.
I don't comment on videos very often but i just wanted to let you know that I've just binged all your disturbing book reviews and i really appreciate the way you talk about these books and how to speak to your viewers. thank you for making these :)
Your makeup is so dope! Also I have a lot of feelings about Playground, I think a lot of it's better qualities are overshadowed by... basically if you take Geraldine's nasty sexual proclivities out of this book it would instantly be several degrees better.
I swear this book reminds me of a dream I had when I was twelve. It was where a bunch of random kids and I were stuck in this building which was basically a McDonalds play place turned asylum. The first room was built like a sign up area to a bouncy castle building, to the right wall was the hole to the next room, it was like if it frame of double doors was there but there were no doors. This main area was an extremely dimly lit massive room with play tunnels and slides and all that scattered all across the walls except for the area where the entrance hole was. The only way to get into the tunnels was by crawling up a small tube slide. And in this area was a massive creature, too big to get into the tunnels. It was like No Face from Spirited Away when he’s really big but fleshy red without a mask. I remember in one area it was like the half sphere windows from McDonalds play place mixed with a planetarium, in there I found a teddy bear and met some little kid, he seemed pretty scared for obvious reasons so i gave him the bear. If you were able to get out of the place by finding your way through this maze of tunnels then you were transported to a mystical area with a white dirt trail with pastel grass and frail trees. At the end was a white swing bench. And because it was my dream and because im the main character, I obviously made it to there and I just sat. Just sat and thought and eventually woke up.
I'm so happy to finally find a review of this book that points out the bad points and at the same time enjoy this type of content, I had gotten tired of all the reviews being from people whose criticism was on the side of "If you read this you are going to go to hell and you are a degenerate and deserve the worst", while this is an actual critique
I really like the presentation of this review, and your sense of humor (: If you want to read some Splatterpunk and extreme horror books that are genuinely well written and engaging, I recommend all of Nick Cutter’s books, Jack Ketchum’s work, and Clive Barker’s books as many of them fall in line with the splatterpunk genre as well.
I read most of the book, but I barely made it past the first razor blade slide. It made me physically ill, I’m in awe of you reading it and fully being able to talk about it.
Yeah I totally get that! I read a very scary manga when I was quite young and it has messed me up bad. I think it’s good that you are aware of your own boundaries
I saw the cover and name and had to read it immediately XD I wouldn’t call myself a fan of splatterpunk but occasionally I do want to read/watch something based around something normally innocent and fun being totally warped and corrupted
As a victim of parental emotional abuse and is the same age as Bobby I feel like I can see why he would so easily give into his dad’s orders. I as a kid was very dependent on my mom and all I ever wanted was her love. But it came and went along with phycological abuse. I don’t like what my mom does to me or my siblings at all. She harms us all and it fills me with so much rage and guilt! But I still find myself craving her approval and love. So if he was already feeling halfway motivated it makes sense Bobby would do that. He probably wanted to feel that validation from the person he never got it from. He probably wanted to feel what it’s like to have a “regular” relationship with his father.
I feel like you misrepresented the bobby section, Bobby got the knife when it fell from CJ's waistband in the previous challenge, Bobby blamed Isaac for Kip's death, Bobby doesnt care for his dad but he's like Rock or Rock when he was younger trying to get love and approval
34:29 as gruesome as that is, you can't tell me it isn't at least a bit cool that he didn't just push her but use the body to get off scotch free (Also, we have the same name. Nothing to do, but i thought it was awesome)
Hello! one of the mexican crowd here, first of all, im in love with this chanel! thanks for your work! And second, i want to recommend "Piercing" by Ryu Murakami, is kinda short (i read all of it in like a couple of hours) and i think would be a great book to talk about in the disturbing book review series .D
You know what? I appreciate that you made this review but after reading the warning I have decided poop stuff is not what I wanna hear about but I’m still going to leave a like and a comment for the algorithm. Thank you for the warning and have a nice night.
Finally a fully cohesive review of this! I can't read about kids dying. I can handle most extreme horror, but not when its little kids. By the way, love your Hausu and Midori posters :3c
If you havent seen it, please check out Rodrigo Sousa's animation inspired by this book! It is genuinely so absolutely haunting and so terrifyingly well animated. If you guys like this series then I think yall will adore it : }
Imagine being the VA who gets sent this book to record and is just like 'wait, what?'. It's honestly kind of wild how many splatterpunk novels come with audiobook counterparts.
This presentation and indepth discussion of this book is so refreshing. The tiktok form of discussion around books, especially disturbing ones, is so vague and frustrating for the sake of content. Really enjoyed your perspective on everything
I was just talking abt you to my mom like 5 minutes ago, going on & on abt how you’re my favorite youtuber and I love your editing & humor & expressiveness, so seeing this pop up first when I opened yt my heart jumped lmao
Love your personality! Checked the comments and realized you are the creator of daisy brown :0 So cool to see you again and out of character! ❤️ And I love the book reviews :D
So glad this series is back! I read Tender is the Flesh and Gone to see the River Man because of this series. Tender is the Flesh is a definite favourite of mine now, sadly didn’t connect with Gone to see the River Man but this series has definitely opened doors to worlds of writing I never would’ve considered!
i actually read this right after i watched the review! it's free on the internet archive if anyone's interested, i think jules covers the worst of it in terms of upsetting content.
Weirdly enough hearing the storyline explained, makes me think that this would be a very neat book to movie adaptation (excluding a few of the obvious scenes). Like the premise and some of the imagery I think sounds kinda sick to imagine on the big screen (trying to sound least like a sick bastard saying this lmao, I don’t think child murder is cool)
I just finished reading this book and I honestly didn't super love it. It was my first foray into splatterpunk and, as an avid horror fan, I was kinda let down but the vocab used and the general tone of the book - it just didn't land for me. But these reviews are such a fun way to EXPLORE the stories outside of my general reaction and surface understanding of the genre.
I remember reading it because a friend recommended it. I just showed them a picture of a kid being dumb on the playground, and they recommended the book. And I also remember the genre of it being called splatterpunk. That’s….just sugarcoating what it is, and it’s torture p*rn. I just felt gross after reading it. Not scared or horrified. I was just grossed out. I don’t hate it, nor will I stop people from reading it.
I don’t even read like that because of my crippling adhd but you’re so funny and entertaining and explain it in a way that I can actually sit and listen and retain what I’m listening to, I just subbed😭☝️
it was really refreshing, because this book did in some ways blow up virally for its shock content, it's really refreshing to see it from the point of view of an audience member who actually understands and appreciates the genre for what it is instead of what it isn't. I've read my fair share of objectionable content, not specifically splatterpunk but in the ballpark of vile for sure, and there's obviously a big difference between a review by someone who was always going to hate the subject matter and the review of someone who is ready and willing and able to engage with that dark content as an audience member. And I appreciate your perspective, so thank you. For the record both kinds of review can be really entertaining to listen to/watch but I like seeing both kinds. Kinda like how it's funny to listen to someone who doesn't like smut talk about how goofy it is out of context, but it's also fun to see someone who wanted that smut to be better have genuine thoughts about it, and both are a good time. But with gross stuff in this case lol.
Honestly, the way you're describing this book sounds likes a mascot horror but if mascot horror decided to really just cut loose. I mean this in the best way possible. I kinda want to read it even if I'm not a fan of Splatterpunk (I have a lot of aversion to gore and the mention of the.... SCENE... let's just say kinda icked me). I wanna read this as if it's like a mascot horror game. Heck the playground setting is bringing mind to things like the playhouse from Poppy Playtime chapter 3 which yeah, that was my favorite part of the entire game!! So yeah I might read this. But I'm not 100% sure yet.
But doesn’t mascot horror require a mascot? I get what you mean I think, it is a horror that is basically “Hey what if innocent nice thing but Fucked Up and Evil” but mascot horror requires a mascot, it’s not *just* childhood but scary
AHHHHHHHH I THINK I REQUESTED THIS HELL YEAH!!! This book is so good I liked it haha. Also Jules, why did you never mention in the Kitchen Princess books that Daichi calls Najika MONKEY? Omg, I was dying. Also the fact that they helped a GHOST?!?!?!?!! afhdsihfidshf;sdpf Rock is kinda giving Bubba.
Something i hate about genras like this and the extreme horror genra, is people think that they can’t be criticised or all criticism is invalid because “it’s supposed to be disturbing and make you uncomfortable, thats the point”
Forever malding that Bobby didn't even try to do a pop-shuvit over the blades to salvage his human skateboard for a later challenge 🙄 Your editing is hilarious, btw
I think you're overthinking the Hopscotch trap. It was just a hopscotch game but the challenge was the blood from the cows (and kids) would make the ground slick so if you hop onto it with one foot you'll probably fall. If the little kid Donnie didn't go back Kip probably wouldn't have died because the cows just got ground up. If they all did it really fast no one would have died.
The confusion I felt after noticing Alan the monster in the corner halfway through watching the video was immeasurable, but I can't say I'm surprised Daisy Brown's creator is making disturbing book reviews now lol
20 minutes in and gotta tap out unfortunately, but this video made me realize exactly what appeals and does not appeal to me as a horror fan. I realized that the thing that makes splatterpunk impossible to stomach for me is the focus on emotion and cruelty. Despite being a gorefest, something like Saw doesn't really bother me because the characters behave in a kind of cartoony way a lot of the time. Splatterpunk books, meanwhile, put you in the pov of the character, and while the gore is often completely unrealistic, the reaction to it, generally, is quite real. It's also why I really can't do SA scenes-- even if it's as absurd as physically possible, there's no version of it that isn't viscerally cruel. That's just me, though. Keep it up legend.
Plot as a Mr beast video:
"I trap 8 KIDS in the MOST DANGEROUS PLAYGROUND on EARTH. And whoever wins gets to walk out ALIVE"
LMAO
I heard this in his voice lmao
LMAOOOO
Stop lmao😭
That sounds awesome ass hell.
Like squid game but actually good. Would make a great horror movie.
I understand WHY Bobby decided to follow his father's orders. Kids who grow up in those kinds of environments often want the abusive parents approval as much as they hate them and sometimes when they have a chance for that validation they will do whatever they're told. But how he did it, that lost me.
Yeah- if he'd just pushed her and maybe used her body as a shield I'd be like, "Yeah okay that's fair, wanting validation and being in fear." since I can relate to wanting approval from abusive parents, I can understand that even if killing her was extreme- but the stabbing and skateboarding shit is too ridiculous and such a switch up that I cannot take it as seriously 💀
@@bobtheball5384To be fair it was deeply implied if not stated the stress and horror made him totally snap. His Dad also literally told him to use “something” as a skateboard
certified “Damn it, Bobby!” moment
iirc when I read it I also saw it as like, he didn't want to follow the plan/orders of the kid he looked down on because he both wanted to feel like he's in control and because he was subconsciously scared of putting his life in the hands of the plans of someone who he's been bullying, since he knows the kinds of things he thinks about his own bully (his dad). he was probably already thinking about it, but wouldn't've followed through if he didn't get encouraged by his dad and if the situation wasn't so tense. so he skateboarded her down in order to solve the trap on his own terms, in a way that felt safer to him because it was a plan he personally came up with. and then after that he realised the other kids would be antagonistic towards him, making the dangerous situation even more dangerous, and kids like bobby act more violent the more scared they are, so it felt realistic to me.
if he had made it back out alive into normal society I could see him getting overwhelmed with guilt and going insane, but he didn't survive long enough for the severity of what he did to hit him, so he just seemed to become a cartoon villain and die
@@bobtheball5384 idk I thought even that was pretty believable/predictable, if he was gonna use her as a skateboard to block the saw blades she'd need to be dead or dying first or else she'd resist and he already knows how to skateboard so he's sticking with something he knows how to do, I didnt think it was all that absurd tbh
Reading the trigger warnings like that one ratatouille meme
i read it in the voice used for yansim's trigger warnings lmao
I’ve even read the book but they still gave me whiplash 😭 honestly I wish I had seen the poop ones before I had read it 😔 but it was too late
@andreanafromarknights the poop trigger warnings 😔 there’s a lot of disgusting poop stuff and some of it like fetishy. That’s all I’ll say bc it is genuinely gross and I don’t wanna like accidentally trigger someone. Plus I think typing it might make me vomit lmao
i went to look that meme up cause i forgot it just because you wrote this lmao
If you need a trigger warning you don’t belong on the internet. Point blank period. If you can’t handle this stuff then get off the internet entirely.
I usually refer to this book as “Seesaw” because it’s just Saw in a playground setting
Kind of apt name given what happens in the book
Genius
this is brilliant
That’s what the book should have been named instead.
[● Sibling in christ, don't do Saw like that ::::((]
"She's the beyoncé of insane evil women" really made me laugh, thank you for your services
1k likes but no replies? Lemme change that
But seriously that was a pretty funny description
That’s gonna be the name of my autobiography
36:04 for anyone curious
OK I know it's not meant to be funny, but the kid running into a fucking bomb at the end of the hallway like a Tom and Jerry cartoon made me laugh
It made me so annoyed! Like I _get it_ she snapped and just wanted to leave but I KNEW it was gonna be a trap!
Hey guys look an exit *bomb explodes and ceiling falls on her*
I THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS SO RANDOM
This book is so based on shock value that half of the traps just make me burst out laughing 😭😭 like they are so super duper evil and gory omg, it's like a middle schooler trying to be as edgey as possible
@@LucyAndHerStuff …yes, good job. It’s splatterpunk
i love the full spoilers! everyone talks about this book but skirt around anything that actually happens 💀thank you
To be fair it’s hard to talk about but also if you can’t talk about it then don’t review it
I hate when people just skirt around it, Playground isn't the type of book I'd enjoy at all, and my dumbass decided to check it out after seeing all the videos about how it was horrifying thinking that I could easily get past the horror and not knowing that the chapter everyone was talking about was NOT about gore 💀
@@insertfunnyname9763 yeah my dumbass got got too by Tiktok. And then it was too late by the time I got to that part in the book.”
Rock playing at the dashcon ballpit got me lmao
You forgot to include that Sam and Sadie are twins! So the death of the first twin is even more tragic because not only is her sister gone, but she is seeing an exact copy of her face blown to bits
There not twins . Sadie is a yr older. There just resemble each other a lot.
They acted as if they were twins because they were close and looked alike but not twins
They’re a year apart not twins
@@Donottouch-zm2qosadies 7 and sam is 8
When the anime pfp has 0 reading comprehension skills
maybe if bobby did a kickflip with sadie on that slide i wouldve liked him more
Underrated comment, oh my god
* ollies over the saw blades *
YES
LMAO WAIT IM PRETTY SURE THERE'S ALSO THIS LINE WHEN ROCK IS ABOUT TO KILL GERALDINE AND SHE SAYS "but im your mother!" AND THEN ROCK SAYS "and im a mothefucker" AND I CAN'T HELP BUT LAUGH EVERYTIME I REMEMBER THAT, not sure if this is true though 😭
ITS SO FUNNY
@@StarSneezle RIGHT? I CAN'T TAKE THIS BOOK SERIOUSLY
@@P3pperM1nt LIKE ITS SUPPOSED TO BE *HORRIFING* BUT ITS JUST FUNNY
YEAH ITS IN THERE LMAO
It's true 💀 ☠️ I just read the page last night LMAOOO
can i say that i'm actually happy to find out reviews of disturbing books that aren't all "EWWWW this is so GROSS and DISGUSTING the writer needs to be put in a WATCHLIST"
Dude this 😅 like why even review disturbing books if you can't take them
@@buttslapper6969disturbing books grossing you out... fork found in kitchen. i understand exaggerating the reactions for clicks and views but i actually want to see a critique that goes deeper than saying that the book is bad because it depicts bad things and the author 100% endorses them
"I read this DISGUSTING book so you don't have to!!!!!" jokes on you booktuber, I have already read this disgusting book and am looking for genuine/funny reviews and critiques! (Like this one!) I wonder how many tiktokers bought The Playground just to subject themselves to something they KNOW they won't like, & record themselves puking afterwards ://
in general kinda wish more book&movie reviews were sharing something the OP enjoyed rather than the majority being a "OMG THIS SUCKED SO BAD WHO WOULD READ THIS??" ... Bro a child gets ridden as a human skateboard. It's absolutely horrifying. Who wouldn't want to read this?
@@buttslapper6969there are plenty of things this author should be called out for, his works transcend gross and tend to end up in almost fetish territory. But none of these reviews tend to talk about that, they just say "ohh this is so gross guys"!
@@starstreamergirl agreed with you until that last line. Its not hard to understand that some people dont like reading messed up stuff.
honestly thank you for adding coprophobia to the list of triggers, it seems like a no brainer and i already knew it was a factor in the playground going into this video, but you would be Shocked at how many creators completely forget to add it to their list of warnings?? some book sites dont even HAVE an entry for tagging something with coprophobia, but will list, like, Pee and Spit as options. so bizarre. i loved this video!! literally screamed out loud at work when the notification for it popped up on my phone lmao
Weird that people can consider how unpleasant ONE type of human waste can be, but not the other…
YES!!!
Interesting point. I used to sell used toys and games on eBay/Amazon. I noticed in the past 5 or 6 years how many children’s books, toys and games are themed on human or animal poo. Some where poo was a forfeit or hazard, while others with poo collection/play was the objection or prize. I think this stems from some kind of paedophilic queering of children. Trying to create that gross, weird coprophilia pervert.
I’m with you there! I have that exact phobia too and it’s pretty bad for me. To the point of immediately and violently getting sick all over if I even see “waste”. It’s strange how it’s not acknowledged often with phobias and triggers.
@@realsadegg7246 its so hard lmao!! its so natural that some people dont even consider how much they bring it up or point it out, then you ask them to please not and it still is constantly slipping through your boundaries and triggering you Constantly. i hope things get better for you!! my tolerance didnt start to improve until i went out of my way to set up multiple safeguards against exposure and self soothing techniques after being triggered, so its rough at first, but i know firsthand that its possible to lessen the negative impact it has on you.
I get that this is serious and violent business but I can’t stop imagining Geraldine as Yzma pulling levers and being mean to Rock-Kronk
Pull the lever kronk 😈
WRONG LEVER!!!!!
Oh my gosh same
I love your lighthearted humor paired with these very dark book synopsises. Also your makeup looks great.
I felt so evil every time I laughed during this review, especially when you described Sadie’s death. Like what was the need to stab her multiple times and then ride her like a skateboard 💀 btw I absolutely love your reviews, your videos are my ultimate comfort videos
I think he stabbed her a lot so she couldn’t move as easily and also maybe to make the slide slippery? Maybe??
@@DeathnoteBBstill no need 😂
@@kp2ng I mean yeah it was over the top and wild I’m just trying to guess on his thought process
He literally surfs a child 🤣
I read ‘Gone to see the River man’ based on your review! Overall I thought it was an interesting premise, but I couldn’t take the serial killer seriously because he said the word ‘snackies’. I thought he was so silly after that haha. The setting was good and spooky tho
I also read the book based on the last disturbing books video, and also couldn’t take it seriously. For me it was the main character not getting what or who the river man was. I don’t wanna go into spoilers, but by the mid point I was like girl, get it together
Oh god, not ‘snackies’ That’s horrifying
Why is there a horror book based on a nick drake song 😭
There’s an actual irl serial killer named Edmund Kemper so there was literally nothing he could have done to make me think he wasn’t creepy AF
Omg I also read Gone To See The River Man because of Jules! That description of the river man still lives in my head as like the coolest character concept I've read in a long time.
That was a really happy ending. I thought the parents trying to convince Rock to release them was to give the reader false hope. I thought 0 kids would survive and Rock would be trapped under Geraldine's abuse forever.
Rock got revenge on his abuser, released the victims, got to play and be a kid finally. Some of the kids survived. And the 2 bad guys die. That's a remarkably happy ending for such a dark book.
Also surprisingly funny and campy? book
Yeah and then he can’t go down the slide bc his ass is wayyyy too fat
yeah for thsi book thats a happy ending.
Why is Julia giving us a FLAWLESS and perfect Nancy Downs hair and beat. We missed you so much baby girl. So happy you’re here. The Splatter Punk history moment was also kind of great, would love a complete background.
I was considering doing a whole Dapper History on the splatterpunk genre, it fascinates me and is really funny and weird
German here! The name at 5:45 is pretty much pronounced "Fooks." Like books but with an F! It means "fox" translated! Oh the symbolism is… 👌
Anyway, love the vid! Most comprehensive and fun review I‘ve seen on this book yet!
Edit: added clarity for the pronunciation
Thank you for the insight! I always read it pronounced "fyoogs"
I kinda like the f word more 😂
[● Oh shit, I've been pronouncing it Fyooks-]
as another one, i can confirm
You know what would have been badass?
If Bobby, after his dad goes all "dewit!" at him, as a final knee-jerk act of defiance puts Sadie on his shoulders and slides down himself, saws be damned!
Heck, going in feet first and body at a 90° angle, after the fate of his entire nether regions are described in gory ridiculous detail he might even have time enough to tell his siblings goodbye and give a single fuck you to his dad before he ultimately bleeds to death.
Or maybe not, maybe he totally regrets his decision right away because it truly was a knee-jerk reaction on his part, being too busy doing exactly the opposite to what his dad wanted to rly think about the self destructive consequences.
either way it still would've been badass and a way better character moment for Bobby imo
you could also make it a ruined badass moment by having his plan fail bc he can't balance Sadie on his
shoulders properly and they both fukken die, would've meant the dad still fucked shit up by triggering his son's impulsive streak, and making the deaths feel even more tragic and pointless than they already were
you shoulda written that book
Tbh youre right. As cool as it was to have a chsracter literally be used as a skateboard for a death or an instance of extreme problem-solving, it wouldve been way cooler to have the underdog of one of the families make a heroic sacrifice for one of the younger kids. And itd be pretty damn clever to have his attempt at getting down safely *fail* because itd be a bit of irony. Like, in his final attempt to do something that would make his dad proud of him or to be seen as useful to at lesst someone he fails miserably because he couldn't save Sadie or himself, so now people are reasonably even more upset. Ten credits if in response to Bobby dying the father scoffs and mocks both Sadie *and* his now very dead son.
Though that could be considered too... not edgy? To want the kids to work together? Or a heroic sacrifice? I was really rooting for Bobby during the first retelling review thing. Him and the little boy i was rooting for them
Here's what I'd have done: as soon as Bobby reaches the bottom of the slide, I'd have had the nerdy kid lash out at him and shove him as hard as he can. Sure, he's smaller, but then again, there's the element of surprise. Since he's not expecting it, Bobby loses his balance and falls back onto the slide just in time to get torn apart by the saws, showering all the other kids with blood.
Nah, childboard is way funnier
I think the author did it as a meta slap at the audience.
Going so over the top is part of the splatter punk feel but also forces the reader to break immersion and question why they wanted this narrative from a child torture shock horror book.
I think the purpose of the cows was to blast the kids with cow bits to force them to lose their balance, The trap would have been to easy other wise I guess remember the only kid who gets killed in that trap gets blasted by cow bits and falls into the grinders
Also remember Bobby blames Isaac for the death of Kip which I think along with his dad egging him on is what makes him kill Sadie
Not to mention I can’t imagine that an elevated platform is any easier to play hopscotch on when it’s dripping in cow viscera.
I get triggered kind of easily and I expected having to stop watching in the middle of the video but the way you described it made it really easy to watch so thanks for that
Real!! I get easily triggered, but over the top edgy media never really upsets me that much. In fact I often find it stupidly funny with how hard the author is trying lmao
As someone that gets triggered or upset by a lot of things my fool proof plan is to find something to laugh at and make fun of it
@@bobbyhill9918
My plan too haha😃
I hope this will work
I did it, it’s *disgestible*
The one-liners were what got me like I couldn’t BELIEVE! What was kind of genuinely heartwarming was how the kids looked out for each other as well as the fact that the Grimley’s were upset when all of the kids got hurt, not just their own.
Ahem.. the bobby- sadie incident 🛹
@@kp2ng “…I’m a mother-f***er.” 🤣🤣🤣
Just a note, I'd really love it if the content warning at the start was read out loud, that way it's accessible to viewers who are blind or low vision. It's not something many people think of, so it makes sense you didn't. I really appreciate the effort that went into this video, thank you!
I have literally never thought about that good point!!
I have a visual impairment and yeah, it was rough, I had to pause and take my time with it and even then, large chunks of text all condensed that way are extremely straining and I could only skim over it.
I know it's not fair and should be accessible but it's actually often done that way bc youtube will often remove or strike videos heard saying keywords like those listed in content warnings, especially if theyre said or used early on in the video, which is when those warnings kind of have to be lol
@@sethboeh6278 we came up with the most ridiculous word ever conceived by the english lexicon (unalive) to get around censorship on youtube. i'm absolutely certain we can come up with more of that for all these terms and i hope it becomes the norm, because i really appreciate these warnings, but i also put the video on and go do something else, just for the audio. im saying it's a very "sightless" type of content so making every part of the video audible should be expected and a nobrainer
looking on the bright side, at least these terms are as ridiculous as the censoship that made them necessary in the first place
In defense of Bobby's Pro Skater moment, Greg didn't just say "push her", he was wayyy more manipulative. For context, this happens very shortly after the death of Kip (Bobby's favorite sibling), who fell into a meat grinder right in front of everyone. Bobby is already in a bad place mentally, so when his dad says "Maybe I was wrong, maybe your skating could be useful, if only you could find something to ride down the slide on. Don't disappoint me" I 100% buy Bobby doing what he did. The execution of the scene absolutely could've been better- the whole human skateboard thing is absolutely ridiculous even in context- but I don't hate it from a character standpoint.
Thank you, I found her misrepresenting this, most likely for brevity but I didn't hate the Bobby "twist"
This book was my first splatterpunk read, and it really goes hard at points. By the time I got to the buzz saw slide scene, I was feeling kind of desensitized to the gore aspect... then I turned the page to *that* illustration like a goddamn jumpscare. I was right back into the horror at the point, and I have to expand a little on Bobby's heel-turn moment.
*disclaimer: it's still pretty hyper escalating*
Bobby in the early family scenes doesn't so much hate his father as is jealous of his siblings for taking the attention, and not fully understanding why his father doesn't understand his enjoyment of skating. He's described as skilled at the hobby and potentially having a future in it, but his dad doesn't see past pro sports as a form of success (baseball, football, etc).
Despite this jealousy, he still cares about his siblings and has to watch a number of them die with not a peep from his father or mother (unaware the latter is already dead). Added to that, the other family have both chimed into the 'games' at this point tearfully encouraging their kids. So when Bobby's dad does finally speak up, it's with the encouragement that Bobby craves and the extreme scenario pushes him to act.
The transition from moody teen to brutal murderbot isn't quite as sudden as it seems, but it does jump pretty dang fast regardless and definitely takes away from the mind-boggling absurdity that is Fuchs and Borden.
---------------------------
All of that out of the way, I would recommend checking out The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum as an extreme horror that relies less on gore and more on just realistic humane cruelty and the depths of complicit action to stay in a group. It gets a whole lot worse when you later learn the novel is based on a real world crime, but I'd advise avoiding reading about that until after the novel for both spoilers and just... yikes, honestly.
That recommendation again: The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
Apologies for the mini essay.
It’s less fast imo when you remember these kids are in Hell.
It was my first scatterpunk book too... I regret it a lot... Should've started with Fluids... :,)
“Me when a book about children dying is sad” help 😭😭😭
The cows in the hopscotch game are meant to scare the kids AND make the path more slippery because it's made of metal
I burst out laughing at “What a stupid fucking question” at the happy ending question. You are AWESOME to listen to. Cannot wait to hear more from you.
Being the Beyoncé of insane evil women... not to be confused with being the Patrick Bateman of good-hearted chill dudes
Fetal Allan chilling in the background! I originally found you through Daisy Brown and have absolutely loved everything you've made since, it always brightens my day to see that you've posted 🖤 also upon seeing Allan I remembered that I feverishly wrote a song for Daisy immediately after finishing the series because I was so moved by the story.
You look like Tim Curry and it's comforting.
I wasn't thing the same thing
YES THANK YOU. I love secondhand horror because i don’t have the heart to read/watch the stuff myself. So I need a reviewer like yourself to get into it for me 🥺
THANK YOU for putting vomit in your trigger warning, a lot of people dont put them in most trigger warning lists for books like this, because people assume it comes with the territory, but it doesnt 100% of the time! i have pretty bad emetophobia, and im only able to put up with kinda brief descriptions and mentions, and youve made something im actually able to watch as far as ive seen!! thank you
same , emetophobia sucks /:
18:16 kids are incredibly smart, I have an 8 year old stepdaughter and she is very smart. She likes to think of new ways to do things and likes to find out even more ways to discover the world. That’s what makes me agree that when they try their best and still dont get the outcome they want it sucks and hurts to see
exactly!!! people forget that kids arent always stupid 24/7, theyre little humans who are experiencing the world for the first time, and theyre mentally absorbing EVERYTHING around them because this is their first time existing
“She eats, I fear” is hilarious I love your vids
Hi! You appeared on my recommended feed haha.
As for the cows with the hopscotch and the meat grinders, the cows were dropped one by one as a means to make the hopscotch "slippery" and an "obstacle" for the kids to pass through. It was very descriptive with the cows being um...everywhere and the "spray" hitting the hopscotch causing them to slip and slide. Some do slip and add to the slippery mess when they unfortunately join the cows in the grinder.
I think at least one maybe two kids were lost this way.
Only one, Isaac made it across just before the cow guts sprayed, which hit Kip full force causing him to fall. Bobby witnesses this as he’s right behind Kip and blames Isaac for dodging it and basically forcing Kip to take the brunt of it. Also Bobby not only watches Kip die violently, he then has to hunker down and *let his brother’s crushed remains spray on him* so he doesn’t get pushed off as well. Poor kid was tortured his whole life then experiences *that.* It makes a bit more sense why he snapped as the book went on.
@@DeathnoteBB Right?! I don't think Bobby did what he did later on with the slide for dear ol' Dad; he did is as vengeance for Kip.
@@ValkyrieFryeaWell he also did it for the Dad’s approval. He was so hungry for any praise from Greg (his dad) especially about his skateboarding and his dad in that scene specifically tells him to use “something” as a skateboard to get down the slide. The poor kid went full ATLA finale Azula. He just wanted his dad’s approval and was in Hell.
Also I only know all this because I just finished this book like an hour ago 😂
there was one death, bobby almost died because he nearly fell and almost did a split but he managed to not fall off.
for the record fuchs is pronounced fooks and it means fox in german :3
Scrolled and scrolled for this comment. 😁 I was curious, but I fully support Julia’s version.
WOW that's a hell of a trigger list.
I wonder why lmao 😂
LMAO I could only stomach about 50% of the book before calling it quits so this video was much needed. I cannot believe I missed the majesty that was the child skateboarding 😭
I havent touched the book since I finished it but if my memory serves correct the whole cow grinder thing was to spit the grinded mess back onto them making the hopscotch harder. I think when Bobbys brother dies in the grinder it goes into detail about his brothers remains being splattered onto him which made him go sicko mode. I think... like i said havent read it in a while but definitely not picking it back up to check.
SHE IS FINALLY BACK! REJOICE!
On a serious note, I am so excited another installment in this series is here. You rule Jules!
I don't comment on videos very often but i just wanted to let you know that I've just binged all your disturbing book reviews and i really appreciate the way you talk about these books and how to speak to your viewers. thank you for making these :)
Your makeup is so dope! Also I have a lot of feelings about Playground, I think a lot of it's better qualities are overshadowed by... basically if you take Geraldine's nasty sexual proclivities out of this book it would instantly be several degrees better.
For real. I just legit skipped those two or so chapters.
34:23 IM SORRU THIS IS SO HEARTBREAKING BUT HOLY SHIT BOBBY😭😭 IM LOSING IT.
Ngl i fw bobby. bobby and geraldine characters of the month
I swear this book reminds me of a dream I had when I was twelve. It was where a bunch of random kids and I were stuck in this building which was basically a McDonalds play place turned asylum. The first room was built like a sign up area to a bouncy castle building, to the right wall was the hole to the next room, it was like if it frame of double doors was there but there were no doors. This main area was an extremely dimly lit massive room with play tunnels and slides and all that scattered all across the walls except for the area where the entrance hole was. The only way to get into the tunnels was by crawling up a small tube slide. And in this area was a massive creature, too big to get into the tunnels. It was like No Face from Spirited Away when he’s really big but fleshy red without a mask. I remember in one area it was like the half sphere windows from McDonalds play place mixed with a planetarium, in there I found a teddy bear and met some little kid, he seemed pretty scared for obvious reasons so i gave him the bear. If you were able to get out of the place by finding your way through this maze of tunnels then you were transported to a mystical area with a white dirt trail with pastel grass and frail trees. At the end was a white swing bench. And because it was my dream and because im the main character, I obviously made it to there and I just sat. Just sat and thought and eventually woke up.
I'm so happy to finally find a review of this book that points out the bad points and at the same time enjoy this type of content, I had gotten tired of all the reviews being from people whose criticism was on the side of "If you read this you are going to go to hell and you are a degenerate and deserve the worst", while this is an actual critique
your gaphic liner is GORGEOUS,,, it's so clean!!
I really like the presentation of this review, and your sense of humor (:
If you want to read some Splatterpunk and extreme horror books that are genuinely well written and engaging, I recommend all of Nick Cutter’s books, Jack Ketchum’s work, and Clive Barker’s books as many of them fall in line with the splatterpunk genre as well.
Wait of all chapters THAT one blew up on Booktok?! Now I get why I always see people asking if Booktok is okay. 😭
I read most of the book, but I barely made it past the first razor blade slide. It made me physically ill, I’m in awe of you reading it and fully being able to talk about it.
Yeah I totally get that! I read a very scary manga when I was quite young and it has messed me up bad. I think it’s good that you are aware of your own boundaries
@Hospistockqu I was the same when I was younger lol. I'm happy that I've learned to accept my limits, and to not lush myself to seem braver
Yeah you were right to do that, it doesn’t get better.
I saw the cover and name and had to read it immediately XD
I wouldn’t call myself a fan of splatterpunk but occasionally I do want to read/watch something based around something normally innocent and fun being totally warped and corrupted
As a victim of parental emotional abuse and is the same age as Bobby I feel like I can see why he would so easily give into his dad’s orders. I as a kid was very dependent on my mom and all I ever wanted was her love. But it came and went along with phycological abuse. I don’t like what my mom does to me or my siblings at all. She harms us all and it fills me with so much rage and guilt! But I still find myself craving her approval and love. So if he was already feeling halfway motivated it makes sense Bobby would do that. He probably wanted to feel that validation from the person he never got it from. He probably wanted to feel what it’s like to have a “regular” relationship with his father.
I feel like you misrepresented the bobby section, Bobby got the knife when it fell from CJ's waistband in the previous challenge, Bobby blamed Isaac for Kip's death, Bobby doesnt care for his dad but he's like Rock or Rock when he was younger trying to get love and approval
I love you for making those captions so in depth its amazing for somebody like me who sucks at processing any words thrown at them
34:29 as gruesome as that is, you can't tell me it isn't at least a bit cool that he didn't just push her but use the body to get off scotch free
(Also, we have the same name. Nothing to do, but i thought it was awesome)
I guess
Hello! one of the mexican crowd here, first of all, im in love with this chanel! thanks for your work!
And second, i want to recommend "Piercing" by Ryu Murakami, is kinda short (i read all of it in like a couple of hours) and i think would be a great book to talk about in the disturbing book review series .D
You know what? I appreciate that you made this review but after reading the warning I have decided poop stuff is not what I wanna hear about but I’m still going to leave a like and a comment for the algorithm. Thank you for the warning and have a nice night.
6:34 NAHHHHHHH 💀💀💀💀 i'm trying to keep a straight face in school BUT RN THIS VIDEO IS SO FUNNY IN COMPARSION TO WHAT'S TALKING ABOUT 💀💀💀💀
The rock jumping through the dashcon ballpit took me out, I love the editing
Finally a fully cohesive review of this! I can't read about kids dying. I can handle most extreme horror, but not when its little kids.
By the way, love your Hausu and Midori posters :3c
If you havent seen it, please check out Rodrigo Sousa's animation inspired by this book! It is genuinely so absolutely haunting and so terrifyingly well animated. If you guys like this series then I think yall will adore it : }
bobby my guy pick her up and go down together she is 7 shes small
RIGHT??? SHE PROBBALY WEIGHS LIKE 30 POUNDS
For real I understand his motivations but my dude just push her when Isaac says it’s safe 😭
Over summer vacation my best friend but this audiobook on during a 6 hour road-trip to DC and 6 hours back home. It was an awful experience 😅
Imagine being the VA who gets sent this book to record and is just like 'wait, what?'. It's honestly kind of wild how many splatterpunk novels come with audiobook counterparts.
This presentation and indepth discussion of this book is so refreshing. The tiktok form of discussion around books, especially disturbing ones, is so vague and frustrating for the sake of content. Really enjoyed your perspective on everything
I was just talking abt you to my mom like 5 minutes ago, going on & on abt how you’re my favorite youtuber and I love your editing & humor & expressiveness, so seeing this pop up first when I opened yt my heart jumped lmao
One of these days I’ll convince you to read my favorite disturbing book exquisite corpse
Love your personality! Checked the comments and realized you are the creator of daisy brown :0
So cool to see you again and out of character! ❤️ And I love the book reviews :D
So glad this series is back! I read Tender is the Flesh and Gone to see the River Man because of this series. Tender is the Flesh is a definite favourite of mine now, sadly didn’t connect with Gone to see the River Man but this series has definitely opened doors to worlds of writing I never would’ve considered!
YOU PUTTING THAT KORN ALBUM TO DESCRIBE THE HOPSCOTCH TRAP LMAOOO EVEN BEFORE YOU TRIED DESCRIBING IT I ALREADY HAD THAT IN MY MIND
i actually read this right after i watched the review! it's free on the internet archive if anyone's interested, i think jules covers the worst of it in terms of upsetting content.
I love the Little Rock playing around but also some how made it sad
Weirdly enough hearing the storyline explained, makes me think that this would be a very neat book to movie adaptation (excluding a few of the obvious scenes). Like the premise and some of the imagery I think sounds kinda sick to imagine on the big screen (trying to sound least like a sick bastard saying this lmao, I don’t think child murder is cool)
I feel like it would have to fall somewhere in the saw franchise then 😭
I just finished reading this book and I honestly didn't super love it. It was my first foray into splatterpunk and, as an avid horror fan, I was kinda let down but the vocab used and the general tone of the book - it just didn't land for me. But these reviews are such a fun way to EXPLORE the stories outside of my general reaction and surface understanding of the genre.
I remember reading it because a friend recommended it. I just showed them a picture of a kid being dumb on the playground, and they recommended the book.
And I also remember the genre of it being called splatterpunk. That’s….just sugarcoating what it is, and it’s torture p*rn. I just felt gross after reading it. Not scared or horrified. I was just grossed out. I don’t hate it, nor will I stop people from reading it.
I don’t even read like that because of my crippling adhd but you’re so funny and entertaining and explain it in a way that I can actually sit and listen and retain what I’m listening to, I just subbed😭☝️
The emotional whiplash of watching this immediately after watching your latest kitchen princess video
it was really refreshing, because this book did in some ways blow up virally for its shock content, it's really refreshing to see it from the point of view of an audience member who actually understands and appreciates the genre for what it is instead of what it isn't. I've read my fair share of objectionable content, not specifically splatterpunk but in the ballpark of vile for sure, and there's obviously a big difference between a review by someone who was always going to hate the subject matter and the review of someone who is ready and willing and able to engage with that dark content as an audience member. And I appreciate your perspective, so thank you.
For the record both kinds of review can be really entertaining to listen to/watch but I like seeing both kinds. Kinda like how it's funny to listen to someone who doesn't like smut talk about how goofy it is out of context, but it's also fun to see someone who wanted that smut to be better have genuine thoughts about it, and both are a good time. But with gross stuff in this case lol.
Honestly, the way you're describing this book sounds likes a mascot horror but if mascot horror decided to really just cut loose. I mean this in the best way possible.
I kinda want to read it even if I'm not a fan of Splatterpunk (I have a lot of aversion to gore and the mention of the.... SCENE... let's just say kinda icked me). I wanna read this as if it's like a mascot horror game. Heck the playground setting is bringing mind to things like the playhouse from Poppy Playtime chapter 3 which yeah, that was my favorite part of the entire game!!
So yeah I might read this. But I'm not 100% sure yet.
But doesn’t mascot horror require a mascot? I get what you mean I think, it is a horror that is basically “Hey what if innocent nice thing but Fucked Up and Evil” but mascot horror requires a mascot, it’s not *just* childhood but scary
@@DeathnoteBB that's true. Hmm.
I GOT A FUCKING AD FOR PLAYGROUNDS I SHIT YOU NOT
AHHHHHHHH I THINK I REQUESTED THIS HELL YEAH!!! This book is so good I liked it haha. Also Jules, why did you never mention in the Kitchen Princess books that Daichi calls Najika MONKEY? Omg, I was dying. Also the fact that they helped a GHOST?!?!?!?!! afhdsihfidshf;sdpf
Rock is kinda giving Bubba.
this book low-key seems like a fetish book
Something i hate about genras like this and the extreme horror genra, is people think that they can’t be criticised or all criticism is invalid because “it’s supposed to be disturbing and make you uncomfortable, thats the point”
I was interested during the whole review but she hooked me in when she said "I'm sorry I'm a born hater I can't help it"
I love gore but Jesus Christ I almost got sick from all the gore mostly from the acid bath and the saw slide.
Read Through the Eyes of
Desperation and tell me about the glory bits!
can you drop the makeup tutorial it looks like your eyes were drawn on you and i am saying it in the most positive and admirable way possible
You’re giving such Nancy from The Craft vibes, I love it
TH-cam is so evil putting this in my autoplay while I'm laying in bed high
That being said, 10/10
BABE WAKE UP JULES POSTED A NEW VIDEO!!!
I've seen a lot of TH-cam videos about this book, but yours is the best yet as far as how you broke it all down.
Excellent work as always, Jules.
Jsyk, Fuchs is pronounced 'Fyooks'. But Fucks is funnier XD
whats crazy is youre pronouncing it right 5:40
Forever malding that Bobby didn't even try to do a pop-shuvit over the blades to salvage his human skateboard for a later challenge 🙄
Your editing is hilarious, btw
I think you're overthinking the Hopscotch trap. It was just a hopscotch game but the challenge was the blood from the cows (and kids) would make the ground slick so if you hop onto it with one foot you'll probably fall. If the little kid Donnie didn't go back Kip probably wouldn't have died because the cows just got ground up. If they all did it really fast no one would have died.
The reason Donnie is mute is because his mom cut his tongue out.
The confusion I felt after noticing Alan the monster in the corner halfway through watching the video was immeasurable, but I can't say I'm surprised Daisy Brown's creator is making disturbing book reviews now lol
FR i knew she looked familiar
32:40 the way my heart physically ached as you read this. so heartbreaking
20 minutes in and gotta tap out unfortunately, but this video made me realize exactly what appeals and does not appeal to me as a horror fan. I realized that the thing that makes splatterpunk impossible to stomach for me is the focus on emotion and cruelty. Despite being a gorefest, something like Saw doesn't really bother me because the characters behave in a kind of cartoony way a lot of the time. Splatterpunk books, meanwhile, put you in the pov of the character, and while the gore is often completely unrealistic, the reaction to it, generally, is quite real. It's also why I really can't do SA scenes-- even if it's as absurd as physically possible, there's no version of it that isn't viscerally cruel. That's just me, though. Keep it up legend.
unrelated comment but your makeup is great!!and you have beautiful eyes