as a jewish person, it's uncomfortable to read about a nazi in this light the forced german accent was just plain strange.Īs for the issue of child porn, i do feel that this novel succeeded at shock value, but also had no reason to include such vile matters regarding children. the characters were evil just to be evil. unfortunately, there was no social commentary. it has a good premise, and i felt it had the promise of exploring how low-income families are exploited at the hands of the rich. I about lost all interest when a nazi showed up. the gore was decently written, but everything else was subpar. unfortunately, there was no compelling story underneath the salacious gore of playground. Recommended to extreme and Splatterpunk fans only. In my opinion, this is the author’s best work to date. Psychologically speaking, this is a study in all that can be done incorrectly to a child. The characters are well fleshed out, the story makes sense, but deep inside all the gore there is a commentary about parenthood and the ills of the world we live in. It is SAW on steroids to the AAHHHHH degree. If this was made into a movie, it would never see the light of day. You will see some parallels with that movie when you read this one, but it is hard to imagine how far the author went with this one. The concept, while simple, was utterly brilliant and superbly executed. I did, and it became one of my top 5 movies ever. I have to go and watch this the moment it comes out! Years ago I was going through a movie slump, when I saw the preview for a new movie during a coffee break while doing night shift, which made me sit up and go: The fact that he pushes the reader makes it easy for some to think of him as someone who relies on shock and disgust to sell his stories, but if you remove the make-up and look at the bare, naked tale, it is usually a damn good story. If you don’t know Aron Beauregard’s work, let me sum it up for you:Īron’s work is hard to describe because, yes, it is sick, twisted, brutal and extreme, but he is also a story teller. i won’t be surprised if this man ends up in jail for possession of illegal porn soon.įull review available at The Mort Report: not to mention making a literal nazi a character just for shock value. oh, the horrors! a woman is infertile, which means she must kill every child in the world to get revenge! the characters were flat and full of stereotypes, the plot was predictable, the playground games were explained in such a strange fashion that it almost made some of the games hard to follow, and the world building left much to be desired. has he ever even touched a woman?) and it wasn’t lost on me that the villain’s whole backstory hinged on the fact that she couldn’t have children. the author amplified how putrid geraldine’s vagina is to such an extent that it almost became funny. soap should not go anywhere near a vagina. the misogyny and crudeness in the way geraldine’s genitals were described were the most sickening parts of the whole story (describing her vagina as disgusting because she doesn’t use soap to clean it is so wildly sexist. big words and repetition can’t make your story good if you have to explain every metaphor and detail to the reader as if you think we’re five years old. I went in with very high expectations due to my current fascination with horror, how interesting the plot sounded, and all the rave reviews, but the author’s obvious wannabe alpha male tendencies and juvenile writing style ruined it. WARNING: This book contains graphic content. This volume contains 15 interior illustrations. A harrowing, relentless read that left me breathless." "With Playground, Aron Beauregard transcends himself, delivering a genuinely chilling, uncomfortable novel that will make even the most jaded horror fan squirm. Will they find a way to put their differences aside, or be swallowed up by the insidious architecture all around them? When a band of dysfunctional children is suddenly thrust into a diabolical realm of violence, they must grow up instantly to have a chance at survival. But there’s a reason the structures in the bowels of her gothic castle have taken so long to develop-they were never meant to see the light of day. All the parents must do to collect the rest of their money is allow their children to test out the revolutionary playground equipment Geraldine has been working on for decades. Three low-income families have been given a handsome retainer to join Geraldine Borden for a day at her cliffside estate.
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