Victorian Psycho

‘I fail to understand why men think violence will intimidate women. Women, who bleed all over themselves every month. Women who burst open in childbirth.’ Short and very fun read. From feminism to eat the rich, this was delightful in the best ways. Though, once again, the book probably could do with a few CWs. My E-Book version did not include them. So be wary if any of those topics are not for you: body horror, child abuse, child/baby death, animal torture, animal death, violence, gory scenes

Hab mich zu Tode gelangweilt.

If unhinged was a person....

The story follows a young gouverness taking care of two children during christmas time and things escalate quickly from there... imagine not liking children and leting your intrusive thoughts win - it's a very unhinged, weird and gory story. Be warned that pretty much all of the characters are very unlikeable, there is no real character development - just a room full of psychos 🙃

War okay, relativ kurzweilig und schnell zu lesen. Hat mich jetzt aber nicht vom Hocker gehauen, war jetzt nichts besonderes noch irgendwie besonders gruselig oder schockierend. Ich hab auch noch ein paar Fragezeichen im Gesicht nach dem Ende. Naja, kann man machen muss man aber nicht.

A delirious Christmas Slaughter

After much waiting and reading through promising books, I found a Story with an unreliable Narrator, mentally gone Main Character AND fitting Ending! (Dark humor included ofc) As well as a Plot twist I honestly didn't see coming, because the hints were either subtle enough or could be interpreted in different ways. Additionally I'm still wondering if Drusilla really did help Winifred during the slaughter or perhaps Winifred imagined it again - which is exactly what I love about unreliable Narrators! Sadly I still couldn't give full 5★ because of a few non logical parts during the story, a few misplaced attempts of humor and the very slim possibility of one woman (or two?) butchering about 20 people without anyone being able to disarm her/them.

Slasher meets Female Rage

It was honestly good for what it was but the whole time I was thinking "This would’ve hit way better if it was a movie." And that never happens but yeah…The writing was good too!

Didn’t expect them to be connected that way Love a blood bath

This book is bloody, unhinged, and honestly kinda iconic.

Virginia Feito really said “women deal with blood and guts monthly, you think this is gonna scare us?” and then gave us a dark, twisted little historical horror ride that I simply inhaled. Super graphic in ways I wasn’t ready for — but also kinda (so) into. The ending? Completely deranged. Loved it.

Victorian Psycho war erfrischend, wenn auch nicht überaus spannend. Was an Spannung gefehlt, wurde durch die Protagonist und unseren Einblick in ihre Psyche aber gefüllt. Sehr interessant fand ich, dass man als Leser immer weniger wusste, was Winifred Realität und der Realität der anderen Figuren entsprach. Zwei Plotpunkte haben mich durchaus überrascht - einer von beiden jedoch wesentlich mehr (und war für mich auch spannender) als der andere. Wenn Victorian Psycho etwas länger gewesen wäre, hätte ich vllt sogar mehr Sterne gegeben. Ich hätte auf jeden Fall gern noch mehr über Winifreds innere Welt erfahren. Anderseits besticht der Roman auch mit seiner Kürze - er ist genau so kurzlebig wie Winifreds Psyche.

Pretty gory